Argentina vs Vietnam: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Argentina and 177 million TIV in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 69 million TIV, or 1.64 times that in Argentina.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Vietnam has been higher since 2008, when it overtook Argentina.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Argentina	Vietnam	World
2025	108 million	177 million	33.3 billion
2024	45 million	58 million	30.6 billion
2023	22 million	45 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	86 million	33 billion
2021	77 million	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	7 million	38 million	23.4 billion
2019	51 million	166 million	26.9 billion
2018	19 million	604 million	27.3 billion
2017	47 million	783 million	31.2 billion
2016	17 million	924 million	31.4 billion
2015	18 million	869 million	28.7 billion
2014	6 million	1.23 billion	27 billion
2013	13 million	360 million	27.4 billion
2012	5 million	782 million	27.9 billion
2011	16 million	1.02 billion	29.9 billion
2010	11 million	161 million	25.8 billion
2009	15 million	61 million	24 billion
2008	21 million	186 million	24.1 billion
2007	24 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	9 million	42 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	221 million	21.3 billion
2004	161 million	299 million	21.3 billion
2003	11 million	22 million	19.2 billion
2002	15 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	6 million	97 million	18.3 billion
2000	208 million	11 million	20.5 billion
1999	276 million	168 million	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	209 million	27.9 billion
1997	105 million	111 million	28.9 billion
1996	21 million	214 million	23.7 billion
1995	43 million	273 million	22.9 billion
1994	209 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	–	–	25.8 billion
1992	27 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	–	–	27.8 billion
1990	159 million	116 million	28.6 billion
1989	6 million	128 million	31.7 billion
1988	71 million	65 million	32.9 billion
1987	217 million	50 million	36.2 billion
1986	219 million	78 million	35.5 billion
1985	485 million	28 million	33.2 billion
1984	724 million	557 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.31 billion	916 million	39.1 billion
1982	406 million	532 million	41.4 billion
1981	833 million	1.07 billion	42 billion
1980	445 million	1.02 billion	37.4 billion
1979	451 million	1.25 billion	33.3 billion
1978	434 million	227 million	39.2 billion
1977	204 million	42 million	37 billion
1976	499 million	42 million	33 billion
1975	268 million	493 million	34.2 billion
1974	450 million	859 million	32.9 billion
1973	248 million	1.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	402 million	1.32 billion	28.7 billion
1971	363 million	1.2 billion	29.3 billion
1970	257 million	1.21 billion	22.1 billion
1969	230 million	909 million	24.7 billion
1968	430 million	1.18 billion	22.4 billion
1967	143 million	1.1 billion	22.1 billion
1966	93 million	1.14 billion	22.4 billion
1965	7 million	651 million	23.1 billion
1964	19 million	266 million	24.2 billion
1963	29 million	107 million	18.1 billion
1962	47 million	47 million	15.5 billion
1961	205 million	95 million	15 billion
1960	111 million	103 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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