Iran vs United Arab Emirates: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 80 million TIV in Iran and 33 million TIV in United Arab Emirates, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Iran, by 47 million TIV, or 2.42 times that in United Arab Emirates.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

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

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Iran	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	80 million	33 million	33.5 billion
2024	106 million	119 million	30.7 billion
2023	170 million	64 million	29.5 billion
2022	48 million	17 million	33.3 billion
2021	2 million	57 million	27.1 billion
2020	16 million	209 million	24.1 billion
2019	9 million	131 million	27 billion
2018	9 million	120 million	27.4 billion
2017	24 million	106 million	31.3 billion
2016	24 million	111 million	31.5 billion
2015	11 million	143 million	28.7 billion
2014	34 million	100 million	27.1 billion
2013	2 million	115 million	27.4 billion
2012	35 million	75 million	27.9 billion
2011	77 million	3 million	29.9 billion
2010	54 million	39 million	25.8 billion
2009	99 million	34 million	24.4 billion
2008	82 million	–	24.1 billion
2007	2 million	3 million	26.5 billion
2006	78 million	17 million	24.5 billion
2005	4 million	15 million	21.4 billion
2004	3 million	3 million	21.3 billion
2003	12 million	–	19.2 billion
2002	9 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	0	–	18.5 billion
2000	0	–	20.5 billion
1999	0	–	25.4 billion
1998	0	–	27.9 billion
1997	0	37 million	28.9 billion
1996	3 million	6 million	23.7 billion
1995	1 million	28 million	22.9 billion
1994	0	–	23 billion
1993	1 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	1 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	1 million	–	28.2 billion
1990	0	2 million	30.2 billion
1989	1 million	–	34.9 billion
1988	1 million	–	36.8 billion
1987	1 million	2 million	39.4 billion
1986	1 million	22 million	39 billion
1985	1 million	–	38.2 billion
1984	1 million	–	41.6 billion
1983	1 million	14 million	43.9 billion
1982	1 million	–	46.2 billion
1981	1 million	–	45.8 billion
1980	1 million	–	42.2 billion
1979	–	–	38.4 billion
1978	–	–	42.4 billion
1977	–	–	40 billion
1976	–	–	36 billion
1975	86 million	–	37.2 billion
1974	129 million	8 million	36.6 billion
1973	6 million	–	36.3 billion
1972	106 million	–	34.5 billion
1971	6 million	–	32.9 billion
1970	23 million	–	25.3 billion
1969	–	–	28.1 billion
1968	–	–	26.1 billion
1967	28 million	–	25.6 billion
1966	–	–	25.8 billion
1965	–	–	25.8 billion
1964	–	–	26.7 billion
1963	–	–	20.3 billion
1962	3 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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