Iran vs Jordan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2024: 42 million TIV in Iran and 34 million TIV in Jordan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Iran, by 8 million TIV, or 1.24 times that in Jordan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Iran has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Jordan.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Iran	Jordan	World
2025	–	–	33.3 billion
2024	42 million	34 million	30.6 billion
2023	21 million	22 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	50 million	33 billion
2021	–	67 million	26.8 billion
2020	2 million	148 million	23.4 billion
2019	3 million	213 million	26.9 billion
2018	3 million	170 million	27.3 billion
2017	3 million	363 million	31.2 billion
2016	413 million	243 million	31.4 billion
2015	11 million	228 million	28.7 billion
2014	14 million	194 million	27 billion
2013	14 million	72 million	27.4 billion
2012	39 million	185 million	27.9 billion
2011	89 million	211 million	29.9 billion
2010	87 million	87 million	25.8 billion
2009	92 million	230 million	24 billion
2008	57 million	157 million	24.1 billion
2007	325 million	180 million	26.5 billion
2006	418 million	50 million	24.4 billion
2005	53 million	79 million	21.3 billion
2004	117 million	168 million	21.3 billion
2003	283 million	281 million	19.2 billion
2002	435 million	132 million	17.7 billion
2001	526 million	160 million	18.3 billion
2000	417 million	139 million	20.5 billion
1999	321 million	63 million	25.3 billion
1998	374 million	248 million	27.9 billion
1997	172 million	77 million	28.9 billion
1996	608 million	75 million	23.7 billion
1995	289 million	19 million	22.9 billion
1994	451 million	5 million	22.8 billion
1993	960 million	1 million	25.8 billion
1992	406 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	990 million	24 million	27.8 billion
1990	444 million	16 million	28.6 billion
1989	194 million	74 million	31.7 billion
1988	469 million	243 million	32.9 billion
1987	807 million	133 million	36.2 billion
1986	805 million	206 million	35.5 billion
1985	639 million	292 million	33.2 billion
1984	562 million	629 million	36.8 billion
1983	466 million	634 million	39.1 billion
1982	499 million	1.06 billion	41.4 billion
1981	487 million	401 million	42 billion
1980	278 million	359 million	37.4 billion
1979	526 million	256 million	33.3 billion
1978	3.72 billion	576 million	39.2 billion
1977	5.48 billion	457 million	37 billion
1976	4.65 billion	383 million	33 billion
1975	5.23 billion	372 million	34.2 billion
1974	2.86 billion	132 million	32.9 billion
1973	2.05 billion	56 million	32.6 billion
1972	1.38 billion	87 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.1 billion	90 million	29.3 billion
1970	899 million	147 million	22.1 billion
1969	950 million	173 million	24.7 billion
1968	917 million	48 million	22.4 billion
1967	553 million	126 million	22.1 billion
1966	601 million	95 million	22.4 billion
1965	496 million	56 million	23.1 billion
1964	139 million	33 million	24.2 billion
1963	105 million	39 million	18.1 billion
1962	83 million	66 million	15.5 billion
1961	75 million	26 million	15 billion
1960	141 million	53 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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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