Brazil vs Iran: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 153 million TIV in Brazil and 80 million TIV in Iran, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 73 million TIV, or 1.91 times that in Iran.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Brazil has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Iran.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Brazil	Iran	World
2025	153 million	80 million	33.5 billion
2024	112 million	106 million	30.7 billion
2023	54 million	170 million	29.5 billion
2022	10 million	48 million	33.3 billion
2021	86 million	2 million	27.1 billion
2020	164 million	16 million	24.1 billion
2019	21 million	9 million	27 billion
2018	102 million	9 million	27.4 billion
2017	36 million	24 million	31.3 billion
2016	134 million	24 million	31.5 billion
2015	53 million	11 million	28.7 billion
2014	31 million	34 million	27.1 billion
2013	31 million	2 million	27.4 billion
2012	33 million	35 million	27.9 billion
2011	32 million	77 million	29.9 billion
2010	147 million	54 million	25.8 billion
2009	44 million	99 million	24.4 billion
2008	93 million	82 million	24.1 billion
2007	54 million	2 million	26.5 billion
2006	44 million	78 million	24.5 billion
2005	1 million	4 million	21.4 billion
2004	46 million	3 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	12 million	19.2 billion
2002	21 million	9 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	0	18.5 billion
2000	–	0	20.5 billion
1999	–	0	25.4 billion
1998	18 million	0	27.9 billion
1997	27 million	0	28.9 billion
1996	27 million	3 million	23.7 billion
1995	38 million	1 million	22.9 billion
1994	54 million	0	23 billion
1993	40 million	1 million	25.8 billion
1992	99 million	1 million	24.3 billion
1991	129 million	1 million	28.2 billion
1990	108 million	0	30.2 billion
1989	53 million	1 million	34.9 billion
1988	208 million	1 million	36.8 billion
1987	216 million	1 million	39.4 billion
1986	140 million	1 million	39 billion
1985	209 million	1 million	38.2 billion
1984	280 million	1 million	41.6 billion
1983	204 million	1 million	43.9 billion
1982	128 million	1 million	46.2 billion
1981	71 million	1 million	45.8 billion
1980	160 million	1 million	42.2 billion
1979	80 million	–	38.4 billion
1978	204 million	–	42.4 billion
1977	156 million	–	40 billion
1976	76 million	–	36 billion
1975	69 million	86 million	37.2 billion
1974	12 million	129 million	36.6 billion
1973	–	6 million	36.3 billion
1972	–	106 million	34.5 billion
1971	0	6 million	32.9 billion
1970	–	23 million	25.3 billion
1969	18 million	–	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	12 million	–	16.4 billion
1960	2 million	–	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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