Argentina vs Iran: Arms imports

Arms imports: 108 million TIV in Argentina in 2025 and 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Argentina, by 3 million TIV, or 1.07 times that in Iran.

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What the numbers say

Argentina has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Iran.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Argentina	Iran	World
2025	108 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	45 million	42 million	30.6 billion
2023	22 million	21 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	–	33 billion
2021	77 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	7 million	2 million	23.4 billion
2019	51 million	3 million	26.9 billion
2018	19 million	3 million	27.3 billion
2017	47 million	3 million	31.2 billion
2016	17 million	413 million	31.4 billion
2015	18 million	11 million	28.7 billion
2014	6 million	14 million	27 billion
2013	13 million	14 million	27.4 billion
2012	5 million	39 million	27.9 billion
2011	16 million	89 million	29.9 billion
2010	11 million	87 million	25.8 billion
2009	15 million	92 million	24 billion
2008	21 million	57 million	24.1 billion
2007	24 million	325 million	26.5 billion
2006	9 million	418 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	53 million	21.3 billion
2004	161 million	117 million	21.3 billion
2003	11 million	283 million	19.2 billion
2002	15 million	435 million	17.7 billion
2001	6 million	526 million	18.3 billion
2000	208 million	417 million	20.5 billion
1999	276 million	321 million	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	374 million	27.9 billion
1997	105 million	172 million	28.9 billion
1996	21 million	608 million	23.7 billion
1995	43 million	289 million	22.9 billion
1994	209 million	451 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	960 million	25.8 billion
1992	27 million	406 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	990 million	27.8 billion
1990	159 million	444 million	28.6 billion
1989	6 million	194 million	31.7 billion
1988	71 million	469 million	32.9 billion
1987	217 million	807 million	36.2 billion
1986	219 million	805 million	35.5 billion
1985	485 million	639 million	33.2 billion
1984	724 million	562 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.31 billion	466 million	39.1 billion
1982	406 million	499 million	41.4 billion
1981	833 million	487 million	42 billion
1980	445 million	278 million	37.4 billion
1979	451 million	526 million	33.3 billion
1978	434 million	3.72 billion	39.2 billion
1977	204 million	5.48 billion	37 billion
1976	499 million	4.65 billion	33 billion
1975	268 million	5.23 billion	34.2 billion
1974	450 million	2.86 billion	32.9 billion
1973	248 million	2.05 billion	32.6 billion
1972	402 million	1.38 billion	28.7 billion
1971	363 million	2.1 billion	29.3 billion
1970	257 million	899 million	22.1 billion
1969	230 million	950 million	24.7 billion
1968	430 million	917 million	22.4 billion
1967	143 million	553 million	22.1 billion
1966	93 million	601 million	22.4 billion
1965	7 million	496 million	23.1 billion
1964	19 million	139 million	24.2 billion
1963	29 million	105 million	18.1 billion
1962	47 million	83 million	15.5 billion
1961	205 million	75 million	15 billion
1960	111 million	141 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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