Iran vs Singapore: Arms imports

Arms imports: 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024 and 57 million TIV in Singapore in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Singapore, by 336 million TIV, or 9 times that in Iran.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Singapore has been higher since 2007, when it overtook Iran.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Iran	Singapore	World
2025	–	57 million	33.3 billion
2024	42 million	378 million	30.6 billion
2023	21 million	495 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	516 million	33 billion
2021	–	226 million	26.8 billion
2020	2 million	176 million	23.4 billion
2019	3 million	487 million	26.9 billion
2018	3 million	562 million	27.3 billion
2017	3 million	408 million	31.2 billion
2016	413 million	642 million	31.4 billion
2015	11 million	152 million	28.7 billion
2014	14 million	66 million	27 billion
2013	14 million	753 million	27.4 billion
2012	39 million	746 million	27.9 billion
2011	89 million	879 million	29.9 billion
2010	87 million	937 million	25.8 billion
2009	92 million	1.4 billion	24 billion
2008	57 million	1.11 billion	24.1 billion
2007	325 million	396 million	26.5 billion
2006	418 million	74 million	24.4 billion
2005	53 million	538 million	21.3 billion
2004	117 million	374 million	21.3 billion
2003	283 million	79 million	19.2 billion
2002	435 million	229 million	17.7 billion
2001	526 million	246 million	18.3 billion
2000	417 million	782 million	20.5 billion
1999	321 million	302 million	25.3 billion
1998	374 million	798 million	27.9 billion
1997	172 million	613 million	28.9 billion
1996	608 million	159 million	23.7 billion
1995	289 million	302 million	22.9 billion
1994	451 million	179 million	22.8 billion
1993	960 million	170 million	25.8 billion
1992	406 million	115 million	24.3 billion
1991	990 million	373 million	27.8 billion
1990	444 million	513 million	28.6 billion
1989	194 million	231 million	31.7 billion
1988	469 million	541 million	32.9 billion
1987	807 million	302 million	36.2 billion
1986	805 million	84 million	35.5 billion
1985	639 million	123 million	33.2 billion
1984	562 million	83 million	36.8 billion
1983	466 million	242 million	39.1 billion
1982	499 million	171 million	41.4 billion
1981	487 million	167 million	42 billion
1980	278 million	371 million	37.4 billion
1979	526 million	313 million	33.3 billion
1978	3.72 billion	50 million	39.2 billion
1977	5.48 billion	171 million	37 billion
1976	4.65 billion	252 million	33 billion
1975	5.23 billion	253 million	34.2 billion
1974	2.86 billion	282 million	32.9 billion
1973	2.05 billion	89 million	32.6 billion
1972	1.38 billion	181 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.1 billion	171 million	29.3 billion
1970	899 million	92 million	22.1 billion
1969	950 million	139 million	24.7 billion
1968	917 million	6 million	22.4 billion
1967	553 million	–	22.1 billion
1966	601 million	8 million	22.4 billion
1965	496 million	1 million	23.1 billion
1964	139 million	–	24.2 billion
1963	105 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	83 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	75 million	–	15 billion
1960	141 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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