Iraq vs Kuwait: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 55 million TIV in Iraq and 311 million TIV in Kuwait, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kuwait, by 256 million TIV, or 5.65 times that in Iraq.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Kuwait has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Iraq.
In 2025, Iraq ranked 56 and Kuwait ranked 31 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Iraq	Kuwait	World
2025	55 million	311 million	33.3 billion
2024	80 million	388 million	30.6 billion
2023	30 million	497 million	29.5 billion
2022	55 million	1.57 billion	33 billion
2021	–	1.57 billion	26.8 billion
2020	5 million	67 million	23.4 billion
2019	144 million	55 million	26.9 billion
2018	454 million	96 million	27.3 billion
2017	945 million	113 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.83 billion	147 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.49 billion	317 million	28.7 billion
2014	629 million	701 million	27 billion
2013	375 million	73 million	27.4 billion
2012	523 million	31 million	27.9 billion
2011	623 million	116 million	29.9 billion
2010	480 million	87 million	25.8 billion
2009	418 million	8 million	24 billion
2008	379 million	5 million	24.1 billion
2007	299 million	288 million	26.5 billion
2006	306 million	5 million	24.4 billion
2005	195 million	12 million	21.3 billion
2004	49 million	2 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	42 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	22 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	67 million	18.3 billion
2000	–	226 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	198 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	46 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	482 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	1.21 billion	23.7 billion
1995	–	646 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	36 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	694 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	896 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	515 million	27.8 billion
1990	818 million	324 million	28.6 billion
1989	1.51 billion	132 million	31.7 billion
1988	1.92 billion	6 million	32.9 billion
1987	3.47 billion	50 million	36.2 billion
1986	3.39 billion	167 million	35.5 billion
1985	3.91 billion	619 million	33.2 billion
1984	4.58 billion	454 million	36.8 billion
1983	3.38 billion	251 million	39.1 billion
1982	3.26 billion	173 million	41.4 billion
1981	2.58 billion	13 million	42 billion
1980	2.25 billion	35 million	37.4 billion
1979	1.4 billion	223 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.8 billion	504 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.07 billion	485 million	37 billion
1976	1.14 billion	230 million	33 billion
1975	1.11 billion	77 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.43 billion	5 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.85 billion	4 million	32.6 billion
1972	645 million	30 million	28.7 billion
1971	187 million	109 million	29.3 billion
1970	185 million	59 million	22.1 billion
1969	418 million	126 million	24.7 billion
1968	392 million	104 million	22.4 billion
1967	364 million	–	22.1 billion
1966	341 million	11 million	22.4 billion
1965	248 million	23 million	23.1 billion
1964	321 million	56 million	24.2 billion
1963	201 million	5 million	18.1 billion
1962	278 million	10 million	15.5 billion
1961	130 million	4 million	15 billion
1960	176 million	44 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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