Argentina vs Spain: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Argentina and 237 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 129 million TIV, or 2.19 times that in Argentina.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Spain has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Argentina.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Argentina	Spain	World
2025	108 million	237 million	33.3 billion
2024	45 million	159 million	30.6 billion
2023	22 million	159 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	198 million	33 billion
2021	77 million	134 million	26.8 billion
2020	7 million	70 million	23.4 billion
2019	51 million	35 million	26.9 billion
2018	19 million	149 million	27.3 billion
2017	47 million	82 million	31.2 billion
2016	17 million	104 million	31.4 billion
2015	18 million	152 million	28.7 billion
2014	6 million	109 million	27 billion
2013	13 million	155 million	27.4 billion
2012	5 million	219 million	27.9 billion
2011	16 million	166 million	29.9 billion
2010	11 million	272 million	25.8 billion
2009	15 million	228 million	24 billion
2008	21 million	347 million	24.1 billion
2007	24 million	343 million	26.5 billion
2006	9 million	312 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	358 million	21.3 billion
2004	161 million	288 million	21.3 billion
2003	11 million	239 million	19.2 billion
2002	15 million	266 million	17.7 billion
2001	6 million	140 million	18.3 billion
2000	208 million	315 million	20.5 billion
1999	276 million	357 million	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	82 million	27.9 billion
1997	105 million	192 million	28.9 billion
1996	21 million	395 million	23.7 billion
1995	43 million	355 million	22.9 billion
1994	209 million	838 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	299 million	25.8 billion
1992	27 million	207 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	109 million	27.8 billion
1990	159 million	691 million	28.6 billion
1989	6 million	835 million	31.7 billion
1988	71 million	1.95 billion	32.9 billion
1987	217 million	1.08 billion	36.2 billion
1986	219 million	1.08 billion	35.5 billion
1985	485 million	327 million	33.2 billion
1984	724 million	81 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.31 billion	614 million	39.1 billion
1982	406 million	512 million	41.4 billion
1981	833 million	636 million	42 billion
1980	445 million	689 million	37.4 billion
1979	451 million	650 million	33.3 billion
1978	434 million	432 million	39.2 billion
1977	204 million	312 million	37 billion
1976	499 million	831 million	33 billion
1975	268 million	1.16 billion	34.2 billion
1974	450 million	557 million	32.9 billion
1973	248 million	895 million	32.6 billion
1972	402 million	793 million	28.7 billion
1971	363 million	637 million	29.3 billion
1970	257 million	234 million	22.1 billion
1969	230 million	181 million	24.7 billion
1968	430 million	133 million	22.4 billion
1967	143 million	303 million	22.1 billion
1966	93 million	307 million	22.4 billion
1965	7 million	382 million	23.1 billion
1964	19 million	51 million	24.2 billion
1963	29 million	15 million	18.1 billion
1962	47 million	55 million	15.5 billion
1961	205 million	103 million	15 billion
1960	111 million	214 million	15.7 billion

Each country on its own

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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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