Argentina vs United Arab Emirates: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Argentina and 868 million TIV in United Arab Emirates, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 760 million TIV, or 8.04 times that in Argentina.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 1989, when it overtook Argentina.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Argentina	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	108 million	868 million	33.3 billion
2024	45 million	1.09 billion	30.6 billion
2023	22 million	918 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	756 million	33 billion
2021	77 million	577 million	26.8 billion
2020	7 million	660 million	23.4 billion
2019	51 million	750 million	26.9 billion
2018	19 million	1.17 billion	27.3 billion
2017	47 million	909 million	31.2 billion
2016	17 million	1.49 billion	31.4 billion
2015	18 million	1.69 billion	28.7 billion
2014	6 million	736 million	27 billion
2013	13 million	2.32 billion	27.4 billion
2012	5 million	1.14 billion	27.9 billion
2011	16 million	1.22 billion	29.9 billion
2010	11 million	650 million	25.8 billion
2009	15 million	604 million	24 billion
2008	21 million	730 million	24.1 billion
2007	24 million	819 million	26.5 billion
2006	9 million	1.93 billion	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	2.07 billion	21.3 billion
2004	161 million	1.15 billion	21.3 billion
2003	11 million	676 million	19.2 billion
2002	15 million	223 million	17.7 billion
2001	6 million	186 million	18.3 billion
2000	208 million	244 million	20.5 billion
1999	276 million	441 million	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	757 million	27.9 billion
1997	105 million	690 million	28.9 billion
1996	21 million	481 million	23.7 billion
1995	43 million	426 million	22.9 billion
1994	209 million	571 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	582 million	25.8 billion
1992	27 million	205 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	237 million	27.8 billion
1990	159 million	561 million	28.6 billion
1989	6 million	663 million	31.7 billion
1988	71 million	45 million	32.9 billion
1987	217 million	195 million	36.2 billion
1986	219 million	132 million	35.5 billion
1985	485 million	145 million	33.2 billion
1984	724 million	310 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.31 billion	163 million	39.1 billion
1982	406 million	155 million	41.4 billion
1981	833 million	420 million	42 billion
1980	445 million	213 million	37.4 billion
1979	451 million	39 million	33.3 billion
1978	434 million	230 million	39.2 billion
1977	204 million	310 million	37 billion
1976	499 million	275 million	33 billion
1975	268 million	145 million	34.2 billion
1974	450 million	100 million	32.9 billion
1973	248 million	88 million	32.6 billion
1972	402 million	28 million	28.7 billion
1971	363 million	24 million	29.3 billion
1970	257 million	67 million	22.1 billion
1969	230 million	12 million	24.7 billion
1968	430 million	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	143 million	–	22.1 billion
1966	93 million	–	22.4 billion
1965	7 million	–	23.1 billion
1964	19 million	–	24.2 billion
1963	29 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	47 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	205 million	–	15 billion
1960	111 million	–	15.7 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

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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Deaths in conflictsArgentina: 0 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022