Iran vs Spain: Arms imports

Arms imports: 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024 and 237 million TIV in Spain in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Spain, by 117 million TIV, or 3.79 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 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	Spain	World
2025	–	237 million	33.3 billion
2024	42 million	159 million	30.6 billion
2023	21 million	159 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	198 million	33 billion
2021	–	134 million	26.8 billion
2020	2 million	70 million	23.4 billion
2019	3 million	35 million	26.9 billion
2018	3 million	149 million	27.3 billion
2017	3 million	82 million	31.2 billion
2016	413 million	104 million	31.4 billion
2015	11 million	152 million	28.7 billion
2014	14 million	109 million	27 billion
2013	14 million	155 million	27.4 billion
2012	39 million	219 million	27.9 billion
2011	89 million	166 million	29.9 billion
2010	87 million	272 million	25.8 billion
2009	92 million	228 million	24 billion
2008	57 million	347 million	24.1 billion
2007	325 million	343 million	26.5 billion
2006	418 million	312 million	24.4 billion
2005	53 million	358 million	21.3 billion
2004	117 million	288 million	21.3 billion
2003	283 million	239 million	19.2 billion
2002	435 million	266 million	17.7 billion
2001	526 million	140 million	18.3 billion
2000	417 million	315 million	20.5 billion
1999	321 million	357 million	25.3 billion
1998	374 million	82 million	27.9 billion
1997	172 million	192 million	28.9 billion
1996	608 million	395 million	23.7 billion
1995	289 million	355 million	22.9 billion
1994	451 million	838 million	22.8 billion
1993	960 million	299 million	25.8 billion
1992	406 million	207 million	24.3 billion
1991	990 million	109 million	27.8 billion
1990	444 million	691 million	28.6 billion
1989	194 million	835 million	31.7 billion
1988	469 million	1.95 billion	32.9 billion
1987	807 million	1.08 billion	36.2 billion
1986	805 million	1.08 billion	35.5 billion
1985	639 million	327 million	33.2 billion
1984	562 million	81 million	36.8 billion
1983	466 million	614 million	39.1 billion
1982	499 million	512 million	41.4 billion
1981	487 million	636 million	42 billion
1980	278 million	689 million	37.4 billion
1979	526 million	650 million	33.3 billion
1978	3.72 billion	432 million	39.2 billion
1977	5.48 billion	312 million	37 billion
1976	4.65 billion	831 million	33 billion
1975	5.23 billion	1.16 billion	34.2 billion
1974	2.86 billion	557 million	32.9 billion
1973	2.05 billion	895 million	32.6 billion
1972	1.38 billion	793 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.1 billion	637 million	29.3 billion
1970	899 million	234 million	22.1 billion
1969	950 million	181 million	24.7 billion
1968	917 million	133 million	22.4 billion
1967	553 million	303 million	22.1 billion
1966	601 million	307 million	22.4 billion
1965	496 million	382 million	23.1 billion
1964	139 million	51 million	24.2 billion
1963	105 million	15 million	18.1 billion
1962	83 million	55 million	15.5 billion
1961	75 million	103 million	15 billion
1960	141 million	214 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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