Iran vs Switzerland: Arms imports

Arms imports: 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024 and 33 million TIV in Switzerland in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 12 million TIV, or 1.57 times that in Iran.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Switzerland has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Iran.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Iran	Switzerland	World
2025	–	–	33.3 billion
2024	42 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	21 million	33 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	15 million	33 billion
2021	–	–	26.8 billion
2020	2 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	3 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	3 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	3 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	413 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	11 million	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	14 million	5 million	27 billion
2013	14 million	–	27.4 billion
2012	39 million	2 million	27.9 billion
2011	89 million	24 million	29.9 billion
2010	87 million	38 million	25.8 billion
2009	92 million	36 million	24 billion
2008	57 million	15 million	24.1 billion
2007	325 million	108 million	26.5 billion
2006	418 million	83 million	24.4 billion
2005	53 million	168 million	21.3 billion
2004	117 million	203 million	21.3 billion
2003	283 million	117 million	19.2 billion
2002	435 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	526 million	60 million	18.3 billion
2000	417 million	15 million	20.5 billion
1999	321 million	499 million	25.3 billion
1998	374 million	428 million	27.9 billion
1997	172 million	375 million	28.9 billion
1996	608 million	187 million	23.7 billion
1995	289 million	93 million	22.9 billion
1994	451 million	114 million	22.8 billion
1993	960 million	98 million	25.8 billion
1992	406 million	381 million	24.3 billion
1991	990 million	469 million	27.8 billion
1990	444 million	433 million	28.6 billion
1989	194 million	318 million	31.7 billion
1988	469 million	179 million	32.9 billion
1987	807 million	151 million	36.2 billion
1986	805 million	108 million	35.5 billion
1985	639 million	341 million	33.2 billion
1984	562 million	404 million	36.8 billion
1983	466 million	442 million	39.1 billion
1982	499 million	175 million	41.4 billion
1981	487 million	289 million	42 billion
1980	278 million	272 million	37.4 billion
1979	526 million	226 million	33.3 billion
1978	3.72 billion	217 million	39.2 billion
1977	5.48 billion	4 million	37 billion
1976	4.65 billion	142 million	33 billion
1975	5.23 billion	136 million	34.2 billion
1974	2.86 billion	64 million	32.9 billion
1973	2.05 billion	123 million	32.6 billion
1972	1.38 billion	192 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.1 billion	153 million	29.3 billion
1970	899 million	142 million	22.1 billion
1969	950 million	166 million	24.7 billion
1968	917 million	199 million	22.4 billion
1967	553 million	177 million	22.1 billion
1966	601 million	373 million	22.4 billion
1965	496 million	228 million	23.1 billion
1964	139 million	263 million	24.2 billion
1963	105 million	52 million	18.1 billion
1962	83 million	4 million	15.5 billion
1961	75 million	37 million	15 billion
1960	141 million	218 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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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