Argentina vs Thailand: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Argentina and 33 million TIV in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Argentina, by 75 million TIV, or 3.27 times that in Thailand.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

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

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Argentina	Thailand	World
2025	108 million	33 million	33.3 billion
2024	45 million	73 million	30.6 billion
2023	22 million	290 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	271 million	33 billion
2021	77 million	151 million	26.8 billion
2020	7 million	141 million	23.4 billion
2019	51 million	293 million	26.9 billion
2018	19 million	636 million	27.3 billion
2017	47 million	317 million	31.2 billion
2016	17 million	346 million	31.4 billion
2015	18 million	184 million	28.7 billion
2014	6 million	107 million	27 billion
2013	13 million	383 million	27.4 billion
2012	5 million	278 million	27.9 billion
2011	16 million	252 million	29.9 billion
2010	11 million	60 million	25.8 billion
2009	15 million	63 million	24 billion
2008	21 million	16 million	24.1 billion
2007	24 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	9 million	99 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	115 million	21.3 billion
2004	161 million	138 million	21.3 billion
2003	11 million	131 million	19.2 billion
2002	15 million	152 million	17.7 billion
2001	6 million	109 million	18.3 billion
2000	208 million	77 million	20.5 billion
1999	276 million	160 million	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	62 million	27.9 billion
1997	105 million	910 million	28.9 billion
1996	21 million	741 million	23.7 billion
1995	43 million	530 million	22.9 billion
1994	209 million	608 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	182 million	25.8 billion
1992	27 million	429 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	575 million	27.8 billion
1990	159 million	235 million	28.6 billion
1989	6 million	284 million	31.7 billion
1988	71 million	623 million	32.9 billion
1987	217 million	539 million	36.2 billion
1986	219 million	162 million	35.5 billion
1985	485 million	185 million	33.2 billion
1984	724 million	360 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.31 billion	247 million	39.1 billion
1982	406 million	81 million	41.4 billion
1981	833 million	350 million	42 billion
1980	445 million	318 million	37.4 billion
1979	451 million	326 million	33.3 billion
1978	434 million	192 million	39.2 billion
1977	204 million	111 million	37 billion
1976	499 million	154 million	33 billion
1975	268 million	90 million	34.2 billion
1974	450 million	114 million	32.9 billion
1973	248 million	321 million	32.6 billion
1972	402 million	147 million	28.7 billion
1971	363 million	243 million	29.3 billion
1970	257 million	258 million	22.1 billion
1969	230 million	121 million	24.7 billion
1968	430 million	88 million	22.4 billion
1967	143 million	140 million	22.1 billion
1966	93 million	58 million	22.4 billion
1965	7 million	87 million	23.1 billion
1964	19 million	84 million	24.2 billion
1963	29 million	111 million	18.1 billion
1962	47 million	113 million	15.5 billion
1961	205 million	52 million	15 billion
1960	111 million	28 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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