Iran vs Italy: Arms imports

Arms imports: 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024 and 566 million TIV in Italy in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Italy, by 452 million TIV, or 12 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 since 2007, when it overtook Iran.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Iran	Italy	World
2025	–	566 million	33.3 billion
2024	42 million	494 million	30.6 billion
2023	21 million	425 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	237 million	33 billion
2021	–	211 million	26.8 billion
2020	2 million	201 million	23.4 billion
2019	3 million	178 million	26.9 billion
2018	3 million	275 million	27.3 billion
2017	3 million	709 million	31.2 billion
2016	413 million	734 million	31.4 billion
2015	11 million	237 million	28.7 billion
2014	14 million	127 million	27 billion
2013	14 million	71 million	27.4 billion
2012	39 million	189 million	27.9 billion
2011	89 million	286 million	29.9 billion
2010	87 million	98 million	25.8 billion
2009	92 million	94 million	24 billion
2008	57 million	159 million	24.1 billion
2007	325 million	467 million	26.5 billion
2006	418 million	384 million	24.4 billion
2005	53 million	136 million	21.3 billion
2004	117 million	490 million	21.3 billion
2003	283 million	617 million	19.2 billion
2002	435 million	240 million	17.7 billion
2001	526 million	234 million	18.3 billion
2000	417 million	278 million	20.5 billion
1999	321 million	25 million	25.3 billion
1998	374 million	56 million	27.9 billion
1997	172 million	474 million	28.9 billion
1996	608 million	265 million	23.7 billion
1995	289 million	322 million	22.9 billion
1994	451 million	180 million	22.8 billion
1993	960 million	205 million	25.8 billion
1992	406 million	192 million	24.3 billion
1991	990 million	210 million	27.8 billion
1990	444 million	155 million	28.6 billion
1989	194 million	196 million	31.7 billion
1988	469 million	179 million	32.9 billion
1987	807 million	183 million	36.2 billion
1986	805 million	198 million	35.5 billion
1985	639 million	205 million	33.2 billion
1984	562 million	273 million	36.8 billion
1983	466 million	303 million	39.1 billion
1982	499 million	241 million	41.4 billion
1981	487 million	129 million	42 billion
1980	278 million	468 million	37.4 billion
1979	526 million	591 million	33.3 billion
1978	3.72 billion	682 million	39.2 billion
1977	5.48 billion	517 million	37 billion
1976	4.65 billion	711 million	33 billion
1975	5.23 billion	1.02 billion	34.2 billion
1974	2.86 billion	1.12 billion	32.9 billion
1973	2.05 billion	1.02 billion	32.6 billion
1972	1.38 billion	1.77 billion	28.7 billion
1971	2.1 billion	1.1 billion	29.3 billion
1970	899 million	685 million	22.1 billion
1969	950 million	611 million	24.7 billion
1968	917 million	196 million	22.4 billion
1967	553 million	107 million	22.1 billion
1966	601 million	412 million	22.4 billion
1965	496 million	736 million	23.1 billion
1964	139 million	1.14 billion	24.2 billion
1963	105 million	1.22 billion	18.1 billion
1962	83 million	886 million	15.5 billion
1961	75 million	427 million	15 billion
1960	141 million	409 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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