Argentina vs Germany: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Argentina and 1.63 billion TIV in Germany, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.52 billion TIV, or 15 times that in Argentina.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Germany has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Argentina.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Argentina	Germany	World
2025	108 million	1.63 billion	33.3 billion
2024	45 million	240 million	30.6 billion
2023	22 million	203 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	269 million	33 billion
2021	77 million	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	7 million	105 million	23.4 billion
2019	51 million	38 million	26.9 billion
2018	19 million	14 million	27.3 billion
2017	47 million	43 million	31.2 billion
2016	17 million	55 million	31.4 billion
2015	18 million	119 million	28.7 billion
2014	6 million	77 million	27 billion
2013	13 million	103 million	27.4 billion
2012	5 million	140 million	27.9 billion
2011	16 million	79 million	29.9 billion
2010	11 million	301 million	25.8 billion
2009	15 million	329 million	24 billion
2008	21 million	277 million	24.1 billion
2007	24 million	46 million	26.5 billion
2006	9 million	413 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	206 million	21.3 billion
2004	161 million	245 million	21.3 billion
2003	11 million	70 million	19.2 billion
2002	15 million	71 million	17.7 billion
2001	6 million	133 million	18.3 billion
2000	208 million	113 million	20.5 billion
1999	276 million	129 million	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	618 million	27.9 billion
1997	105 million	60 million	28.9 billion
1996	21 million	244 million	23.7 billion
1995	43 million	222 million	22.9 billion
1994	209 million	417 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	529 million	25.8 billion
1992	27 million	716 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	750 million	27.8 billion
1990	159 million	757 million	28.6 billion
1989	6 million	701 million	31.7 billion
1988	71 million	447 million	32.9 billion
1987	217 million	340 million	36.2 billion
1986	219 million	322 million	35.5 billion
1985	485 million	130 million	33.2 billion
1984	724 million	412 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.31 billion	434 million	39.1 billion
1982	406 million	453 million	41.4 billion
1981	833 million	261 million	42 billion
1980	445 million	150 million	37.4 billion
1979	451 million	65 million	33.3 billion
1978	434 million	661 million	39.2 billion
1977	204 million	1.01 billion	37 billion
1976	499 million	1.36 billion	33 billion
1975	268 million	1.83 billion	34.2 billion
1974	450 million	2.14 billion	32.9 billion
1973	248 million	1.72 billion	32.6 billion
1972	402 million	796 million	28.7 billion
1971	363 million	2.24 billion	29.3 billion
1970	257 million	1.26 billion	22.1 billion
1969	230 million	1.23 billion	24.7 billion
1968	430 million	1.25 billion	22.4 billion
1967	143 million	1.39 billion	22.1 billion
1966	93 million	3.39 billion	22.4 billion
1965	7 million	3.52 billion	23.1 billion
1964	19 million	3.83 billion	24.2 billion
1963	29 million	3.31 billion	18.1 billion
1962	47 million	2.5 billion	15.5 billion
1961	205 million	2.09 billion	15 billion
1960	111 million	2.04 billion	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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