Iran vs Sweden: Arms imports

Arms imports: 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024 and 146 million TIV in Sweden in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Sweden, by 14 million TIV, or 1.33 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 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	Sweden	World
2025	–	146 million	33.3 billion
2024	42 million	56 million	30.6 billion
2023	21 million	98 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	318 million	33 billion
2021	–	110 million	26.8 billion
2020	2 million	3 million	23.4 billion
2019	3 million	7 million	26.9 billion
2018	3 million	7 million	27.3 billion
2017	3 million	32 million	31.2 billion
2016	413 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	11 million	24 million	28.7 billion
2014	14 million	48 million	27 billion
2013	14 million	58 million	27.4 billion
2012	39 million	202 million	27.9 billion
2011	89 million	185 million	29.9 billion
2010	87 million	–	25.8 billion
2009	92 million	15 million	24 billion
2008	57 million	52 million	24.1 billion
2007	325 million	51 million	26.5 billion
2006	418 million	121 million	24.4 billion
2005	53 million	78 million	21.3 billion
2004	117 million	47 million	21.3 billion
2003	283 million	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	435 million	74 million	17.7 billion
2001	526 million	165 million	18.3 billion
2000	417 million	196 million	20.5 billion
1999	321 million	224 million	25.3 billion
1998	374 million	294 million	27.9 billion
1997	172 million	196 million	28.9 billion
1996	608 million	98 million	23.7 billion
1995	289 million	106 million	22.9 billion
1994	451 million	307 million	22.8 billion
1993	960 million	46 million	25.8 billion
1992	406 million	60 million	24.3 billion
1991	990 million	55 million	27.8 billion
1990	444 million	94 million	28.6 billion
1989	194 million	127 million	31.7 billion
1988	469 million	152 million	32.9 billion
1987	807 million	125 million	36.2 billion
1986	805 million	118 million	35.5 billion
1985	639 million	84 million	33.2 billion
1984	562 million	108 million	36.8 billion
1983	466 million	106 million	39.1 billion
1982	499 million	153 million	41.4 billion
1981	487 million	495 million	42 billion
1980	278 million	291 million	37.4 billion
1979	526 million	233 million	33.3 billion
1978	3.72 billion	229 million	39.2 billion
1977	5.48 billion	114 million	37 billion
1976	4.65 billion	214 million	33 billion
1975	5.23 billion	292 million	34.2 billion
1974	2.86 billion	256 million	32.9 billion
1973	2.05 billion	231 million	32.6 billion
1972	1.38 billion	196 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.1 billion	160 million	29.3 billion
1970	899 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1969	950 million	172 million	24.7 billion
1968	917 million	189 million	22.4 billion
1967	553 million	318 million	22.1 billion
1966	601 million	299 million	22.4 billion
1965	496 million	324 million	23.1 billion
1964	139 million	400 million	24.2 billion
1963	105 million	335 million	18.1 billion
1962	83 million	177 million	15.5 billion
1961	75 million	165 million	15 billion
1960	141 million	227 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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