Argentina vs Netherlands: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Argentina and 824 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 716 million TIV, or 7.63 times that in Argentina.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Netherlands has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Argentina.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Argentina	Netherlands	World
2025	108 million	824 million	33.3 billion
2024	45 million	333 million	30.6 billion
2023	22 million	374 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	725 million	33 billion
2021	77 million	512 million	26.8 billion
2020	7 million	575 million	23.4 billion
2019	51 million	494 million	26.9 billion
2018	19 million	139 million	27.3 billion
2017	47 million	33 million	31.2 billion
2016	17 million	69 million	31.4 billion
2015	18 million	51 million	28.7 billion
2014	6 million	8 million	27 billion
2013	13 million	488 million	27.4 billion
2012	5 million	190 million	27.9 billion
2011	16 million	115 million	29.9 billion
2010	11 million	171 million	25.8 billion
2009	15 million	262 million	24 billion
2008	21 million	147 million	24.1 billion
2007	24 million	221 million	26.5 billion
2006	9 million	304 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	86 million	21.3 billion
2004	161 million	130 million	21.3 billion
2003	11 million	128 million	19.2 billion
2002	15 million	247 million	17.7 billion
2001	6 million	164 million	18.3 billion
2000	208 million	123 million	20.5 billion
1999	276 million	278 million	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	269 million	27.9 billion
1997	105 million	126 million	28.9 billion
1996	21 million	203 million	23.7 billion
1995	43 million	84 million	22.9 billion
1994	209 million	205 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	140 million	25.8 billion
1992	27 million	237 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	322 million	27.8 billion
1990	159 million	273 million	28.6 billion
1989	6 million	705 million	31.7 billion
1988	71 million	393 million	32.9 billion
1987	217 million	614 million	36.2 billion
1986	219 million	792 million	35.5 billion
1985	485 million	892 million	33.2 billion
1984	724 million	1.17 billion	36.8 billion
1983	1.31 billion	1.33 billion	39.1 billion
1982	406 million	1.24 billion	41.4 billion
1981	833 million	755 million	42 billion
1980	445 million	645 million	37.4 billion
1979	451 million	792 million	33.3 billion
1978	434 million	717 million	39.2 billion
1977	204 million	606 million	37 billion
1976	499 million	285 million	33 billion
1975	268 million	108 million	34.2 billion
1974	450 million	40 million	32.9 billion
1973	248 million	21 million	32.6 billion
1972	402 million	650 million	28.7 billion
1971	363 million	698 million	29.3 billion
1970	257 million	699 million	22.1 billion
1969	230 million	569 million	24.7 billion
1968	430 million	288 million	22.4 billion
1967	143 million	751 million	22.1 billion
1966	93 million	204 million	22.4 billion
1965	7 million	815 million	23.1 billion
1964	19 million	1.01 billion	24.2 billion
1963	29 million	767 million	18.1 billion
1962	47 million	294 million	15.5 billion
1961	205 million	227 million	15 billion
1960	111 million	255 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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