Germany vs Iran: Arms imports

Arms imports: 1.63 billion TIV in Germany in 2025 and 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Germany, by 198 million TIV, or 5.71 times that in Iran.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Germany 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	Germany	Iran	World
2025	1.63 billion	–	33.3 billion
2024	240 million	42 million	30.6 billion
2023	203 million	21 million	29.5 billion
2022	269 million	–	33 billion
2021	235 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	105 million	2 million	23.4 billion
2019	38 million	3 million	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	3 million	27.3 billion
2017	43 million	3 million	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	413 million	31.4 billion
2015	119 million	11 million	28.7 billion
2014	77 million	14 million	27 billion
2013	103 million	14 million	27.4 billion
2012	140 million	39 million	27.9 billion
2011	79 million	89 million	29.9 billion
2010	301 million	87 million	25.8 billion
2009	329 million	92 million	24 billion
2008	277 million	57 million	24.1 billion
2007	46 million	325 million	26.5 billion
2006	413 million	418 million	24.4 billion
2005	206 million	53 million	21.3 billion
2004	245 million	117 million	21.3 billion
2003	70 million	283 million	19.2 billion
2002	71 million	435 million	17.7 billion
2001	133 million	526 million	18.3 billion
2000	113 million	417 million	20.5 billion
1999	129 million	321 million	25.3 billion
1998	618 million	374 million	27.9 billion
1997	60 million	172 million	28.9 billion
1996	244 million	608 million	23.7 billion
1995	222 million	289 million	22.9 billion
1994	417 million	451 million	22.8 billion
1993	529 million	960 million	25.8 billion
1992	716 million	406 million	24.3 billion
1991	750 million	990 million	27.8 billion
1990	757 million	444 million	28.6 billion
1989	701 million	194 million	31.7 billion
1988	447 million	469 million	32.9 billion
1987	340 million	807 million	36.2 billion
1986	322 million	805 million	35.5 billion
1985	130 million	639 million	33.2 billion
1984	412 million	562 million	36.8 billion
1983	434 million	466 million	39.1 billion
1982	453 million	499 million	41.4 billion
1981	261 million	487 million	42 billion
1980	150 million	278 million	37.4 billion
1979	65 million	526 million	33.3 billion
1978	661 million	3.72 billion	39.2 billion
1977	1.01 billion	5.48 billion	37 billion
1976	1.36 billion	4.65 billion	33 billion
1975	1.83 billion	5.23 billion	34.2 billion
1974	2.14 billion	2.86 billion	32.9 billion
1973	1.72 billion	2.05 billion	32.6 billion
1972	796 million	1.38 billion	28.7 billion
1971	2.24 billion	2.1 billion	29.3 billion
1970	1.26 billion	899 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.23 billion	950 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.25 billion	917 million	22.4 billion
1967	1.39 billion	553 million	22.1 billion
1966	3.39 billion	601 million	22.4 billion
1965	3.52 billion	496 million	23.1 billion
1964	3.83 billion	139 million	24.2 billion
1963	3.31 billion	105 million	18.1 billion
1962	2.5 billion	83 million	15.5 billion
1961	2.09 billion	75 million	15 billion
1960	2.04 billion	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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