Canada vs Iran: Arms imports

Arms imports: 83 million TIV in Canada in 2025 and 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Canada, by 156 million TIV, or 4.71 times that in Iran.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Canada 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	Canada	Iran	World
2025	83 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	198 million	42 million	30.6 billion
2023	73 million	21 million	29.5 billion
2022	214 million	–	33 billion
2021	357 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	248 million	2 million	23.4 billion
2019	187 million	3 million	26.9 billion
2018	185 million	3 million	27.3 billion
2017	354 million	3 million	31.2 billion
2016	246 million	413 million	31.4 billion
2015	408 million	11 million	28.7 billion
2014	316 million	14 million	27 billion
2013	202 million	14 million	27.4 billion
2012	207 million	39 million	27.9 billion
2011	356 million	89 million	29.9 billion
2010	242 million	87 million	25.8 billion
2009	104 million	92 million	24 billion
2008	423 million	57 million	24.1 billion
2007	478 million	325 million	26.5 billion
2006	97 million	418 million	24.4 billion
2005	106 million	53 million	21.3 billion
2004	341 million	117 million	21.3 billion
2003	140 million	283 million	19.2 billion
2002	418 million	435 million	17.7 billion
2001	520 million	526 million	18.3 billion
2000	529 million	417 million	20.5 billion
1999	143 million	321 million	25.3 billion
1998	111 million	374 million	27.9 billion
1997	353 million	172 million	28.9 billion
1996	419 million	608 million	23.7 billion
1995	405 million	289 million	22.9 billion
1994	473 million	451 million	22.8 billion
1993	196 million	960 million	25.8 billion
1992	407 million	406 million	24.3 billion
1991	767 million	990 million	27.8 billion
1990	157 million	444 million	28.6 billion
1989	37 million	194 million	31.7 billion
1988	712 million	469 million	32.9 billion
1987	787 million	807 million	36.2 billion
1986	849 million	805 million	35.5 billion
1985	848 million	639 million	33.2 billion
1984	654 million	562 million	36.8 billion
1983	649 million	466 million	39.1 billion
1982	277 million	499 million	41.4 billion
1981	453 million	487 million	42 billion
1980	442 million	278 million	37.4 billion
1979	193 million	526 million	33.3 billion
1978	130 million	3.72 billion	39.2 billion
1977	90 million	5.48 billion	37 billion
1976	53 million	4.65 billion	33 billion
1975	195 million	5.23 billion	34.2 billion
1974	229 million	2.86 billion	32.9 billion
1973	78 million	2.05 billion	32.6 billion
1972	376 million	1.38 billion	28.7 billion
1971	457 million	2.1 billion	29.3 billion
1970	623 million	899 million	22.1 billion
1969	516 million	950 million	24.7 billion
1968	336 million	917 million	22.4 billion
1967	237 million	553 million	22.1 billion
1966	306 million	601 million	22.4 billion
1965	563 million	496 million	23.1 billion
1964	742 million	139 million	24.2 billion
1963	1.01 billion	105 million	18.1 billion
1962	1.22 billion	83 million	15.5 billion
1961	1.58 billion	75 million	15 billion
1960	171 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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