Iran vs Türkiye: Arms imports

Arms imports: 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024 and 381 million TIV in Türkiye in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Türkiye, by 339 million TIV, or 9.07 times that in Iran.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Türkiye 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	Türkiye	World
2025	–	381 million	33.3 billion
2024	42 million	381 million	30.6 billion
2023	21 million	679 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	187 million	33 billion
2021	–	249 million	26.8 billion
2020	2 million	110 million	23.4 billion
2019	3 million	742 million	26.9 billion
2018	3 million	476 million	27.3 billion
2017	3 million	427 million	31.2 billion
2016	413 million	324 million	31.4 billion
2015	11 million	446 million	28.7 billion
2014	14 million	1.53 billion	27 billion
2013	14 million	769 million	27.4 billion
2012	39 million	1.48 billion	27.9 billion
2011	89 million	794 million	29.9 billion
2010	87 million	469 million	25.8 billion
2009	92 million	714 million	24 billion
2008	57 million	623 million	24.1 billion
2007	325 million	675 million	26.5 billion
2006	418 million	524 million	24.4 billion
2005	53 million	1.08 billion	21.3 billion
2004	117 million	252 million	21.3 billion
2003	283 million	327 million	19.2 billion
2002	435 million	878 million	17.7 billion
2001	526 million	501 million	18.3 billion
2000	417 million	1.18 billion	20.5 billion
1999	321 million	1.73 billion	25.3 billion
1998	374 million	2.62 billion	27.9 billion
1997	172 million	1.51 billion	28.9 billion
1996	608 million	1.49 billion	23.7 billion
1995	289 million	1.56 billion	22.9 billion
1994	451 million	1.89 billion	22.8 billion
1993	960 million	2.33 billion	25.8 billion
1992	406 million	1.87 billion	24.3 billion
1991	990 million	1.29 billion	27.8 billion
1990	444 million	1.24 billion	28.6 billion
1989	194 million	1.03 billion	31.7 billion
1988	469 million	1.63 billion	32.9 billion
1987	807 million	1.43 billion	36.2 billion
1986	805 million	472 million	35.5 billion
1985	639 million	678 million	33.2 billion
1984	562 million	549 million	36.8 billion
1983	466 million	503 million	39.1 billion
1982	499 million	478 million	41.4 billion
1981	487 million	726 million	42 billion
1980	278 million	486 million	37.4 billion
1979	526 million	917 million	33.3 billion
1978	3.72 billion	984 million	39.2 billion
1977	5.48 billion	293 million	37 billion
1976	4.65 billion	358 million	33 billion
1975	5.23 billion	640 million	34.2 billion
1974	2.86 billion	1.28 billion	32.9 billion
1973	2.05 billion	790 million	32.6 billion
1972	1.38 billion	1.09 billion	28.7 billion
1971	2.1 billion	941 million	29.3 billion
1970	899 million	396 million	22.1 billion
1969	950 million	628 million	24.7 billion
1968	917 million	418 million	22.4 billion
1967	553 million	593 million	22.1 billion
1966	601 million	525 million	22.4 billion
1965	496 million	603 million	23.1 billion
1964	139 million	839 million	24.2 billion
1963	105 million	586 million	18.1 billion
1962	83 million	266 million	15.5 billion
1961	75 million	322 million	15 billion
1960	141 million	581 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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