Austria vs Iran: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 1 million TIV in Austria and 80 million TIV in Iran, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Iran, by 79 million TIV, or 80 times that in Austria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Iran has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Austria.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Austria	Iran	World
2025	1 million	80 million	33.5 billion
2024	23 million	106 million	30.7 billion
2023	4 million	170 million	29.5 billion
2022	3 million	48 million	33.3 billion
2021	3 million	2 million	27.1 billion
2020	10 million	16 million	24.1 billion
2019	3 million	9 million	27 billion
2018	8 million	9 million	27.4 billion
2017	22 million	24 million	31.3 billion
2016	17 million	24 million	31.5 billion
2015	10 million	11 million	28.7 billion
2014	16 million	34 million	27.1 billion
2013	29 million	2 million	27.4 billion
2012	31 million	35 million	27.9 billion
2011	62 million	77 million	29.9 billion
2010	75 million	54 million	25.8 billion
2009	50 million	99 million	24.4 billion
2008	14 million	82 million	24.1 billion
2007	67 million	2 million	26.5 billion
2006	62 million	78 million	24.5 billion
2005	3 million	4 million	21.4 billion
2004	3 million	3 million	21.3 billion
2003	2 million	12 million	19.2 billion
2002	83 million	9 million	17.7 billion
2001	17 million	0	18.5 billion
2000	23 million	0	20.5 billion
1999	23 million	0	25.4 billion
1998	29 million	0	27.9 billion
1997	3 million	0	28.9 billion
1996	18 million	3 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	1 million	22.9 billion
1994	17 million	0	23 billion
1993	10 million	1 million	25.8 billion
1992	20 million	1 million	24.3 billion
1991	20 million	1 million	28.2 billion
1990	30 million	0	30.2 billion
1989	12 million	1 million	34.9 billion
1988	12 million	1 million	36.8 billion
1987	30 million	1 million	39.4 billion
1986	40 million	1 million	39 billion
1985	248 million	1 million	38.2 billion
1984	60 million	1 million	41.6 billion
1983	58 million	1 million	43.9 billion
1982	61 million	1 million	46.2 billion
1981	70 million	1 million	45.8 billion
1980	54 million	1 million	42.2 billion
1979	126 million	–	38.4 billion
1978	37 million	–	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	1 million	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

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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.

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