Iran vs Italy: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 80 million TIV in Iran and 1.92 billion TIV in Italy, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Italy, by 1.84 billion TIV, or 24 times that in Iran.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Italy has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1962.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Iran	Italy	World
2025	80 million	1.92 billion	33.5 billion
2024	106 million	1.21 billion	30.7 billion
2023	170 million	1.37 billion	29.5 billion
2022	48 million	1.71 billion	33.3 billion
2021	2 million	1.63 billion	27.1 billion
2020	16 million	821 million	24.1 billion
2019	9 million	372 million	27 billion
2018	9 million	535 million	27.4 billion
2017	24 million	703 million	31.3 billion
2016	24 million	616 million	31.5 billion
2015	11 million	671 million	28.7 billion
2014	34 million	688 million	27.1 billion
2013	2 million	884 million	27.4 billion
2012	35 million	789 million	27.9 billion
2011	77 million	964 million	29.9 billion
2010	54 million	577 million	25.8 billion
2009	99 million	512 million	24.4 billion
2008	82 million	433 million	24.1 billion
2007	2 million	700 million	26.5 billion
2006	78 million	538 million	24.5 billion
2005	4 million	832 million	21.4 billion
2004	3 million	261 million	21.3 billion
2003	12 million	359 million	19.2 billion
2002	9 million	474 million	17.7 billion
2001	0	267 million	18.5 billion
2000	0	205 million	20.5 billion
1999	0	516 million	25.4 billion
1998	0	423 million	27.9 billion
1997	0	447 million	28.9 billion
1996	3 million	287 million	23.7 billion
1995	1 million	301 million	22.9 billion
1994	0	208 million	23 billion
1993	1 million	342 million	25.8 billion
1992	1 million	249 million	24.3 billion
1991	1 million	354 million	28.2 billion
1990	0	200 million	30.2 billion
1989	1 million	316 million	34.9 billion
1988	1 million	389 million	36.8 billion
1987	1 million	626 million	39.4 billion
1986	1 million	223 million	39 billion
1985	1 million	868 million	38.2 billion
1984	1 million	1.23 billion	41.6 billion
1983	1 million	1.11 billion	43.9 billion
1982	1 million	1.67 billion	46.2 billion
1981	1 million	1.7 billion	45.8 billion
1980	1 million	1.16 billion	42.2 billion
1979	–	1.31 billion	38.4 billion
1978	–	665 million	42.4 billion
1977	–	505 million	40 billion
1976	–	523 million	36 billion
1975	86 million	520 million	37.2 billion
1974	129 million	409 million	36.6 billion
1973	6 million	328 million	36.3 billion
1972	106 million	284 million	34.5 billion
1971	6 million	383 million	32.9 billion
1970	23 million	280 million	25.3 billion
1969	–	325 million	28.1 billion
1968	–	197 million	26.1 billion
1967	28 million	144 million	25.6 billion
1966	–	243 million	25.8 billion
1965	–	296 million	25.8 billion
1964	–	385 million	26.7 billion
1963	–	241 million	20.3 billion
1962	3 million	262 million	17.5 billion
1961	–	246 million	16.4 billion
1960	–	105 million	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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