Ethiopia vs Iran

Ethiopia vs Iran: Arms exports

Arms exports: 17 million TIV in Ethiopia in 1997 and 80 million TIV in Iran in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 1997 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 17 million TIV.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Ethiopia vs Iran: Arms exportsArms exports: 17 million TIV in Ethiopia in 1997 and 80 million TIV in Iran in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 1997 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 17 million TIV.
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What the numbers say

  • Ethiopia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1985.
  • The world as a whole: 28.9 billion TIV in 1997.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearEthiopiaIranWorld
2025–80 million33.5 billion
2024–106 million30.7 billion
2023–170 million29.5 billion
2022–48 million33.3 billion
2021–2 million27.1 billion
2020–16 million24.1 billion
2019–9 million27 billion
2018–9 million27.4 billion
2017–24 million31.3 billion
2016–24 million31.5 billion
2015–11 million28.7 billion
2014–34 million27.1 billion
2013–2 million27.4 billion
2012–35 million27.9 billion
2011–77 million29.9 billion
2010–54 million25.8 billion
2009–99 million24.4 billion
2008–82 million24.1 billion
2007–2 million26.5 billion
2006–78 million24.5 billion
2005–4 million21.4 billion
2004–3 million21.3 billion
2003–12 million19.2 billion
2002–9 million17.7 billion
2001–018.5 billion
2000–020.5 billion
1999–025.4 billion
1998–027.9 billion
199717 million028.9 billion
1996–3 million23.7 billion
1995–1 million22.9 billion
1994–023 billion
1993–1 million25.8 billion
1992–1 million24.3 billion
1991–1 million28.2 billion
1990–030.2 billion
1989–1 million34.9 billion
1988–1 million36.8 billion
198751 million1 million39.4 billion
1986–1 million39 billion
198535 million1 million38.2 billion
1984–1 million41.6 billion
1983–1 million43.9 billion
1982–1 million46.2 billion
1981–1 million45.8 billion
1980–1 million42.2 billion
1979––38.4 billion
1978––42.4 billion
1977––40 billion
1976––36 billion
1975–86 million37.2 billion
1974–129 million36.6 billion
1973–6 million36.3 billion
1972–106 million34.5 billion
1971–6 million32.9 billion
1970–23 million25.3 billion
1969––28.1 billion
1968––26.1 billion
1967–28 million25.6 billion
1966––25.8 billion
1965––25.8 billion
1964––26.7 billion
1963––20.3 billion
1962–3 million17.5 billion
1961––16.4 billion
1960––17.6 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • 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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