Iran vs Poland: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 80 million TIV in Iran and 59 million TIV in Poland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Iran, by 21 million TIV, or 1.36 times that in Poland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Iran has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Poland.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Iran	Poland	World
2025	80 million	59 million	33.5 billion
2024	106 million	145 million	30.7 billion
2023	170 million	576 million	29.5 billion
2022	48 million	707 million	33.3 billion
2021	2 million	3 million	27.1 billion
2020	16 million	0	24.1 billion
2019	9 million	10 million	27 billion
2018	9 million	11 million	27.4 billion
2017	24 million	8 million	31.3 billion
2016	24 million	5 million	31.5 billion
2015	11 million	2 million	28.7 billion
2014	34 million	33 million	27.1 billion
2013	2 million	147 million	27.4 billion
2012	35 million	31 million	27.9 billion
2011	77 million	8 million	29.9 billion
2010	54 million	28 million	25.8 billion
2009	99 million	75 million	24.4 billion
2008	82 million	73 million	24.1 billion
2007	2 million	163 million	26.5 billion
2006	78 million	282 million	24.5 billion
2005	4 million	18 million	21.4 billion
2004	3 million	47 million	21.3 billion
2003	12 million	83 million	19.2 billion
2002	9 million	56 million	17.7 billion
2001	0	81 million	18.5 billion
2000	0	47 million	20.5 billion
1999	0	65 million	25.4 billion
1998	0	1 million	27.9 billion
1997	0	23 million	28.9 billion
1996	3 million	57 million	23.7 billion
1995	1 million	179 million	22.9 billion
1994	0	133 million	23 billion
1993	1 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	1 million	57 million	24.3 billion
1991	1 million	62 million	28.2 billion
1990	0	112 million	30.2 billion
1989	1 million	20 million	34.9 billion
1988	1 million	232 million	36.8 billion
1987	1 million	222 million	39.4 billion
1986	1 million	265 million	39 billion
1985	1 million	131 million	38.2 billion
1984	1 million	91 million	41.6 billion
1983	1 million	134 million	43.9 billion
1982	1 million	230 million	46.2 billion
1981	1 million	365 million	45.8 billion
1980	1 million	226 million	42.2 billion
1979	–	247 million	38.4 billion
1978	–	336 million	42.4 billion
1977	–	400 million	40 billion
1976	–	425 million	36 billion
1975	86 million	316 million	37.2 billion
1974	129 million	249 million	36.6 billion
1973	6 million	158 million	36.3 billion
1972	106 million	276 million	34.5 billion
1971	6 million	278 million	32.9 billion
1970	23 million	268 million	25.3 billion
1969	–	323 million	28.1 billion
1968	–	288 million	26.1 billion
1967	28 million	309 million	25.6 billion
1966	–	319 million	25.8 billion
1965	–	234 million	25.8 billion
1964	–	237 million	26.7 billion
1963	–	111 million	20.3 billion
1962	3 million	7 million	17.5 billion
1961	–	–	16.4 billion
1960	–	0	17.6 billion

Each country on its own

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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.

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