Iran vs Yemen

Iran vs Yemen: Arms imports

Arms imports: 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024 and 1 million TIV in Yemen in 2022, by SIPRI estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Yemen, by 6 million TIV, or 3 times that in Iran.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Iran vs Yemen: Arms importsArms imports: 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024 and 1 million TIV in Yemen in 2022, by SIPRI estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Yemen, by 6 million TIV, or 3 times that in Iran.
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What the numbers say

  • Yemen has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Iran.
  • The world as a whole: 27.3 billion TIV in 2018.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearIranYemenWorld
2025––33.3 billion
202442 million–30.6 billion
202321 million–29.5 billion
2022–1 million33 billion
2021––26.8 billion
20202 million–23.4 billion
20193 million–26.9 billion
20183 million9 million27.3 billion
20173 million6 million31.2 billion
2016413 million7 million31.4 billion
201511 million33 million28.7 billion
201414 million6 million27 billion
201314 million23 million27.4 billion
201239 million38 million27.9 billion
201189 million47 million29.9 billion
201087 million261 million25.8 billion
200992 million5 million24 billion
200857 million41 million24.1 billion
2007325 million66 million26.5 billion
2006418 million38 million24.4 billion
200553 million316 million21.3 billion
2004117 million253 million21.3 billion
2003283 million58 million19.2 billion
2002435 million585 million17.7 billion
2001526 million70 million18.3 billion
2000417 million158 million20.5 billion
1999321 million52 million25.3 billion
1998374 million1 million27.9 billion
1997172 million–28.9 billion
1996608 million–23.7 billion
1995289 million167 million22.9 billion
1994451 million4 million22.8 billion
1993960 million–25.8 billion
1992406 million–24.3 billion
1991990 million113 million27.8 billion
1990444 million78 million28.6 billion
1989194 million–31.7 billion
1988469 million–32.9 billion
1987807 million–36.2 billion
1986805 million–35.5 billion
1985639 million–33.2 billion
1984562 million–36.8 billion
1983466 million–39.1 billion
1982499 million–41.4 billion
1981487 million–42 billion
1980278 million–37.4 billion
1979526 million–33.3 billion
19783.72 billion–39.2 billion
19775.48 billion–37 billion
19764.65 billion–33 billion
19755.23 billion–34.2 billion
19742.86 billion–32.9 billion
19732.05 billion–32.6 billion
19721.38 billion–28.7 billion
19712.1 billion–29.3 billion
1970899 million–22.1 billion
1969950 million–24.7 billion
1968917 million–22.4 billion
1967553 million–22.1 billion
1966601 million–22.4 billion
1965496 million–23.1 billion
1964139 million–24.2 billion
1963105 million–18.1 billion
196283 million–15.5 billion
196175 million–15 billion
1960141 million–15.7 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • 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.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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