Iran vs Nigeria: Arms exports
Arms exports: 80 million TIV in Iran in 2025 and 4 million TIV in Nigeria in 2022, by SIPRI estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Iran, by 44 million TIV, or 12 times that in Nigeria.
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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before |
|---|---|---|
| Iran | 80 million 2025 | 11 million |
| Nigeria | 4 million 2022 | — |
| World | 33.5 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
What the numbers say
- Iran has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Nigeria.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2022.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Iran | Nigeria | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 80 million | – | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 106 million | – | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 170 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 48 million | 4 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 2 million | 3 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 16 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 9 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 9 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 24 million | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 24 million | – | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 11 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 34 million | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 2 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 35 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 77 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 54 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 99 million | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 82 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 2 million | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 78 million | – | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 4 million | – | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 3 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 12 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 9 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 3 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 1 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 1 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 1 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 1 million | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 0 | 3 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 1 million | 2 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 1 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 1 million | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 1 million | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 1 million | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 1 million | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 1 million | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 1 million | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 1 million | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 1 million | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 86 million | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 129 million | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 6 million | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 106 million | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 6 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 23 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 28 million | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 3 million | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 17.6 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.
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