Argentina vs Türkiye: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Argentina and 381 million TIV in Türkiye, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Türkiye, by 273 million TIV, or 3.53 times that in Argentina.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Türkiye has been higher since 1985, when it overtook Argentina.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Argentina	Türkiye	World
2025	108 million	381 million	33.3 billion
2024	45 million	381 million	30.6 billion
2023	22 million	679 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	187 million	33 billion
2021	77 million	249 million	26.8 billion
2020	7 million	110 million	23.4 billion
2019	51 million	742 million	26.9 billion
2018	19 million	476 million	27.3 billion
2017	47 million	427 million	31.2 billion
2016	17 million	324 million	31.4 billion
2015	18 million	446 million	28.7 billion
2014	6 million	1.53 billion	27 billion
2013	13 million	769 million	27.4 billion
2012	5 million	1.48 billion	27.9 billion
2011	16 million	794 million	29.9 billion
2010	11 million	469 million	25.8 billion
2009	15 million	714 million	24 billion
2008	21 million	623 million	24.1 billion
2007	24 million	675 million	26.5 billion
2006	9 million	524 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	1.08 billion	21.3 billion
2004	161 million	252 million	21.3 billion
2003	11 million	327 million	19.2 billion
2002	15 million	878 million	17.7 billion
2001	6 million	501 million	18.3 billion
2000	208 million	1.18 billion	20.5 billion
1999	276 million	1.73 billion	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	2.62 billion	27.9 billion
1997	105 million	1.51 billion	28.9 billion
1996	21 million	1.49 billion	23.7 billion
1995	43 million	1.56 billion	22.9 billion
1994	209 million	1.89 billion	22.8 billion
1993	–	2.33 billion	25.8 billion
1992	27 million	1.87 billion	24.3 billion
1991	–	1.29 billion	27.8 billion
1990	159 million	1.24 billion	28.6 billion
1989	6 million	1.03 billion	31.7 billion
1988	71 million	1.63 billion	32.9 billion
1987	217 million	1.43 billion	36.2 billion
1986	219 million	472 million	35.5 billion
1985	485 million	678 million	33.2 billion
1984	724 million	549 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.31 billion	503 million	39.1 billion
1982	406 million	478 million	41.4 billion
1981	833 million	726 million	42 billion
1980	445 million	486 million	37.4 billion
1979	451 million	917 million	33.3 billion
1978	434 million	984 million	39.2 billion
1977	204 million	293 million	37 billion
1976	499 million	358 million	33 billion
1975	268 million	640 million	34.2 billion
1974	450 million	1.28 billion	32.9 billion
1973	248 million	790 million	32.6 billion
1972	402 million	1.09 billion	28.7 billion
1971	363 million	941 million	29.3 billion
1970	257 million	396 million	22.1 billion
1969	230 million	628 million	24.7 billion
1968	430 million	418 million	22.4 billion
1967	143 million	593 million	22.1 billion
1966	93 million	525 million	22.4 billion
1965	7 million	603 million	23.1 billion
1964	19 million	839 million	24.2 billion
1963	29 million	586 million	18.1 billion
1962	47 million	266 million	15.5 billion
1961	205 million	322 million	15 billion
1960	111 million	581 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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