Armenia vs Iran
Armenia vs Iran: Arms exports
Arms exports: 4 million TIV in Armenia in 2006 and 80 million TIV in Iran in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2006 the value was higher in Iran, by 74 million TIV, or 20 times that in Armenia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Iran has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2006.
- The world as a whole: 24.5 billion TIV in 2006.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Armenia | Iran | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 80 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 106 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 170 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 48 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 2 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 16 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | 9 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 9 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 24 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 24 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 11 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 34 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 2 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 35 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 77 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 54 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 99 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 82 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 2 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 4 million | 78 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 4 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 3 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 12 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 9 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 0 | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 0 | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 0 | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 0 | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 0 | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 3 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 1 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 0 | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 1 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 1 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 1 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 0 | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 1 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 1 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 1 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 1 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 1 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 1 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 1 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 1 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 1 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 1 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 86 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 129 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 6 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 106 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 6 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | 23 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | 28 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | 3 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Armenia vs Iran
Health
- Life expectancyArmenia: 75.7 years in 2023Iran: 77.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityArmenia: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Iran: 1.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityArmenia: 8.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Iran: 9.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterArmenia: 82.4% in 2022Iran: 94.2% in 2022
- DepressionArmenia: 2.76% in 2017Iran: 5.12% in 2017
- Suicide rateArmenia: 8.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Iran: 5.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationArmenia: 2.94 million people in 2023Iran: 90.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthArmenia: 2.79% a year in 2023Iran: 1.12% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateArmenia: 1.71 births per woman in 2023Iran: 1.7 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationArmenia: 65.9% in 2025Iran: 77.4% in 2025
- Median ageArmenia: 35.8 years in 2023Iran: 32.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overArmenia: 13.2% in 2023Iran: 7.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateArmenia: 25.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Iran: 2.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingArmenia: 6.09% of GDP in 2025Iran: 2.09% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsArmenia: $1.65B in 2025Iran: $7.45B in 2025
- Military spending per personArmenia: $582 in 2025Iran: $80 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingArmenia: 19.9% of government spending in 2025Iran: 11.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelArmenia: 47,000 people in 2020Iran: 650,000 people in 2020
- National powerArmenia: 0.06% of world capability in 2022Iran: 1.64% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersArmenia: 3.25% of the labour force in 2020Iran: 2.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsArmenia: 21 million TIV in 2025Iran: 42 million TIV in 2024