Argentina vs Italy: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Argentina and 566 million TIV in Italy, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Italy, by 458 million TIV, or 5.24 times that in Argentina.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Italy has been higher since 2000, when it overtook Argentina.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Argentina	Italy	World
2025	108 million	566 million	33.3 billion
2024	45 million	494 million	30.6 billion
2023	22 million	425 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	237 million	33 billion
2021	77 million	211 million	26.8 billion
2020	7 million	201 million	23.4 billion
2019	51 million	178 million	26.9 billion
2018	19 million	275 million	27.3 billion
2017	47 million	709 million	31.2 billion
2016	17 million	734 million	31.4 billion
2015	18 million	237 million	28.7 billion
2014	6 million	127 million	27 billion
2013	13 million	71 million	27.4 billion
2012	5 million	189 million	27.9 billion
2011	16 million	286 million	29.9 billion
2010	11 million	98 million	25.8 billion
2009	15 million	94 million	24 billion
2008	21 million	159 million	24.1 billion
2007	24 million	467 million	26.5 billion
2006	9 million	384 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	136 million	21.3 billion
2004	161 million	490 million	21.3 billion
2003	11 million	617 million	19.2 billion
2002	15 million	240 million	17.7 billion
2001	6 million	234 million	18.3 billion
2000	208 million	278 million	20.5 billion
1999	276 million	25 million	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	56 million	27.9 billion
1997	105 million	474 million	28.9 billion
1996	21 million	265 million	23.7 billion
1995	43 million	322 million	22.9 billion
1994	209 million	180 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	205 million	25.8 billion
1992	27 million	192 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	210 million	27.8 billion
1990	159 million	155 million	28.6 billion
1989	6 million	196 million	31.7 billion
1988	71 million	179 million	32.9 billion
1987	217 million	183 million	36.2 billion
1986	219 million	198 million	35.5 billion
1985	485 million	205 million	33.2 billion
1984	724 million	273 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.31 billion	303 million	39.1 billion
1982	406 million	241 million	41.4 billion
1981	833 million	129 million	42 billion
1980	445 million	468 million	37.4 billion
1979	451 million	591 million	33.3 billion
1978	434 million	682 million	39.2 billion
1977	204 million	517 million	37 billion
1976	499 million	711 million	33 billion
1975	268 million	1.02 billion	34.2 billion
1974	450 million	1.12 billion	32.9 billion
1973	248 million	1.02 billion	32.6 billion
1972	402 million	1.77 billion	28.7 billion
1971	363 million	1.1 billion	29.3 billion
1970	257 million	685 million	22.1 billion
1969	230 million	611 million	24.7 billion
1968	430 million	196 million	22.4 billion
1967	143 million	107 million	22.1 billion
1966	93 million	412 million	22.4 billion
1965	7 million	736 million	23.1 billion
1964	19 million	1.14 billion	24.2 billion
1963	29 million	1.22 billion	18.1 billion
1962	47 million	886 million	15.5 billion
1961	205 million	427 million	15 billion
1960	111 million	409 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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