Iran vs Russia

Iran vs Russia: Arms imports

Arms imports: 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024 and 129 million TIV in Russia in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Russia, by 273 million TIV, or 7.5 times that in Iran.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Iran vs Russia: Arms importsArms imports: 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024 and 129 million TIV in Russia in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Russia, by 273 million TIV, or 7.5 times that in Iran.
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What the numbers say

  • Russia has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Iran.
  • The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearIranRussiaWorld
2025–129 million33.3 billion
202442 million315 million30.6 billion
202321 million95 million29.5 billion
2022–39 million33 billion
2021–6 million26.8 billion
20202 million1 million23.4 billion
20193 million5 million26.9 billion
20183 million62 million27.3 billion
20173 million94 million31.2 billion
2016413 million127 million31.4 billion
201511 million113 million28.7 billion
201414 million207 million27 billion
201314 million185 million27.4 billion
201239 million121 million27.9 billion
201189 million10 million29.9 billion
201087 million25 million25.8 billion
200992 million8 million24 billion
200857 million–24.1 billion
2007325 million90 million26.5 billion
2006418 million–24.4 billion
200553 million–21.3 billion
2004117 million–21.3 billion
2003283 million–19.2 billion
2002435 million–17.7 billion
2001526 million2 million18.3 billion
2000417 million1.15 billion20.5 billion
1999321 million368 million25.3 billion
1998374 million–27.9 billion
1997172 million–28.9 billion
1996608 million–23.7 billion
1995289 million–22.9 billion
1994451 million–22.8 billion
1993960 million–25.8 billion
1992406 million40 million24.3 billion
1991990 million–27.8 billion
1990444 million–28.6 billion
1989194 million–31.7 billion
1988469 million–32.9 billion
1987807 million–36.2 billion
1986805 million–35.5 billion
1985639 million–33.2 billion
1984562 million–36.8 billion
1983466 million–39.1 billion
1982499 million–41.4 billion
1981487 million–42 billion
1980278 million–37.4 billion
1979526 million–33.3 billion
19783.72 billion–39.2 billion
19775.48 billion–37 billion
19764.65 billion–33 billion
19755.23 billion–34.2 billion
19742.86 billion–32.9 billion
19732.05 billion–32.6 billion
19721.38 billion–28.7 billion
19712.1 billion–29.3 billion
1970899 million–22.1 billion
1969950 million–24.7 billion
1968917 million–22.4 billion
1967553 million–22.1 billion
1966601 million–22.4 billion
1965496 million–23.1 billion
1964139 million–24.2 billion
1963105 million–18.1 billion
196283 million–15.5 billion
196175 million–15 billion
1960141 million–15.7 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • 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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