Iran vs Pakistan: Arms imports

Arms imports: 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024 and 706 million TIV in Pakistan in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 1.03 billion TIV, or 25 times that in Iran.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Pakistan 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	Pakistan	World
2025	–	706 million	33.3 billion
2024	42 million	1.07 billion	30.6 billion
2023	21 million	2.2 billion	29.5 billion
2022	–	1.53 billion	33 billion
2021	–	984 million	26.8 billion
2020	2 million	624 million	23.4 billion
2019	3 million	654 million	26.9 billion
2018	3 million	893 million	27.3 billion
2017	3 million	870 million	31.2 billion
2016	413 million	872 million	31.4 billion
2015	11 million	771 million	28.7 billion
2014	14 million	877 million	27 billion
2013	14 million	1.11 billion	27.4 billion
2012	39 million	1.02 billion	27.9 billion
2011	89 million	1.18 billion	29.9 billion
2010	87 million	2.23 billion	25.8 billion
2009	92 million	1.2 billion	24 billion
2008	57 million	1.07 billion	24.1 billion
2007	325 million	693 million	26.5 billion
2006	418 million	324 million	24.4 billion
2005	53 million	427 million	21.3 billion
2004	117 million	471 million	21.3 billion
2003	283 million	645 million	19.2 billion
2002	435 million	566 million	17.7 billion
2001	526 million	412 million	18.3 billion
2000	417 million	175 million	20.5 billion
1999	321 million	867 million	25.3 billion
1998	374 million	699 million	27.9 billion
1997	172 million	691 million	28.9 billion
1996	608 million	506 million	23.7 billion
1995	289 million	368 million	22.9 billion
1994	451 million	862 million	22.8 billion
1993	960 million	992 million	25.8 billion
1992	406 million	352 million	24.3 billion
1991	990 million	511 million	27.8 billion
1990	444 million	635 million	28.6 billion
1989	194 million	974 million	31.7 billion
1988	469 million	412 million	32.9 billion
1987	807 million	617 million	36.2 billion
1986	805 million	280 million	35.5 billion
1985	639 million	751 million	33.2 billion
1984	562 million	863 million	36.8 billion
1983	466 million	784 million	39.1 billion
1982	499 million	544 million	41.4 billion
1981	487 million	491 million	42 billion
1980	278 million	900 million	37.4 billion
1979	526 million	697 million	33.3 billion
1978	3.72 billion	655 million	39.2 billion
1977	5.48 billion	271 million	37 billion
1976	4.65 billion	276 million	33 billion
1975	5.23 billion	223 million	34.2 billion
1974	2.86 billion	225 million	32.9 billion
1973	2.05 billion	177 million	32.6 billion
1972	1.38 billion	664 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.1 billion	553 million	29.3 billion
1970	899 million	422 million	22.1 billion
1969	950 million	542 million	24.7 billion
1968	917 million	415 million	22.4 billion
1967	553 million	151 million	22.1 billion
1966	601 million	592 million	22.4 billion
1965	496 million	222 million	23.1 billion
1964	139 million	96 million	24.2 billion
1963	105 million	225 million	18.1 billion
1962	83 million	84 million	15.5 billion
1961	75 million	41 million	15 billion
1960	141 million	46 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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