Iran vs Kenya: Arms imports

Arms imports: 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024 and 117 million TIV in Kenya in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Iran, by 23 million TIV, or 2.21 times that in Kenya.

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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 Kenya.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Iran	Kenya	World
2025	–	117 million	33.3 billion
2024	42 million	19 million	30.6 billion
2023	21 million	–	29.5 billion
2022	–	1 million	33 billion
2021	–	4 million	26.8 billion
2020	2 million	71 million	23.4 billion
2019	3 million	18 million	26.9 billion
2018	3 million	7 million	27.3 billion
2017	3 million	17 million	31.2 billion
2016	413 million	32 million	31.4 billion
2015	11 million	30 million	28.7 billion
2014	14 million	17 million	27 billion
2013	14 million	1 million	27.4 billion
2012	39 million	68 million	27.9 billion
2011	89 million	35 million	29.9 billion
2010	87 million	96 million	25.8 billion
2009	92 million	34 million	24 billion
2008	57 million	–	24.1 billion
2007	325 million	11 million	26.5 billion
2006	418 million	–	24.4 billion
2005	53 million	–	21.3 billion
2004	117 million	–	21.3 billion
2003	283 million	–	19.2 billion
2002	435 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	526 million	–	18.3 billion
2000	417 million	15 million	20.5 billion
1999	321 million	–	25.3 billion
1998	374 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	172 million	61 million	28.9 billion
1996	608 million	–	23.7 billion
1995	289 million	–	22.9 billion
1994	451 million	30 million	22.8 billion
1993	960 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	406 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	990 million	14 million	27.8 billion
1990	444 million	43 million	28.6 billion
1989	194 million	47 million	31.7 billion
1988	469 million	–	32.9 billion
1987	807 million	178 million	36.2 billion
1986	805 million	26 million	35.5 billion
1985	639 million	6 million	33.2 billion
1984	562 million	12 million	36.8 billion
1983	466 million	17 million	39.1 billion
1982	499 million	85 million	41.4 billion
1981	487 million	144 million	42 billion
1980	278 million	119 million	37.4 billion
1979	526 million	56 million	33.3 billion
1978	3.72 billion	211 million	39.2 billion
1977	5.48 billion	58 million	37 billion
1976	4.65 billion	17 million	33 billion
1975	5.23 billion	25 million	34.2 billion
1974	2.86 billion	28 million	32.9 billion
1973	2.05 billion	2 million	32.6 billion
1972	1.38 billion	9 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.1 billion	26 million	29.3 billion
1970	899 million	0	22.1 billion
1969	950 million	3 million	24.7 billion
1968	917 million	2 million	22.4 billion
1967	553 million	2 million	22.1 billion
1966	601 million	19 million	22.4 billion
1965	496 million	15 million	23.1 billion
1964	139 million	6 million	24.2 billion
1963	105 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	83 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	75 million	–	15 billion
1960	141 million	–	15.7 billion

Each country on its own

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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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