Iran vs United States: Arms imports

Arms imports: 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024 and 745 million TIV in United States in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United States, by 1.01 billion TIV, or 25 times that in Iran.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United States has been higher since 2002, 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 States	World
2025	–	745 million	33.3 billion
2024	42 million	1.05 billion	30.6 billion
2023	21 million	891 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	846 million	33 billion
2021	–	922 million	26.8 billion
2020	2 million	806 million	23.4 billion
2019	3 million	882 million	26.9 billion
2018	3 million	379 million	27.3 billion
2017	3 million	504 million	31.2 billion
2016	413 million	447 million	31.4 billion
2015	11 million	482 million	28.7 billion
2014	14 million	568 million	27 billion
2013	14 million	767 million	27.4 billion
2012	39 million	1.14 billion	27.9 billion
2011	89 million	937 million	29.9 billion
2010	87 million	969 million	25.8 billion
2009	92 million	939 million	24 billion
2008	57 million	936 million	24.1 billion
2007	325 million	842 million	26.5 billion
2006	418 million	706 million	24.4 billion
2005	53 million	582 million	21.3 billion
2004	117 million	596 million	21.3 billion
2003	283 million	630 million	19.2 billion
2002	435 million	515 million	17.7 billion
2001	526 million	508 million	18.3 billion
2000	417 million	333 million	20.5 billion
1999	321 million	220 million	25.3 billion
1998	374 million	262 million	27.9 billion
1997	172 million	610 million	28.9 billion
1996	608 million	601 million	23.7 billion
1995	289 million	809 million	22.9 billion
1994	451 million	951 million	22.8 billion
1993	960 million	968 million	25.8 billion
1992	406 million	540 million	24.3 billion
1991	990 million	515 million	27.8 billion
1990	444 million	363 million	28.6 billion
1989	194 million	1.78 billion	31.7 billion
1988	469 million	1.79 billion	32.9 billion
1987	807 million	2 billion	36.2 billion
1986	805 million	424 million	35.5 billion
1985	639 million	655 million	33.2 billion
1984	562 million	381 million	36.8 billion
1983	466 million	463 million	39.1 billion
1982	499 million	248 million	41.4 billion
1981	487 million	531 million	42 billion
1980	278 million	380 million	37.4 billion
1979	526 million	253 million	33.3 billion
1978	3.72 billion	369 million	39.2 billion
1977	5.48 billion	384 million	37 billion
1976	4.65 billion	499 million	33 billion
1975	5.23 billion	388 million	34.2 billion
1974	2.86 billion	586 million	32.9 billion
1973	2.05 billion	656 million	32.6 billion
1972	1.38 billion	769 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.1 billion	578 million	29.3 billion
1970	899 million	38 million	22.1 billion
1969	950 million	50 million	24.7 billion
1968	917 million	62 million	22.4 billion
1967	553 million	88 million	22.1 billion
1966	601 million	89 million	22.4 billion
1965	496 million	170 million	23.1 billion
1964	139 million	358 million	24.2 billion
1963	105 million	283 million	18.1 billion
1962	83 million	236 million	15.5 billion
1961	75 million	198 million	15 billion
1960	141 million	181 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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