Armenia vs Azerbaijan

Armenia vs Azerbaijan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 21 million TIV in Armenia and 463 million TIV in Azerbaijan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Azerbaijan, by 442 million TIV, or 22 times that in Armenia.

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Armenia vs Azerbaijan: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 21 million TIV in Armenia and 463 million TIV in Azerbaijan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Azerbaijan, by 442 million TIV, or 22 times that in Armenia.
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What the numbers say

  • Azerbaijan has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Armenia.
  • The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearArmeniaAzerbaijanWorld
202521 million463 million33.3 billion
202432 million75 million30.6 billion
20237 million3 million29.5 billion
202229 million9 million33 billion
202132 million–26.8 billion
2020–51 million23.4 billion
2019248 million44 million26.9 billion
2018–375 million27.3 billion
201722 million290 million31.2 billion
2016112 million287 million31.4 billion
2015–351 million28.7 billion
2014–642 million27 billion
201352 million398 million27.4 billion
2012–397 million27.9 billion
20115 million569 million29.9 billion
201052 million163 million25.8 billion
200946 million147 million24 billion
2008–34 million24.1 billion
20071 million213 million26.5 billion
2006–168 million24.4 billion
2005–63 million21.3 billion
2004118 million4 million21.3 billion
2003––19.2 billion
2002–89 million17.7 billion
2001––18.3 billion
2000–3 million20.5 billion
19992 million–25.3 billion
1998––27.9 billion
1997––28.9 billion
199668 million–23.7 billion
199547 million–22.9 billion
1994181 million25 million22.8 billion
19932 million50 million25.8 billion
1992––24.3 billion
1991––27.8 billion
1990––28.6 billion
1989––31.7 billion
1988––32.9 billion
1987––36.2 billion
1986––35.5 billion
1985––33.2 billion
1984––36.8 billion
1983––39.1 billion
1982––41.4 billion
1981––42 billion
1980––37.4 billion
1979––33.3 billion
1978––39.2 billion
1977––37 billion
1976––33 billion
1975––34.2 billion
1974––32.9 billion
1973––32.6 billion
1972––28.7 billion
1971––29.3 billion
1970––22.1 billion
1969––24.7 billion
1968––22.4 billion
1967––22.1 billion
1966––22.4 billion
1965––23.1 billion
1964––24.2 billion
1963––18.1 billion
1962––15.5 billion
1961––15 billion
1960––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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