Argentina vs United Kingdom: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Argentina and 609 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 501 million TIV, or 5.64 times that in Argentina.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Kingdom has been higher since 2000, 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 Kingdom	World
2025	108 million	609 million	33.3 billion
2024	45 million	486 million	30.6 billion
2023	22 million	469 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	859 million	33 billion
2021	77 million	886 million	26.8 billion
2020	7 million	635 million	23.4 billion
2019	51 million	402 million	26.9 billion
2018	19 million	463 million	27.3 billion
2017	47 million	1 billion	31.2 billion
2016	17 million	288 million	31.4 billion
2015	18 million	424 million	28.7 billion
2014	6 million	217 million	27 billion
2013	13 million	509 million	27.4 billion
2012	5 million	566 million	27.9 billion
2011	16 million	347 million	29.9 billion
2010	11 million	461 million	25.8 billion
2009	15 million	381 million	24 billion
2008	21 million	575 million	24.1 billion
2007	24 million	817 million	26.5 billion
2006	9 million	375 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	31 million	21.3 billion
2004	161 million	212 million	21.3 billion
2003	11 million	770 million	19.2 billion
2002	15 million	721 million	17.7 billion
2001	6 million	1.29 billion	18.3 billion
2000	208 million	937 million	20.5 billion
1999	276 million	132 million	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	770 million	27.9 billion
1997	105 million	513 million	28.9 billion
1996	21 million	568 million	23.7 billion
1995	43 million	496 million	22.9 billion
1994	209 million	421 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	796 million	25.8 billion
1992	27 million	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	–	953 million	27.8 billion
1990	159 million	130 million	28.6 billion
1989	6 million	209 million	31.7 billion
1988	71 million	285 million	32.9 billion
1987	217 million	207 million	36.2 billion
1986	219 million	273 million	35.5 billion
1985	485 million	355 million	33.2 billion
1984	724 million	682 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.31 billion	292 million	39.1 billion
1982	406 million	766 million	41.4 billion
1981	833 million	812 million	42 billion
1980	445 million	557 million	37.4 billion
1979	451 million	232 million	33.3 billion
1978	434 million	191 million	39.2 billion
1977	204 million	262 million	37 billion
1976	499 million	251 million	33 billion
1975	268 million	337 million	34.2 billion
1974	450 million	319 million	32.9 billion
1973	248 million	239 million	32.6 billion
1972	402 million	222 million	28.7 billion
1971	363 million	176 million	29.3 billion
1970	257 million	70 million	22.1 billion
1969	230 million	2.7 billion	24.7 billion
1968	430 million	2.35 billion	22.4 billion
1967	143 million	1.44 billion	22.1 billion
1966	93 million	242 million	22.4 billion
1965	7 million	166 million	23.1 billion
1964	19 million	133 million	24.2 billion
1963	29 million	159 million	18.1 billion
1962	47 million	38 million	15.5 billion
1961	205 million	34 million	15 billion
1960	111 million	26 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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