France vs Iran: Arms imports

Arms imports: 236 million TIV in France in 2025 and 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in France, by 141 million TIV, or 4.36 times that in Iran.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

France 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	France	Iran	World
2025	236 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	183 million	42 million	30.6 billion
2023	114 million	21 million	29.5 billion
2022	130 million	–	33 billion
2021	105 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	225 million	2 million	23.4 billion
2019	104 million	3 million	26.9 billion
2018	201 million	3 million	27.3 billion
2017	84 million	3 million	31.2 billion
2016	38 million	413 million	31.4 billion
2015	36 million	11 million	28.7 billion
2014	17 million	14 million	27 billion
2013	104 million	14 million	27.4 billion
2012	86 million	39 million	27.9 billion
2011	41 million	89 million	29.9 billion
2010	103 million	87 million	25.8 billion
2009	72 million	92 million	24 billion
2008	2 million	57 million	24.1 billion
2007	75 million	325 million	26.5 billion
2006	68 million	418 million	24.4 billion
2005	2 million	53 million	21.3 billion
2004	93 million	117 million	21.3 billion
2003	55 million	283 million	19.2 billion
2002	38 million	435 million	17.7 billion
2001	61 million	526 million	18.3 billion
2000	98 million	417 million	20.5 billion
1999	105 million	321 million	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	374 million	27.9 billion
1997	223 million	172 million	28.9 billion
1996	64 million	608 million	23.7 billion
1995	99 million	289 million	22.9 billion
1994	84 million	451 million	22.8 billion
1993	102 million	960 million	25.8 billion
1992	439 million	406 million	24.3 billion
1991	963 million	990 million	27.8 billion
1990	77 million	444 million	28.6 billion
1989	107 million	194 million	31.7 billion
1988	134 million	469 million	32.9 billion
1987	84 million	807 million	36.2 billion
1986	100 million	805 million	35.5 billion
1985	20 million	639 million	33.2 billion
1984	73 million	562 million	36.8 billion
1983	108 million	466 million	39.1 billion
1982	142 million	499 million	41.4 billion
1981	106 million	487 million	42 billion
1980	70 million	278 million	37.4 billion
1979	107 million	526 million	33.3 billion
1978	231 million	3.72 billion	39.2 billion
1977	194 million	5.48 billion	37 billion
1976	186 million	4.65 billion	33 billion
1975	45 million	5.23 billion	34.2 billion
1974	46 million	2.86 billion	32.9 billion
1973	51 million	2.05 billion	32.6 billion
1972	33 million	1.38 billion	28.7 billion
1971	57 million	2.1 billion	29.3 billion
1970	44 million	899 million	22.1 billion
1969	64 million	950 million	24.7 billion
1968	123 million	917 million	22.4 billion
1967	98 million	553 million	22.1 billion
1966	106 million	601 million	22.4 billion
1965	378 million	496 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.3 billion	139 million	24.2 billion
1963	162 million	105 million	18.1 billion
1962	122 million	83 million	15.5 billion
1961	321 million	75 million	15 billion
1960	526 million	141 million	15.7 billion

Each country on its own

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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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