Argentina vs Venezuela: Arms imports

Arms imports: 108 million TIV in Argentina in 2025 and 98 million TIV in Venezuela in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Venezuela, by 76 million TIV, or 4.45 times that in Argentina.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Venezuela has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Argentina.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Argentina	Venezuela	World
2025	108 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	45 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	22 million	98 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	–	33 billion
2021	77 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	7 million	79 million	23.4 billion
2019	51 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	19 million	14 million	27.3 billion
2017	47 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	17 million	95 million	31.4 billion
2015	18 million	138 million	28.7 billion
2014	6 million	186 million	27 billion
2013	13 million	1.01 billion	27.4 billion
2012	5 million	692 million	27.9 billion
2011	16 million	600 million	29.9 billion
2010	11 million	211 million	25.8 billion
2009	15 million	366 million	24 billion
2008	21 million	741 million	24.1 billion
2007	24 million	770 million	26.5 billion
2006	9 million	380 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	21 million	21.3 billion
2004	161 million	9 million	21.3 billion
2003	11 million	15 million	19.2 billion
2002	15 million	44 million	17.7 billion
2001	6 million	106 million	18.3 billion
2000	208 million	108 million	20.5 billion
1999	276 million	85 million	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	8 million	27.9 billion
1997	105 million	39 million	28.9 billion
1996	21 million	37 million	23.7 billion
1995	43 million	5 million	22.9 billion
1994	209 million	1 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	37 million	25.8 billion
1992	27 million	72 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	318 million	27.8 billion
1990	159 million	189 million	28.6 billion
1989	6 million	120 million	31.7 billion
1988	71 million	105 million	32.9 billion
1987	217 million	73 million	36.2 billion
1986	219 million	92 million	35.5 billion
1985	485 million	517 million	33.2 billion
1984	724 million	234 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.31 billion	241 million	39.1 billion
1982	406 million	698 million	41.4 billion
1981	833 million	908 million	42 billion
1980	445 million	361 million	37.4 billion
1979	451 million	14 million	33.3 billion
1978	434 million	59 million	39.2 billion
1977	204 million	216 million	37 billion
1976	499 million	170 million	33 billion
1975	268 million	230 million	34.2 billion
1974	450 million	252 million	32.9 billion
1973	248 million	395 million	32.6 billion
1972	402 million	165 million	28.7 billion
1971	363 million	130 million	29.3 billion
1970	257 million	15 million	22.1 billion
1969	230 million	8 million	24.7 billion
1968	430 million	20 million	22.4 billion
1967	143 million	205 million	22.1 billion
1966	93 million	69 million	22.4 billion
1965	7 million	–	23.1 billion
1964	19 million	6 million	24.2 billion
1963	29 million	34 million	18.1 billion
1962	47 million	32 million	15.5 billion
1961	205 million	32 million	15 billion
1960	111 million	64 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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