Iran vs Netherlands: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 80 million TIV in Iran and 601 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 521 million TIV, or 7.51 times that in Iran.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Netherlands has been higher since 1975, when it overtook Iran.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Iran	Netherlands	World
2025	80 million	601 million	33.5 billion
2024	106 million	370 million	30.7 billion
2023	170 million	250 million	29.5 billion
2022	48 million	324 million	33.3 billion
2021	2 million	357 million	27.1 billion
2020	16 million	497 million	24.1 billion
2019	9 million	304 million	27 billion
2018	9 million	468 million	27.4 billion
2017	24 million	1.14 billion	31.3 billion
2016	24 million	487 million	31.5 billion
2015	11 million	469 million	28.7 billion
2014	34 million	643 million	27.1 billion
2013	2 million	384 million	27.4 billion
2012	35 million	906 million	27.9 billion
2011	77 million	541 million	29.9 billion
2010	54 million	366 million	25.8 billion
2009	99 million	504 million	24.4 billion
2008	82 million	452 million	24.1 billion
2007	2 million	1.23 billion	26.5 billion
2006	78 million	1.15 billion	24.5 billion
2005	4 million	496 million	21.4 billion
2004	3 million	202 million	21.3 billion
2003	12 million	331 million	19.2 billion
2002	9 million	233 million	17.7 billion
2001	0	199 million	18.5 billion
2000	0	281 million	20.5 billion
1999	0	355 million	25.4 billion
1998	0	642 million	27.9 billion
1997	0	619 million	28.9 billion
1996	3 million	484 million	23.7 billion
1995	1 million	458 million	22.9 billion
1994	0	628 million	23 billion
1993	1 million	458 million	25.8 billion
1992	1 million	383 million	24.3 billion
1991	1 million	455 million	28.2 billion
1990	0	416 million	30.2 billion
1989	1 million	558 million	34.9 billion
1988	1 million	776 million	36.8 billion
1987	1 million	506 million	39.4 billion
1986	1 million	357 million	39 billion
1985	1 million	180 million	38.2 billion
1984	1 million	364 million	41.6 billion
1983	1 million	457 million	43.9 billion
1982	1 million	661 million	46.2 billion
1981	1 million	801 million	45.8 billion
1980	1 million	612 million	42.2 billion
1979	–	243 million	38.4 billion
1978	–	235 million	42.4 billion
1977	–	444 million	40 billion
1976	–	293 million	36 billion
1975	86 million	148 million	37.2 billion
1974	129 million	83 million	36.6 billion
1973	6 million	203 million	36.3 billion
1972	106 million	133 million	34.5 billion
1971	6 million	155 million	32.9 billion
1970	23 million	5 million	25.3 billion
1969	–	107 million	28.1 billion
1968	–	352 million	26.1 billion
1967	28 million	95 million	25.6 billion
1966	–	144 million	25.8 billion
1965	–	40 million	25.8 billion
1964	–	95 million	26.7 billion
1963	–	43 million	20.3 billion
1962	3 million	69 million	17.5 billion
1961	–	105 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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