Argentina vs Saudi Arabia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Argentina and 3.04 billion TIV in Saudi Arabia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 2.93 billion TIV, or 28 times that in Argentina.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Saudi Arabia has been higher since 2001, when it overtook Argentina.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Argentina	Saudi Arabia	World
2025	108 million	3.04 billion	33.3 billion
2024	45 million	1.24 billion	30.6 billion
2023	22 million	1.33 billion	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	3.05 billion	33 billion
2021	77 million	1.75 billion	26.8 billion
2020	7 million	2.24 billion	23.4 billion
2019	51 million	3.03 billion	26.9 billion
2018	19 million	2.94 billion	27.3 billion
2017	47 million	3.85 billion	31.2 billion
2016	17 million	2.91 billion	31.4 billion
2015	18 million	3.47 billion	28.7 billion
2014	6 million	2.72 billion	27 billion
2013	13 million	1.69 billion	27.4 billion
2012	5 million	835 million	27.9 billion
2011	16 million	1.18 billion	29.9 billion
2010	11 million	1.11 billion	25.8 billion
2009	15 million	828 million	24 billion
2008	21 million	389 million	24.1 billion
2007	24 million	229 million	26.5 billion
2006	9 million	207 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	166 million	21.3 billion
2004	161 million	1.16 billion	21.3 billion
2003	11 million	158 million	19.2 billion
2002	15 million	559 million	17.7 billion
2001	6 million	59 million	18.3 billion
2000	208 million	104 million	20.5 billion
1999	276 million	1.58 billion	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	2.89 billion	27.9 billion
1997	105 million	2.79 billion	28.9 billion
1996	21 million	1.73 billion	23.7 billion
1995	43 million	985 million	22.9 billion
1994	209 million	981 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	2.35 billion	25.8 billion
1992	27 million	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	–	1.04 billion	27.8 billion
1990	159 million	2.04 billion	28.6 billion
1989	6 million	1.38 billion	31.7 billion
1988	71 million	784 million	32.9 billion
1987	217 million	2.01 billion	36.2 billion
1986	219 million	2.84 billion	35.5 billion
1985	485 million	1.31 billion	33.2 billion
1984	724 million	824 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.31 billion	1.82 billion	39.1 billion
1982	406 million	2.22 billion	41.4 billion
1981	833 million	1.82 billion	42 billion
1980	445 million	1.09 billion	37.4 billion
1979	451 million	767 million	33.3 billion
1978	434 million	1.01 billion	39.2 billion
1977	204 million	1.02 billion	37 billion
1976	499 million	702 million	33 billion
1975	268 million	372 million	34.2 billion
1974	450 million	547 million	32.9 billion
1973	248 million	202 million	32.6 billion
1972	402 million	130 million	28.7 billion
1971	363 million	10 million	29.3 billion
1970	257 million	87 million	22.1 billion
1969	230 million	416 million	24.7 billion
1968	430 million	448 million	22.4 billion
1967	143 million	222 million	22.1 billion
1966	93 million	227 million	22.4 billion
1965	7 million	48 million	23.1 billion
1964	19 million	5 million	24.2 billion
1963	29 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	47 million	22 million	15.5 billion
1961	205 million	8 million	15 billion
1960	111 million	6 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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