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.
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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armenia | 21 million 2025 | — | 72 of 110 |
| Azerbaijan | 463 million 2025 | 351 million | 22 of 110 |
| World | 33.3 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
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
| Year | Armenia | Azerbaijan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 million | 463 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 32 million | 75 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 7 million | 3 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 29 million | 9 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 32 million | – | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | – | 51 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 248 million | 44 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | – | 375 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 22 million | 290 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 112 million | 287 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | – | 351 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 642 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 52 million | 398 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 397 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 5 million | 569 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 52 million | 163 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 46 million | 147 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | 34 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 1 million | 213 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 168 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | 63 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 118 million | 4 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 89 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | 3 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 2 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 68 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 47 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 181 million | 25 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 2 million | 50 million | 25.8 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.
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