Indonesia vs Iran: Arms imports

Arms imports: 1.28 billion TIV in Indonesia in 2025 and 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Indonesia, by 143 million TIV, or 4.4 times that in Iran.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Indonesia 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	Indonesia	Iran	World
2025	1.28 billion	–	33.3 billion
2024	185 million	42 million	30.6 billion
2023	390 million	21 million	29.5 billion
2022	86 million	–	33 billion
2021	366 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	283 million	2 million	23.4 billion
2019	239 million	3 million	26.9 billion
2018	357 million	3 million	27.3 billion
2017	1.17 billion	3 million	31.2 billion
2016	352 million	413 million	31.4 billion
2015	438 million	11 million	28.7 billion
2014	1.2 billion	14 million	27 billion
2013	833 million	14 million	27.4 billion
2012	162 million	39 million	27.9 billion
2011	257 million	89 million	29.9 billion
2010	221 million	87 million	25.8 billion
2009	443 million	92 million	24 billion
2008	239 million	57 million	24.1 billion
2007	578 million	325 million	26.5 billion
2006	63 million	418 million	24.4 billion
2005	33 million	53 million	21.3 billion
2004	77 million	117 million	21.3 billion
2003	353 million	283 million	19.2 billion
2002	67 million	435 million	17.7 billion
2001	22 million	526 million	18.3 billion
2000	171 million	417 million	20.5 billion
1999	161 million	321 million	25.3 billion
1998	85 million	374 million	27.9 billion
1997	101 million	172 million	28.9 billion
1996	378 million	608 million	23.7 billion
1995	284 million	289 million	22.9 billion
1994	472 million	451 million	22.8 billion
1993	210 million	960 million	25.8 billion
1992	51 million	406 million	24.3 billion
1991	11 million	990 million	27.8 billion
1990	202 million	444 million	28.6 billion
1989	249 million	194 million	31.7 billion
1988	285 million	469 million	32.9 billion
1987	265 million	807 million	36.2 billion
1986	433 million	805 million	35.5 billion
1985	291 million	639 million	33.2 billion
1984	102 million	562 million	36.8 billion
1983	224 million	466 million	39.1 billion
1982	356 million	499 million	41.4 billion
1981	790 million	487 million	42 billion
1980	898 million	278 million	37.4 billion
1979	370 million	526 million	33.3 billion
1978	124 million	3.72 billion	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	5.48 billion	37 billion
1976	156 million	4.65 billion	33 billion
1975	4 million	5.23 billion	34.2 billion
1974	73 million	2.86 billion	32.9 billion
1973	73 million	2.05 billion	32.6 billion
1972	5 million	1.38 billion	28.7 billion
1971	92 million	2.1 billion	29.3 billion
1970	27 million	899 million	22.1 billion
1969	9 million	950 million	24.7 billion
1968	0	917 million	22.4 billion
1967	1 million	553 million	22.1 billion
1966	17 million	601 million	22.4 billion
1965	317 million	496 million	23.1 billion
1964	596 million	139 million	24.2 billion
1963	206 million	105 million	18.1 billion
1962	1.03 billion	83 million	15.5 billion
1961	780 million	75 million	15 billion
1960	448 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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