Iran vs Spain: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 80 million TIV in Iran and 341 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 261 million TIV, or 4.26 times that in Iran.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Spain has been higher since 1975, when it overtook Iran.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Iran	Spain	World
2025	80 million	341 million	33.5 billion
2024	106 million	606 million	30.7 billion
2023	170 million	912 million	29.5 billion
2022	48 million	1.01 billion	33.3 billion
2021	2 million	676 million	27.1 billion
2020	16 million	1.01 billion	24.1 billion
2019	9 million	318 million	27 billion
2018	9 million	705 million	27.4 billion
2017	24 million	820 million	31.3 billion
2016	24 million	481 million	31.5 billion
2015	11 million	982 million	28.7 billion
2014	34 million	962 million	27.1 billion
2013	2 million	450 million	27.4 billion
2012	35 million	266 million	27.9 billion
2011	77 million	997 million	29.9 billion
2010	54 million	273 million	25.8 billion
2009	99 million	984 million	24.4 billion
2008	82 million	626 million	24.1 billion
2007	2 million	628 million	26.5 billion
2006	78 million	898 million	24.5 billion
2005	4 million	113 million	21.4 billion
2004	3 million	54 million	21.3 billion
2003	12 million	99 million	19.2 billion
2002	9 million	18 million	17.7 billion
2001	0	8 million	18.5 billion
2000	0	47 million	20.5 billion
1999	0	46 million	25.4 billion
1998	0	174 million	27.9 billion
1997	0	605 million	28.9 billion
1996	3 million	112 million	23.7 billion
1995	1 million	88 million	22.9 billion
1994	0	253 million	23 billion
1993	1 million	103 million	25.8 billion
1992	1 million	70 million	24.3 billion
1991	1 million	103 million	28.2 billion
1990	0	116 million	30.2 billion
1989	1 million	167 million	34.9 billion
1988	1 million	136 million	36.8 billion
1987	1 million	152 million	39.4 billion
1986	1 million	197 million	39 billion
1985	1 million	92 million	38.2 billion
1984	1 million	244 million	41.6 billion
1983	1 million	367 million	43.9 billion
1982	1 million	263 million	46.2 billion
1981	1 million	135 million	45.8 billion
1980	1 million	10 million	42.2 billion
1979	–	18 million	38.4 billion
1978	–	38 million	42.4 billion
1977	–	25 million	40 billion
1976	–	46 million	36 billion
1975	86 million	272 million	37.2 billion
1974	129 million	82 million	36.6 billion
1973	6 million	18 million	36.3 billion
1972	106 million	18 million	34.5 billion
1971	6 million	140 million	32.9 billion
1970	23 million	70 million	25.3 billion
1969	–	10 million	28.1 billion
1968	–	12 million	26.1 billion
1967	28 million	12 million	25.6 billion
1966	–	26 million	25.8 billion
1965	–	33 million	25.8 billion
1964	–	12 million	26.7 billion
1963	–	10 million	20.3 billion
1962	3 million	10 million	17.5 billion
1961	–	8 million	16.4 billion
1960	–	2 million	17.6 billion

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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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