Iran vs Japan

Iran vs Japan: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 80 million TIV in Iran and 28 million TIV in Japan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Iran, by 52 million TIV, or 2.86 times that in Japan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Iran vs Japan: Arms exportsArms exports in 2025: 80 million TIV in Iran and 28 million TIV in Japan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Iran, by 52 million TIV, or 2.86 times that in Japan.
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What the numbers say

  • Iran has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Japan.
  • The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearIranJapanWorld
202580 million28 million33.5 billion
2024106 million21 million30.7 billion
2023170 million13 million29.5 billion
202248 million–33.3 billion
20212 million–27.1 billion
202016 million–24.1 billion
20199 million–27 billion
20189 million3 million27.4 billion
201724 million2 million31.3 billion
201624 million–31.5 billion
201511 million–28.7 billion
201434 million–27.1 billion
20132 million–27.4 billion
201235 million–27.9 billion
201177 million–29.9 billion
201054 million–25.8 billion
200999 million–24.4 billion
200882 million–24.1 billion
20072 million40 million26.5 billion
200678 million–24.5 billion
20054 million–21.4 billion
20043 million–21.3 billion
200312 million–19.2 billion
20029 million–17.7 billion
20010–18.5 billion
20000–20.5 billion
19990–25.4 billion
19980–27.9 billion
1997025 million28.9 billion
19963 million165 million23.7 billion
19951 million126 million22.9 billion
19940130 million23 billion
19931 million122 million25.8 billion
19921 million101 million24.3 billion
19911 million54 million28.2 billion
1990030 million30.2 billion
19891 million15 million34.9 billion
19881 million–36.8 billion
19871 million–39.4 billion
19861 million92 million39 billion
19851 million44 million38.2 billion
19841 million17 million41.6 billion
19831 million17 million43.9 billion
19821 million–46.2 billion
19811 million–45.8 billion
19801 million167 million42.2 billion
1979–11 million38.4 billion
1978–9 million42.4 billion
1977––40 billion
1976––36 billion
197586 million–37.2 billion
1974129 million55 million36.6 billion
19736 million36 million36.3 billion
1972106 million9 million34.5 billion
19716 million15 million32.9 billion
197023 million–25.3 billion
1969–31 million28.1 billion
1968––26.1 billion
196728 million–25.6 billion
1966–5 million25.8 billion
1965––25.8 billion
1964–14 million26.7 billion
1963–8 million20.3 billion
19623 million100 million17.5 billion
1961–61 million16.4 billion
1960–1 million17.6 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • 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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