Brazil vs Iran: Arms imports

Arms imports: 462 million TIV in Brazil in 2025 and 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Brazil, by 408 million TIV, or 11 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 2017, when it overtook Iran.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Brazil	Iran	World
2025	462 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	450 million	42 million	30.6 billion
2023	193 million	21 million	29.5 billion
2022	469 million	–	33 billion
2021	240 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	134 million	2 million	23.4 billion
2019	125 million	3 million	26.9 billion
2018	258 million	3 million	27.3 billion
2017	96 million	3 million	31.2 billion
2016	111 million	413 million	31.4 billion
2015	202 million	11 million	28.7 billion
2014	201 million	14 million	27 billion
2013	217 million	14 million	27.4 billion
2012	317 million	39 million	27.9 billion
2011	231 million	89 million	29.9 billion
2010	256 million	87 million	25.8 billion
2009	135 million	92 million	24 billion
2008	178 million	57 million	24.1 billion
2007	188 million	325 million	26.5 billion
2006	178 million	418 million	24.4 billion
2005	223 million	53 million	21.3 billion
2004	85 million	117 million	21.3 billion
2003	110 million	283 million	19.2 billion
2002	221 million	435 million	17.7 billion
2001	573 million	526 million	18.3 billion
2000	86 million	417 million	20.5 billion
1999	308 million	321 million	25.3 billion
1998	200 million	374 million	27.9 billion
1997	476 million	172 million	28.9 billion
1996	547 million	608 million	23.7 billion
1995	267 million	289 million	22.9 billion
1994	311 million	451 million	22.8 billion
1993	66 million	960 million	25.8 billion
1992	98 million	406 million	24.3 billion
1991	161 million	990 million	27.8 billion
1990	140 million	444 million	28.6 billion
1989	742 million	194 million	31.7 billion
1988	125 million	469 million	32.9 billion
1987	234 million	807 million	36.2 billion
1986	139 million	805 million	35.5 billion
1985	82 million	639 million	33.2 billion
1984	123 million	562 million	36.8 billion
1983	88 million	466 million	39.1 billion
1982	72 million	499 million	41.4 billion
1981	61 million	487 million	42 billion
1980	338 million	278 million	37.4 billion
1979	375 million	526 million	33.3 billion
1978	832 million	3.72 billion	39.2 billion
1977	525 million	5.48 billion	37 billion
1976	551 million	4.65 billion	33 billion
1975	538 million	5.23 billion	34.2 billion
1974	256 million	2.86 billion	32.9 billion
1973	598 million	2.05 billion	32.6 billion
1972	520 million	1.38 billion	28.7 billion
1971	171 million	2.1 billion	29.3 billion
1970	217 million	899 million	22.1 billion
1969	108 million	950 million	24.7 billion
1968	236 million	917 million	22.4 billion
1967	218 million	553 million	22.1 billion
1966	57 million	601 million	22.4 billion
1965	149 million	496 million	23.1 billion
1964	25 million	139 million	24.2 billion
1963	127 million	105 million	18.1 billion
1962	62 million	83 million	15.5 billion
1961	212 million	75 million	15 billion
1960	236 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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