Iran vs Thailand: Arms imports

Arms imports: 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024 and 33 million TIV in Thailand in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Thailand, by 31 million TIV, or 1.74 times that in Iran.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Thailand 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	Thailand	World
2025	–	33 million	33.3 billion
2024	42 million	73 million	30.6 billion
2023	21 million	290 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	271 million	33 billion
2021	–	151 million	26.8 billion
2020	2 million	141 million	23.4 billion
2019	3 million	293 million	26.9 billion
2018	3 million	636 million	27.3 billion
2017	3 million	317 million	31.2 billion
2016	413 million	346 million	31.4 billion
2015	11 million	184 million	28.7 billion
2014	14 million	107 million	27 billion
2013	14 million	383 million	27.4 billion
2012	39 million	278 million	27.9 billion
2011	89 million	252 million	29.9 billion
2010	87 million	60 million	25.8 billion
2009	92 million	63 million	24 billion
2008	57 million	16 million	24.1 billion
2007	325 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	418 million	99 million	24.4 billion
2005	53 million	115 million	21.3 billion
2004	117 million	138 million	21.3 billion
2003	283 million	131 million	19.2 billion
2002	435 million	152 million	17.7 billion
2001	526 million	109 million	18.3 billion
2000	417 million	77 million	20.5 billion
1999	321 million	160 million	25.3 billion
1998	374 million	62 million	27.9 billion
1997	172 million	910 million	28.9 billion
1996	608 million	741 million	23.7 billion
1995	289 million	530 million	22.9 billion
1994	451 million	608 million	22.8 billion
1993	960 million	182 million	25.8 billion
1992	406 million	429 million	24.3 billion
1991	990 million	575 million	27.8 billion
1990	444 million	235 million	28.6 billion
1989	194 million	284 million	31.7 billion
1988	469 million	623 million	32.9 billion
1987	807 million	539 million	36.2 billion
1986	805 million	162 million	35.5 billion
1985	639 million	185 million	33.2 billion
1984	562 million	360 million	36.8 billion
1983	466 million	247 million	39.1 billion
1982	499 million	81 million	41.4 billion
1981	487 million	350 million	42 billion
1980	278 million	318 million	37.4 billion
1979	526 million	326 million	33.3 billion
1978	3.72 billion	192 million	39.2 billion
1977	5.48 billion	111 million	37 billion
1976	4.65 billion	154 million	33 billion
1975	5.23 billion	90 million	34.2 billion
1974	2.86 billion	114 million	32.9 billion
1973	2.05 billion	321 million	32.6 billion
1972	1.38 billion	147 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.1 billion	243 million	29.3 billion
1970	899 million	258 million	22.1 billion
1969	950 million	121 million	24.7 billion
1968	917 million	88 million	22.4 billion
1967	553 million	140 million	22.1 billion
1966	601 million	58 million	22.4 billion
1965	496 million	87 million	23.1 billion
1964	139 million	84 million	24.2 billion
1963	105 million	111 million	18.1 billion
1962	83 million	113 million	15.5 billion
1961	75 million	52 million	15 billion
1960	141 million	28 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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