Austria vs Iran: Arms imports

Arms imports: 29 million TIV in Austria in 2025 and 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Iran, by 29 million TIV, or 3.23 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 2023, when it overtook Austria.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Austria	Iran	World
2025	29 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	13 million	42 million	30.6 billion
2023	17 million	21 million	29.5 billion
2022	5 million	–	33 billion
2021	34 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	14 million	2 million	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	3 million	26.9 billion
2018	6 million	3 million	27.3 billion
2017	10 million	3 million	31.2 billion
2016	13 million	413 million	31.4 billion
2015	1 million	11 million	28.7 billion
2014	2 million	14 million	27 billion
2013	5 million	14 million	27.4 billion
2012	6 million	39 million	27.9 billion
2011	6 million	89 million	29.9 billion
2010	5 million	87 million	25.8 billion
2009	286 million	92 million	24 billion
2008	190 million	57 million	24.1 billion
2007	269 million	325 million	26.5 billion
2006	5 million	418 million	24.4 billion
2005	26 million	53 million	21.3 billion
2004	56 million	117 million	21.3 billion
2003	41 million	283 million	19.2 billion
2002	81 million	435 million	17.7 billion
2001	15 million	526 million	18.3 billion
2000	25 million	417 million	20.5 billion
1999	48 million	321 million	25.3 billion
1998	247 million	374 million	27.9 billion
1997	190 million	172 million	28.9 billion
1996	9 million	608 million	23.7 billion
1995	30 million	289 million	22.9 billion
1994	52 million	451 million	22.8 billion
1993	8 million	960 million	25.8 billion
1992	5 million	406 million	24.3 billion
1991	6 million	990 million	27.8 billion
1990	5 million	444 million	28.6 billion
1989	84 million	194 million	31.7 billion
1988	117 million	469 million	32.9 billion
1987	7 million	807 million	36.2 billion
1986	19 million	805 million	35.5 billion
1985	28 million	639 million	33.2 billion
1984	13 million	562 million	36.8 billion
1983	145 million	466 million	39.1 billion
1982	97 million	499 million	41.4 billion
1981	73 million	487 million	42 billion
1980	177 million	278 million	37.4 billion
1979	72 million	526 million	33.3 billion
1978	8 million	3.72 billion	39.2 billion
1977	–	5.48 billion	37 billion
1976	12 million	4.65 billion	33 billion
1975	12 million	5.23 billion	34.2 billion
1974	32 million	2.86 billion	32.9 billion
1973	38 million	2.05 billion	32.6 billion
1972	93 million	1.38 billion	28.7 billion
1971	123 million	2.1 billion	29.3 billion
1970	99 million	899 million	22.1 billion
1969	12 million	950 million	24.7 billion
1968	1 million	917 million	22.4 billion
1967	48 million	553 million	22.1 billion
1966	61 million	601 million	22.4 billion
1965	78 million	496 million	23.1 billion
1964	74 million	139 million	24.2 billion
1963	201 million	105 million	18.1 billion
1962	56 million	83 million	15.5 billion
1961	27 million	75 million	15 billion
1960	16 million	141 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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