Iran vs Philippines
Iran vs Philippines: Arms exports
Arms exports: 80 million TIV in Iran in 2025 and 4 million TIV in Philippines in 2007, by SIPRI estimates. In 2007 the value was higher in Philippines, by 2 million TIV, or 2 times that in Iran.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Philippines has been higher since 2007.
- The world as a whole: 26.5 billion TIV in 2007.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Iran | Philippines | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 80 million | – | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 106 million | – | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 170 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 48 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 2 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 | 4 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 | – | 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 | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 1 million | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 1 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 1 million | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 1 million | 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.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Iran vs Philippines
Health
- Life expectancyIran: 77.7 years in 2023Philippines: 69.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIran: 1.1 per 100 live births in 2024Philippines: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIran: 9.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Philippines: 20.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIran: 94.2% in 2022Philippines: 47.9% in 2022
- DepressionIran: 5.12% in 2017Philippines: 2.77% in 2017
- Suicide rateIran: 5.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Philippines: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIran: 90.6 million people in 2023Philippines: 115 million people in 2023
- Population growthIran: 1.12% a year in 2023Philippines: 0.84% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIran: 1.7 births per woman in 2023Philippines: 1.92 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIran: 77.4% in 2025Philippines: 55.8% in 2025
- Median ageIran: 32.9 years in 2023Philippines: 25.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIran: 7.9% in 2023Philippines: 5.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateIran: 2.9 per 1,000 people in 2023Philippines: -1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIran: 2.09% of GDP in 2025Philippines: 1.3% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIran: $7.45B in 2025Philippines: $6.3B in 2025
- Military spending per personIran: $80 in 2025Philippines: $55 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIran: 11.2% of government spending in 2025Philippines: 5.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIran: 650,000 people in 2020Philippines: 157,000 people in 2020
- National powerIran: 1.64% of world capability in 2022Philippines: 0.68% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIran: 2.35% of the labour force in 2020Philippines: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIran: 42 million TIV in 2024Philippines: 846 million TIV in 2025