Iran vs Israel: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 80 million TIV in Iran and 2.62 billion TIV in Israel, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 2.54 billion TIV, or 33 times that in Iran.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Israel has been higher since 1975, when it overtook Iran.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Iran	Israel	World
2025	80 million	2.62 billion	33.5 billion
2024	106 million	1.16 billion	30.7 billion
2023	170 million	1.27 billion	29.5 billion
2022	48 million	1.03 billion	33.3 billion
2021	2 million	687 million	27.1 billion
2020	16 million	356 million	24.1 billion
2019	9 million	385 million	27 billion
2018	9 million	1.14 billion	27.4 billion
2017	24 million	1.22 billion	31.3 billion
2016	24 million	1.26 billion	31.5 billion
2015	11 million	573 million	28.7 billion
2014	34 million	408 million	27.1 billion
2013	2 million	414 million	27.4 billion
2012	35 million	482 million	27.9 billion
2011	77 million	590 million	29.9 billion
2010	54 million	695 million	25.8 billion
2009	99 million	819 million	24.4 billion
2008	82 million	389 million	24.1 billion
2007	2 million	613 million	26.5 billion
2006	78 million	451 million	24.5 billion
2005	4 million	521 million	21.4 billion
2004	3 million	599 million	21.3 billion
2003	12 million	418 million	19.2 billion
2002	9 million	532 million	17.7 billion
2001	0	467 million	18.5 billion
2000	0	407 million	20.5 billion
1999	0	177 million	25.4 billion
1998	0	227 million	27.9 billion
1997	0	271 million	28.9 billion
1996	3 million	335 million	23.7 billion
1995	1 million	206 million	22.9 billion
1994	0	337 million	23 billion
1993	1 million	416 million	25.8 billion
1992	1 million	354 million	24.3 billion
1991	1 million	157 million	28.2 billion
1990	0	73 million	30.2 billion
1989	1 million	190 million	34.9 billion
1988	1 million	63 million	36.8 billion
1987	1 million	130 million	39.4 billion
1986	1 million	333 million	39 billion
1985	1 million	202 million	38.2 billion
1984	1 million	202 million	41.6 billion
1983	1 million	364 million	43.9 billion
1982	1 million	261 million	46.2 billion
1981	1 million	196 million	45.8 billion
1980	1 million	241 million	42.2 billion
1979	–	188 million	38.4 billion
1978	–	222 million	42.4 billion
1977	–	201 million	40 billion
1976	–	80 million	36 billion
1975	86 million	109 million	37.2 billion
1974	129 million	43 million	36.6 billion
1973	6 million	18 million	36.3 billion
1972	106 million	35 million	34.5 billion
1971	6 million	27 million	32.9 billion
1970	23 million	21 million	25.3 billion
1969	–	48 million	28.1 billion
1968	–	55 million	26.1 billion
1967	28 million	45 million	25.6 billion
1966	–	46 million	25.8 billion
1965	–	34 million	25.8 billion
1964	–	5 million	26.7 billion
1963	–	–	20.3 billion
1962	3 million	–	17.5 billion
1961	–	–	16.4 billion
1960	–	–	17.6 billion

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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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