Iran vs Vietnam: Arms imports

Arms imports: 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024 and 177 million TIV in Vietnam in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 16 million TIV, or 1.38 times that in Iran.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Vietnam has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Iran.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Iran	Vietnam	World
2025	–	177 million	33.3 billion
2024	42 million	58 million	30.6 billion
2023	21 million	45 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	86 million	33 billion
2021	–	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	2 million	38 million	23.4 billion
2019	3 million	166 million	26.9 billion
2018	3 million	604 million	27.3 billion
2017	3 million	783 million	31.2 billion
2016	413 million	924 million	31.4 billion
2015	11 million	869 million	28.7 billion
2014	14 million	1.23 billion	27 billion
2013	14 million	360 million	27.4 billion
2012	39 million	782 million	27.9 billion
2011	89 million	1.02 billion	29.9 billion
2010	87 million	161 million	25.8 billion
2009	92 million	61 million	24 billion
2008	57 million	186 million	24.1 billion
2007	325 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	418 million	42 million	24.4 billion
2005	53 million	221 million	21.3 billion
2004	117 million	299 million	21.3 billion
2003	283 million	22 million	19.2 billion
2002	435 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	526 million	97 million	18.3 billion
2000	417 million	11 million	20.5 billion
1999	321 million	168 million	25.3 billion
1998	374 million	209 million	27.9 billion
1997	172 million	111 million	28.9 billion
1996	608 million	214 million	23.7 billion
1995	289 million	273 million	22.9 billion
1994	451 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	960 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	406 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	990 million	–	27.8 billion
1990	444 million	116 million	28.6 billion
1989	194 million	128 million	31.7 billion
1988	469 million	65 million	32.9 billion
1987	807 million	50 million	36.2 billion
1986	805 million	78 million	35.5 billion
1985	639 million	28 million	33.2 billion
1984	562 million	557 million	36.8 billion
1983	466 million	916 million	39.1 billion
1982	499 million	532 million	41.4 billion
1981	487 million	1.07 billion	42 billion
1980	278 million	1.02 billion	37.4 billion
1979	526 million	1.25 billion	33.3 billion
1978	3.72 billion	227 million	39.2 billion
1977	5.48 billion	42 million	37 billion
1976	4.65 billion	42 million	33 billion
1975	5.23 billion	493 million	34.2 billion
1974	2.86 billion	859 million	32.9 billion
1973	2.05 billion	1.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	1.38 billion	1.32 billion	28.7 billion
1971	2.1 billion	1.2 billion	29.3 billion
1970	899 million	1.21 billion	22.1 billion
1969	950 million	909 million	24.7 billion
1968	917 million	1.18 billion	22.4 billion
1967	553 million	1.1 billion	22.1 billion
1966	601 million	1.14 billion	22.4 billion
1965	496 million	651 million	23.1 billion
1964	139 million	266 million	24.2 billion
1963	105 million	107 million	18.1 billion
1962	83 million	47 million	15.5 billion
1961	75 million	95 million	15 billion
1960	141 million	103 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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