Iran vs United Kingdom: Arms imports

Arms imports: 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024 and 609 million TIV in United Kingdom in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 444 million TIV, or 12 times that in Iran.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Kingdom 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	United Kingdom	World
2025	–	609 million	33.3 billion
2024	42 million	486 million	30.6 billion
2023	21 million	469 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	859 million	33 billion
2021	–	886 million	26.8 billion
2020	2 million	635 million	23.4 billion
2019	3 million	402 million	26.9 billion
2018	3 million	463 million	27.3 billion
2017	3 million	1 billion	31.2 billion
2016	413 million	288 million	31.4 billion
2015	11 million	424 million	28.7 billion
2014	14 million	217 million	27 billion
2013	14 million	509 million	27.4 billion
2012	39 million	566 million	27.9 billion
2011	89 million	347 million	29.9 billion
2010	87 million	461 million	25.8 billion
2009	92 million	381 million	24 billion
2008	57 million	575 million	24.1 billion
2007	325 million	817 million	26.5 billion
2006	418 million	375 million	24.4 billion
2005	53 million	31 million	21.3 billion
2004	117 million	212 million	21.3 billion
2003	283 million	770 million	19.2 billion
2002	435 million	721 million	17.7 billion
2001	526 million	1.29 billion	18.3 billion
2000	417 million	937 million	20.5 billion
1999	321 million	132 million	25.3 billion
1998	374 million	770 million	27.9 billion
1997	172 million	513 million	28.9 billion
1996	608 million	568 million	23.7 billion
1995	289 million	496 million	22.9 billion
1994	451 million	421 million	22.8 billion
1993	960 million	796 million	25.8 billion
1992	406 million	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	990 million	953 million	27.8 billion
1990	444 million	130 million	28.6 billion
1989	194 million	209 million	31.7 billion
1988	469 million	285 million	32.9 billion
1987	807 million	207 million	36.2 billion
1986	805 million	273 million	35.5 billion
1985	639 million	355 million	33.2 billion
1984	562 million	682 million	36.8 billion
1983	466 million	292 million	39.1 billion
1982	499 million	766 million	41.4 billion
1981	487 million	812 million	42 billion
1980	278 million	557 million	37.4 billion
1979	526 million	232 million	33.3 billion
1978	3.72 billion	191 million	39.2 billion
1977	5.48 billion	262 million	37 billion
1976	4.65 billion	251 million	33 billion
1975	5.23 billion	337 million	34.2 billion
1974	2.86 billion	319 million	32.9 billion
1973	2.05 billion	239 million	32.6 billion
1972	1.38 billion	222 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.1 billion	176 million	29.3 billion
1970	899 million	70 million	22.1 billion
1969	950 million	2.7 billion	24.7 billion
1968	917 million	2.35 billion	22.4 billion
1967	553 million	1.44 billion	22.1 billion
1966	601 million	242 million	22.4 billion
1965	496 million	166 million	23.1 billion
1964	139 million	133 million	24.2 billion
1963	105 million	159 million	18.1 billion
1962	83 million	38 million	15.5 billion
1961	75 million	34 million	15 billion
1960	141 million	26 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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