Argentina vs Israel: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Argentina and 537 million TIV in Israel, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 429 million TIV, or 4.97 times that in Argentina.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Israel has been higher since 1998, when it overtook Argentina.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Argentina	Israel	World
2025	108 million	537 million	33.3 billion
2024	45 million	237 million	30.6 billion
2023	22 million	863 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	833 million	33 billion
2021	77 million	458 million	26.8 billion
2020	7 million	379 million	23.4 billion
2019	51 million	516 million	26.9 billion
2018	19 million	491 million	27.3 billion
2017	47 million	565 million	31.2 billion
2016	17 million	652 million	31.4 billion
2015	18 million	694 million	28.7 billion
2014	6 million	549 million	27 billion
2013	13 million	160 million	27.4 billion
2012	5 million	137 million	27.9 billion
2011	16 million	86 million	29.9 billion
2010	11 million	76 million	25.8 billion
2009	15 million	162 million	24 billion
2008	21 million	680 million	24.1 billion
2007	24 million	840 million	26.5 billion
2006	9 million	1.13 billion	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	1.1 billion	21.3 billion
2004	161 million	846 million	21.3 billion
2003	11 million	189 million	19.2 billion
2002	15 million	350 million	17.7 billion
2001	6 million	116 million	18.3 billion
2000	208 million	389 million	20.5 billion
1999	276 million	1.28 billion	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	1.3 billion	27.9 billion
1997	105 million	67 million	28.9 billion
1996	21 million	105 million	23.7 billion
1995	43 million	372 million	22.9 billion
1994	209 million	767 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	716 million	25.8 billion
1992	27 million	1.34 billion	24.3 billion
1991	–	1.21 billion	27.8 billion
1990	159 million	81 million	28.6 billion
1989	6 million	24 million	31.7 billion
1988	71 million	582 million	32.9 billion
1987	217 million	1.08 billion	36.2 billion
1986	219 million	1.18 billion	35.5 billion
1985	485 million	295 million	33.2 billion
1984	724 million	270 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.31 billion	475 million	39.1 billion
1982	406 million	866 million	41.4 billion
1981	833 million	1.66 billion	42 billion
1980	445 million	1.25 billion	37.4 billion
1979	451 million	709 million	33.3 billion
1978	434 million	1.22 billion	39.2 billion
1977	204 million	1.23 billion	37 billion
1976	499 million	2 billion	33 billion
1975	268 million	1.18 billion	34.2 billion
1974	450 million	1.03 billion	32.9 billion
1973	248 million	2.18 billion	32.6 billion
1972	402 million	963 million	28.7 billion
1971	363 million	1.41 billion	29.3 billion
1970	257 million	1.19 billion	22.1 billion
1969	230 million	1.37 billion	24.7 billion
1968	430 million	926 million	22.4 billion
1967	143 million	229 million	22.1 billion
1966	93 million	460 million	22.4 billion
1965	7 million	447 million	23.1 billion
1964	19 million	415 million	24.2 billion
1963	29 million	368 million	18.1 billion
1962	47 million	279 million	15.5 billion
1961	205 million	88 million	15 billion
1960	111 million	164 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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