Argentina vs United States: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Argentina and 745 million TIV in United States, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by 637 million TIV, or 6.9 times that in Argentina.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United States 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 States	World
2025	108 million	745 million	33.3 billion
2024	45 million	1.05 billion	30.6 billion
2023	22 million	891 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	846 million	33 billion
2021	77 million	922 million	26.8 billion
2020	7 million	806 million	23.4 billion
2019	51 million	882 million	26.9 billion
2018	19 million	379 million	27.3 billion
2017	47 million	504 million	31.2 billion
2016	17 million	447 million	31.4 billion
2015	18 million	482 million	28.7 billion
2014	6 million	568 million	27 billion
2013	13 million	767 million	27.4 billion
2012	5 million	1.14 billion	27.9 billion
2011	16 million	937 million	29.9 billion
2010	11 million	969 million	25.8 billion
2009	15 million	939 million	24 billion
2008	21 million	936 million	24.1 billion
2007	24 million	842 million	26.5 billion
2006	9 million	706 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	582 million	21.3 billion
2004	161 million	596 million	21.3 billion
2003	11 million	630 million	19.2 billion
2002	15 million	515 million	17.7 billion
2001	6 million	508 million	18.3 billion
2000	208 million	333 million	20.5 billion
1999	276 million	220 million	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	262 million	27.9 billion
1997	105 million	610 million	28.9 billion
1996	21 million	601 million	23.7 billion
1995	43 million	809 million	22.9 billion
1994	209 million	951 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	968 million	25.8 billion
1992	27 million	540 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	515 million	27.8 billion
1990	159 million	363 million	28.6 billion
1989	6 million	1.78 billion	31.7 billion
1988	71 million	1.79 billion	32.9 billion
1987	217 million	2 billion	36.2 billion
1986	219 million	424 million	35.5 billion
1985	485 million	655 million	33.2 billion
1984	724 million	381 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.31 billion	463 million	39.1 billion
1982	406 million	248 million	41.4 billion
1981	833 million	531 million	42 billion
1980	445 million	380 million	37.4 billion
1979	451 million	253 million	33.3 billion
1978	434 million	369 million	39.2 billion
1977	204 million	384 million	37 billion
1976	499 million	499 million	33 billion
1975	268 million	388 million	34.2 billion
1974	450 million	586 million	32.9 billion
1973	248 million	656 million	32.6 billion
1972	402 million	769 million	28.7 billion
1971	363 million	578 million	29.3 billion
1970	257 million	38 million	22.1 billion
1969	230 million	50 million	24.7 billion
1968	430 million	62 million	22.4 billion
1967	143 million	88 million	22.1 billion
1966	93 million	89 million	22.4 billion
1965	7 million	170 million	23.1 billion
1964	19 million	358 million	24.2 billion
1963	29 million	283 million	18.1 billion
1962	47 million	236 million	15.5 billion
1961	205 million	198 million	15 billion
1960	111 million	181 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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