Iran vs Philippines: Arms imports

Arms imports: 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024 and 846 million TIV in Philippines in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Philippines, by 263 million TIV, or 7.26 times that in Iran.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Philippines has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Iran.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Iran	Philippines	World
2025	–	846 million	33.3 billion
2024	42 million	305 million	30.6 billion
2023	21 million	108 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	280 million	33 billion
2021	–	365 million	26.8 billion
2020	2 million	385 million	23.4 billion
2019	3 million	191 million	26.9 billion
2018	3 million	17 million	27.3 billion
2017	3 million	278 million	31.2 billion
2016	413 million	228 million	31.4 billion
2015	11 million	153 million	28.7 billion
2014	14 million	12 million	27 billion
2013	14 million	83 million	27.4 billion
2012	39 million	21 million	27.9 billion
2011	89 million	63 million	29.9 billion
2010	87 million	3 million	25.8 billion
2009	92 million	1 million	24 billion
2008	57 million	10 million	24.1 billion
2007	325 million	16 million	26.5 billion
2006	418 million	23 million	24.4 billion
2005	53 million	12 million	21.3 billion
2004	117 million	34 million	21.3 billion
2003	283 million	10 million	19.2 billion
2002	435 million	5 million	17.7 billion
2001	526 million	10 million	18.3 billion
2000	417 million	–	20.5 billion
1999	321 million	–	25.3 billion
1998	374 million	64 million	27.9 billion
1997	172 million	72 million	28.9 billion
1996	608 million	43 million	23.7 billion
1995	289 million	30 million	22.9 billion
1994	451 million	72 million	22.8 billion
1993	960 million	62 million	25.8 billion
1992	406 million	43 million	24.3 billion
1991	990 million	34 million	27.8 billion
1990	444 million	33 million	28.6 billion
1989	194 million	19 million	31.7 billion
1988	469 million	12 million	32.9 billion
1987	807 million	26 million	36.2 billion
1986	805 million	–	35.5 billion
1985	639 million	23 million	33.2 billion
1984	562 million	38 million	36.8 billion
1983	466 million	116 million	39.1 billion
1982	499 million	17 million	41.4 billion
1981	487 million	39 million	42 billion
1980	278 million	75 million	37.4 billion
1979	526 million	92 million	33.3 billion
1978	3.72 billion	143 million	39.2 billion
1977	5.48 billion	198 million	37 billion
1976	4.65 billion	256 million	33 billion
1975	5.23 billion	133 million	34.2 billion
1974	2.86 billion	60 million	32.9 billion
1973	2.05 billion	106 million	32.6 billion
1972	1.38 billion	50 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.1 billion	90 million	29.3 billion
1970	899 million	9 million	22.1 billion
1969	950 million	26 million	24.7 billion
1968	917 million	16 million	22.4 billion
1967	553 million	43 million	22.1 billion
1966	601 million	86 million	22.4 billion
1965	496 million	99 million	23.1 billion
1964	139 million	2 million	24.2 billion
1963	105 million	4 million	18.1 billion
1962	83 million	11 million	15.5 billion
1961	75 million	44 million	15 billion
1960	141 million	50 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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