Azerbaijan vs Iran

Azerbaijan vs Iran: Arms imports

Arms imports: 463 million TIV in Azerbaijan in 2025 and 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Azerbaijan, by 33 million TIV, or 1.79 times that in Iran.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Azerbaijan vs Iran: Arms importsArms imports: 463 million TIV in Azerbaijan in 2025 and 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Azerbaijan, by 33 million TIV, or 1.79 times that in Iran.
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What the numbers say

  • Azerbaijan has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Iran.
  • The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearAzerbaijanIranWorld
2025463 million–33.3 billion
202475 million42 million30.6 billion
20233 million21 million29.5 billion
20229 million–33 billion
2021––26.8 billion
202051 million2 million23.4 billion
201944 million3 million26.9 billion
2018375 million3 million27.3 billion
2017290 million3 million31.2 billion
2016287 million413 million31.4 billion
2015351 million11 million28.7 billion
2014642 million14 million27 billion
2013398 million14 million27.4 billion
2012397 million39 million27.9 billion
2011569 million89 million29.9 billion
2010163 million87 million25.8 billion
2009147 million92 million24 billion
200834 million57 million24.1 billion
2007213 million325 million26.5 billion
2006168 million418 million24.4 billion
200563 million53 million21.3 billion
20044 million117 million21.3 billion
2003–283 million19.2 billion
200289 million435 million17.7 billion
2001–526 million18.3 billion
20003 million417 million20.5 billion
1999–321 million25.3 billion
1998–374 million27.9 billion
1997–172 million28.9 billion
1996–608 million23.7 billion
1995–289 million22.9 billion
199425 million451 million22.8 billion
199350 million960 million25.8 billion
1992–406 million24.3 billion
1991–990 million27.8 billion
1990–444 million28.6 billion
1989–194 million31.7 billion
1988–469 million32.9 billion
1987–807 million36.2 billion
1986–805 million35.5 billion
1985–639 million33.2 billion
1984–562 million36.8 billion
1983–466 million39.1 billion
1982–499 million41.4 billion
1981–487 million42 billion
1980–278 million37.4 billion
1979–526 million33.3 billion
1978–3.72 billion39.2 billion
1977–5.48 billion37 billion
1976–4.65 billion33 billion
1975–5.23 billion34.2 billion
1974–2.86 billion32.9 billion
1973–2.05 billion32.6 billion
1972–1.38 billion28.7 billion
1971–2.1 billion29.3 billion
1970–899 million22.1 billion
1969–950 million24.7 billion
1968–917 million22.4 billion
1967–553 million22.1 billion
1966–601 million22.4 billion
1965–496 million23.1 billion
1964–139 million24.2 billion
1963–105 million18.1 billion
1962–83 million15.5 billion
1961–75 million15 billion
1960–141 million15.7 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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