Iran vs Netherlands: Arms imports

Arms imports: 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024 and 824 million TIV in Netherlands in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 291 million TIV, or 7.93 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 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	Netherlands	World
2025	–	824 million	33.3 billion
2024	42 million	333 million	30.6 billion
2023	21 million	374 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	725 million	33 billion
2021	–	512 million	26.8 billion
2020	2 million	575 million	23.4 billion
2019	3 million	494 million	26.9 billion
2018	3 million	139 million	27.3 billion
2017	3 million	33 million	31.2 billion
2016	413 million	69 million	31.4 billion
2015	11 million	51 million	28.7 billion
2014	14 million	8 million	27 billion
2013	14 million	488 million	27.4 billion
2012	39 million	190 million	27.9 billion
2011	89 million	115 million	29.9 billion
2010	87 million	171 million	25.8 billion
2009	92 million	262 million	24 billion
2008	57 million	147 million	24.1 billion
2007	325 million	221 million	26.5 billion
2006	418 million	304 million	24.4 billion
2005	53 million	86 million	21.3 billion
2004	117 million	130 million	21.3 billion
2003	283 million	128 million	19.2 billion
2002	435 million	247 million	17.7 billion
2001	526 million	164 million	18.3 billion
2000	417 million	123 million	20.5 billion
1999	321 million	278 million	25.3 billion
1998	374 million	269 million	27.9 billion
1997	172 million	126 million	28.9 billion
1996	608 million	203 million	23.7 billion
1995	289 million	84 million	22.9 billion
1994	451 million	205 million	22.8 billion
1993	960 million	140 million	25.8 billion
1992	406 million	237 million	24.3 billion
1991	990 million	322 million	27.8 billion
1990	444 million	273 million	28.6 billion
1989	194 million	705 million	31.7 billion
1988	469 million	393 million	32.9 billion
1987	807 million	614 million	36.2 billion
1986	805 million	792 million	35.5 billion
1985	639 million	892 million	33.2 billion
1984	562 million	1.17 billion	36.8 billion
1983	466 million	1.33 billion	39.1 billion
1982	499 million	1.24 billion	41.4 billion
1981	487 million	755 million	42 billion
1980	278 million	645 million	37.4 billion
1979	526 million	792 million	33.3 billion
1978	3.72 billion	717 million	39.2 billion
1977	5.48 billion	606 million	37 billion
1976	4.65 billion	285 million	33 billion
1975	5.23 billion	108 million	34.2 billion
1974	2.86 billion	40 million	32.9 billion
1973	2.05 billion	21 million	32.6 billion
1972	1.38 billion	650 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.1 billion	698 million	29.3 billion
1970	899 million	699 million	22.1 billion
1969	950 million	569 million	24.7 billion
1968	917 million	288 million	22.4 billion
1967	553 million	751 million	22.1 billion
1966	601 million	204 million	22.4 billion
1965	496 million	815 million	23.1 billion
1964	139 million	1.01 billion	24.2 billion
1963	105 million	767 million	18.1 billion
1962	83 million	294 million	15.5 billion
1961	75 million	227 million	15 billion
1960	141 million	255 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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