Iran vs Thailand

Iran vs Thailand: Arms exports

Arms exports: 80 million TIV in Iran in 2025 and 15 million TIV in Thailand in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Iran, by 91 million TIV, or 7.07 times that in Thailand.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Iran vs Thailand: Arms exportsArms exports: 80 million TIV in Iran in 2025 and 15 million TIV in Thailand in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Iran, by 91 million TIV, or 7.07 times that in Thailand.
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What the numbers say

  • Iran has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Thailand.
  • The world as a whole: 30.7 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearIranThailandWorld
202580 million–33.5 billion
2024106 million15 million30.7 billion
2023170 million–29.5 billion
202248 million–33.3 billion
20212 million5 million27.1 billion
202016 million–24.1 billion
20199 million2 million27 billion
20189 million–27.4 billion
201724 million4 million31.3 billion
201624 million2 million31.5 billion
201511 million–28.7 billion
201434 million–27.1 billion
20132 million–27.4 billion
201235 million–27.9 billion
201177 million–29.9 billion
201054 million–25.8 billion
200999 million–24.4 billion
200882 million–24.1 billion
20072 million–26.5 billion
200678 million79 million24.5 billion
20054 million–21.4 billion
20043 million7 million21.3 billion
200312 million7 million19.2 billion
20029 million–17.7 billion
20010–18.5 billion
20000–20.5 billion
19990–25.4 billion
19980–27.9 billion
19970–28.9 billion
19963 million–23.7 billion
19951 million–22.9 billion
19940–23 billion
19931 million–25.8 billion
19921 million–24.3 billion
19911 million–28.2 billion
19900–30.2 billion
19891 million–34.9 billion
19881 million–36.8 billion
19871 million–39.4 billion
19861 million–39 billion
19851 million–38.2 billion
19841 million–41.6 billion
19831 million–43.9 billion
19821 million–46.2 billion
19811 million–45.8 billion
19801 million–42.2 billion
1979––38.4 billion
1978––42.4 billion
1977––40 billion
1976––36 billion
197586 million–37.2 billion
1974129 million–36.6 billion
19736 million–36.3 billion
1972106 million–34.5 billion
19716 million–32.9 billion
197023 million–25.3 billion
1969––28.1 billion
1968––26.1 billion
196728 million–25.6 billion
1966––25.8 billion
1965––25.8 billion
1964––26.7 billion
1963––20.3 billion
19623 million–17.5 billion
1961––16.4 billion
1960––17.6 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • 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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