Argentina vs Ecuador: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Argentina and 30 million TIV in Ecuador, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Argentina, by 78 million TIV, or 3.6 times that in Ecuador.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Argentina has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Ecuador.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Argentina	Ecuador	World
2025	108 million	30 million	33.3 billion
2024	45 million	19 million	30.6 billion
2023	22 million	7 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	9 million	33 billion
2021	77 million	16 million	26.8 billion
2020	7 million	21 million	23.4 billion
2019	51 million	3 million	26.9 billion
2018	19 million	5 million	27.3 billion
2017	47 million	20 million	31.2 billion
2016	17 million	26 million	31.4 billion
2015	18 million	27 million	28.7 billion
2014	6 million	56 million	27 billion
2013	13 million	12 million	27.4 billion
2012	5 million	89 million	27.9 billion
2011	16 million	70 million	29.9 billion
2010	11 million	90 million	25.8 billion
2009	15 million	77 million	24 billion
2008	21 million	102 million	24.1 billion
2007	24 million	2 million	26.5 billion
2006	9 million	47 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	39 million	21.3 billion
2004	161 million	–	21.3 billion
2003	11 million	–	19.2 billion
2002	15 million	1 million	17.7 billion
2001	6 million	41 million	18.3 billion
2000	208 million	9 million	20.5 billion
1999	276 million	27 million	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	31 million	27.9 billion
1997	105 million	103 million	28.9 billion
1996	21 million	29 million	23.7 billion
1995	43 million	39 million	22.9 billion
1994	209 million	17 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	18 million	25.8 billion
1992	27 million	4 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	136 million	27.8 billion
1990	159 million	3 million	28.6 billion
1989	6 million	20 million	31.7 billion
1988	71 million	26 million	32.9 billion
1987	217 million	26 million	36.2 billion
1986	219 million	30 million	35.5 billion
1985	485 million	23 million	33.2 billion
1984	724 million	322 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.31 billion	360 million	39.1 billion
1982	406 million	291 million	41.4 billion
1981	833 million	122 million	42 billion
1980	445 million	289 million	37.4 billion
1979	451 million	110 million	33.3 billion
1978	434 million	224 million	39.2 billion
1977	204 million	582 million	37 billion
1976	499 million	226 million	33 billion
1975	268 million	42 million	34.2 billion
1974	450 million	22 million	32.9 billion
1973	248 million	15 million	32.6 billion
1972	402 million	41 million	28.7 billion
1971	363 million	85 million	29.3 billion
1970	257 million	5 million	22.1 billion
1969	230 million	1 million	24.7 billion
1968	430 million	5 million	22.4 billion
1967	143 million	21 million	22.1 billion
1966	93 million	9 million	22.4 billion
1965	7 million	29 million	23.1 billion
1964	19 million	3 million	24.2 billion
1963	29 million	3 million	18.1 billion
1962	47 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	205 million	–	15 billion
1960	111 million	66 million	15.7 billion

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Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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