Iran vs Poland: Arms imports

Arms imports: 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024 and 2.17 billion TIV in Poland in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Poland, by 1.5 billion TIV, or 37 times that in Iran.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Poland 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	Poland	World
2025	–	2.17 billion	33.3 billion
2024	42 million	1.54 billion	30.6 billion
2023	21 million	1.39 billion	29.5 billion
2022	–	414 million	33 billion
2021	–	68 million	26.8 billion
2020	2 million	153 million	23.4 billion
2019	3 million	213 million	26.9 billion
2018	3 million	50 million	27.3 billion
2017	3 million	126 million	31.2 billion
2016	413 million	45 million	31.4 billion
2015	11 million	127 million	28.7 billion
2014	14 million	275 million	27 billion
2013	14 million	146 million	27.4 billion
2012	39 million	227 million	27.9 billion
2011	89 million	141 million	29.9 billion
2010	87 million	174 million	25.8 billion
2009	92 million	193 million	24 billion
2008	57 million	633 million	24.1 billion
2007	325 million	969 million	26.5 billion
2006	418 million	442 million	24.4 billion
2005	53 million	105 million	21.3 billion
2004	117 million	223 million	21.3 billion
2003	283 million	347 million	19.2 billion
2002	435 million	253 million	17.7 billion
2001	526 million	31 million	18.3 billion
2000	417 million	146 million	20.5 billion
1999	321 million	23 million	25.3 billion
1998	374 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	172 million	–	28.9 billion
1996	608 million	101 million	23.7 billion
1995	289 million	250 million	22.9 billion
1994	451 million	74 million	22.8 billion
1993	960 million	4 million	25.8 billion
1992	406 million	100 million	24.3 billion
1991	990 million	76 million	27.8 billion
1990	444 million	226 million	28.6 billion
1989	194 million	501 million	31.7 billion
1988	469 million	903 million	32.9 billion
1987	807 million	1.04 billion	36.2 billion
1986	805 million	1.39 billion	35.5 billion
1985	639 million	925 million	33.2 billion
1984	562 million	466 million	36.8 billion
1983	466 million	536 million	39.1 billion
1982	499 million	709 million	41.4 billion
1981	487 million	804 million	42 billion
1980	278 million	1.12 billion	37.4 billion
1979	526 million	1.19 billion	33.3 billion
1978	3.72 billion	1.19 billion	39.2 billion
1977	5.48 billion	1.02 billion	37 billion
1976	4.65 billion	1.1 billion	33 billion
1975	5.23 billion	887 million	34.2 billion
1974	2.86 billion	1.06 billion	32.9 billion
1973	2.05 billion	1.11 billion	32.6 billion
1972	1.38 billion	958 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.1 billion	1.01 billion	29.3 billion
1970	899 million	859 million	22.1 billion
1969	950 million	992 million	24.7 billion
1968	917 million	927 million	22.4 billion
1967	553 million	781 million	22.1 billion
1966	601 million	1 billion	22.4 billion
1965	496 million	1.16 billion	23.1 billion
1964	139 million	1.57 billion	24.2 billion
1963	105 million	1.02 billion	18.1 billion
1962	83 million	685 million	15.5 billion
1961	75 million	864 million	15 billion
1960	141 million	889 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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