Iran vs Türkiye

Iran vs Türkiye: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 80 million TIV in Iran and 539 million TIV in Türkiye, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Türkiye, by 459 million TIV, or 6.74 times that in Iran.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Iran vs Türkiye: Arms exportsArms exports in 2025: 80 million TIV in Iran and 539 million TIV in Türkiye, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Türkiye, by 459 million TIV, or 6.74 times that in Iran.
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What the numbers say

  • Türkiye has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Iran.
  • The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearIranTürkiyeWorld
202580 million539 million33.5 billion
2024106 million411 million30.7 billion
2023170 million698 million29.5 billion
202248 million628 million33.3 billion
20212 million526 million27.1 billion
202016 million275 million24.1 billion
20199 million286 million27 billion
20189 million257 million27.4 billion
201724 million184 million31.3 billion
201624 million258 million31.5 billion
201511 million244 million28.7 billion
201434 million166 million27.1 billion
20132 million146 million27.4 billion
201235 million149 million27.9 billion
201177 million95 million29.9 billion
201054 million79 million25.8 billion
200999 million78 million24.4 billion
200882 million123 million24.1 billion
20072 million88 million26.5 billion
200678 million68 million24.5 billion
20054 million26 million21.4 billion
20043 million30 million21.3 billion
200312 million45 million19.2 billion
20029 million28 million17.7 billion
200105 million18.5 billion
2000021 million20.5 billion
1999046 million25.4 billion
199803 million27.9 billion
19970028.9 billion
19963 million3 million23.7 billion
19951 million3 million22.9 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 million11 million45.8 billion
19801 million23 million42.2 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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