Argentina vs Saudi Arabia
Argentina vs Saudi Arabia: Arms exports
Arms exports: 1 million TIV in Argentina in 2011 and 3 million TIV in Saudi Arabia in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2011 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 57 million TIV, or 58 times that in Argentina.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Saudi Arabia has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Argentina.
- The world as a whole: 29.9 billion TIV in 2011.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Argentina | Saudi Arabia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | – | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 3 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 5 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 3 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 1 million | 58 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 1 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 2 million | 18 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | – | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 2 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 2 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 1 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 5 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 5 million | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 13 million | 12 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 6 million | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 4 million | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 4 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 6 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 5 million | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 7 million | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 31 million | 33 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 1 million | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 8 million | 5 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 13 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 1 million | 0 | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 11 million | 2 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 8 million | 3 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 0 | 4 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 4 million | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 6 million | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Argentina vs Saudi Arabia
Health
- Life expectancyArgentina: 77.4 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 78.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityArgentina: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Saudi Arabia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityArgentina: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Saudi Arabia: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionArgentina: 3.67% in 2017Saudi Arabia: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateArgentina: 10.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Saudi Arabia: 2.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationArgentina: 45.5 million people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 33.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthArgentina: 0.35% a year in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.39% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateArgentina: 1.5 births per woman in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationArgentina: 92.4% in 2025Saudi Arabia: 84.6% in 2025
- Median ageArgentina: 32.1 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 29.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overArgentina: 12.2% in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateArgentina: 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 9.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingArgentina: 0.56% of GDP in 2025Saudi Arabia: 6.48% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsArgentina: $3.73B in 2025Saudi Arabia: $81.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personArgentina: $85 in 2025Saudi Arabia: $2,428 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingArgentina: 1.8% of government spending in 2025Saudi Arabia: 23.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelArgentina: 103,000 people in 2020Saudi Arabia: 282,000 people in 2020
- National powerArgentina: 0.45% of world capability in 2022Saudi Arabia: 1.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersArgentina: 0.53% of the labour force in 2020Saudi Arabia: 1.92% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsArgentina: 108 million TIV in 2025Saudi Arabia: 3.04 billion TIV in 2025