Iran vs Sweden: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 80 million TIV in Iran and 235 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by 155 million TIV, or 2.94 times that in Iran.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Sweden has been higher since 1980, when it overtook Iran.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Iran	Sweden	World
2025	80 million	235 million	33.5 billion
2024	106 million	405 million	30.7 billion
2023	170 million	373 million	29.5 billion
2022	48 million	83 million	33.3 billion
2021	2 million	236 million	27.1 billion
2020	16 million	263 million	24.1 billion
2019	9 million	121 million	27 billion
2018	9 million	135 million	27.4 billion
2017	24 million	75 million	31.3 billion
2016	24 million	248 million	31.5 billion
2015	11 million	178 million	28.7 billion
2014	34 million	340 million	27.1 billion
2013	2 million	383 million	27.4 billion
2012	35 million	436 million	27.9 billion
2011	77 million	658 million	29.9 billion
2010	54 million	612 million	25.8 billion
2009	99 million	389 million	24.4 billion
2008	82 million	461 million	24.1 billion
2007	2 million	332 million	26.5 billion
2006	78 million	384 million	24.5 billion
2005	4 million	536 million	21.4 billion
2004	3 million	297 million	21.3 billion
2003	12 million	516 million	19.2 billion
2002	9 million	164 million	17.7 billion
2001	0	892 million	18.5 billion
2000	0	355 million	20.5 billion
1999	0	383 million	25.4 billion
1998	0	332 million	27.9 billion
1997	0	99 million	28.9 billion
1996	3 million	344 million	23.7 billion
1995	1 million	226 million	22.9 billion
1994	0	111 million	23 billion
1993	1 million	103 million	25.8 billion
1992	1 million	147 million	24.3 billion
1991	1 million	155 million	28.2 billion
1990	0	224 million	30.2 billion
1989	1 million	401 million	34.9 billion
1988	1 million	512 million	36.8 billion
1987	1 million	230 million	39.4 billion
1986	1 million	320 million	39 billion
1985	1 million	215 million	38.2 billion
1984	1 million	227 million	41.6 billion
1983	1 million	118 million	43.9 billion
1982	1 million	120 million	46.2 billion
1981	1 million	127 million	45.8 billion
1980	1 million	157 million	42.2 billion
1979	–	261 million	38.4 billion
1978	–	55 million	42.4 billion
1977	–	75 million	40 billion
1976	–	101 million	36 billion
1975	86 million	69 million	37.2 billion
1974	129 million	75 million	36.6 billion
1973	6 million	15 million	36.3 billion
1972	106 million	163 million	34.5 billion
1971	6 million	547 million	32.9 billion
1970	23 million	158 million	25.3 billion
1969	–	36 million	28.1 billion
1968	–	60 million	26.1 billion
1967	28 million	55 million	25.6 billion
1966	–	56 million	25.8 billion
1965	–	32 million	25.8 billion
1964	–	22 million	26.7 billion
1963	–	13 million	20.3 billion
1962	3 million	44 million	17.5 billion
1961	–	46 million	16.4 billion
1960	–	38 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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