Iraq vs Saudi Arabia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 55 million TIV in Iraq and 3.04 billion TIV in Saudi Arabia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 2.99 billion TIV, or 55 times that in Iraq.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Saudi Arabia has been higher since 2008, when it overtook Iraq.
In 2025, Iraq ranked 56 and Saudi Arabia ranked 1 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	Saudi Arabia	World
2025	55 million	3.04 billion	33.3 billion
2024	80 million	1.24 billion	30.6 billion
2023	30 million	1.33 billion	29.5 billion
2022	55 million	3.05 billion	33 billion
2021	–	1.75 billion	26.8 billion
2020	5 million	2.24 billion	23.4 billion
2019	144 million	3.03 billion	26.9 billion
2018	454 million	2.94 billion	27.3 billion
2017	945 million	3.85 billion	31.2 billion
2016	1.83 billion	2.91 billion	31.4 billion
2015	1.49 billion	3.47 billion	28.7 billion
2014	629 million	2.72 billion	27 billion
2013	375 million	1.69 billion	27.4 billion
2012	523 million	835 million	27.9 billion
2011	623 million	1.18 billion	29.9 billion
2010	480 million	1.11 billion	25.8 billion
2009	418 million	828 million	24 billion
2008	379 million	389 million	24.1 billion
2007	299 million	229 million	26.5 billion
2006	306 million	207 million	24.4 billion
2005	195 million	166 million	21.3 billion
2004	49 million	1.16 billion	21.3 billion
2003	–	158 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	559 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	59 million	18.3 billion
2000	–	104 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	1.58 billion	25.3 billion
1998	–	2.89 billion	27.9 billion
1997	–	2.79 billion	28.9 billion
1996	–	1.73 billion	23.7 billion
1995	–	985 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	981 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	2.35 billion	25.8 billion
1992	–	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	–	1.04 billion	27.8 billion
1990	818 million	2.04 billion	28.6 billion
1989	1.51 billion	1.38 billion	31.7 billion
1988	1.92 billion	784 million	32.9 billion
1987	3.47 billion	2.01 billion	36.2 billion
1986	3.39 billion	2.84 billion	35.5 billion
1985	3.91 billion	1.31 billion	33.2 billion
1984	4.58 billion	824 million	36.8 billion
1983	3.38 billion	1.82 billion	39.1 billion
1982	3.26 billion	2.22 billion	41.4 billion
1981	2.58 billion	1.82 billion	42 billion
1980	2.25 billion	1.09 billion	37.4 billion
1979	1.4 billion	767 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.8 billion	1.01 billion	39.2 billion
1977	1.07 billion	1.02 billion	37 billion
1976	1.14 billion	702 million	33 billion
1975	1.11 billion	372 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.43 billion	547 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.85 billion	202 million	32.6 billion
1972	645 million	130 million	28.7 billion
1971	187 million	10 million	29.3 billion
1970	185 million	87 million	22.1 billion
1969	418 million	416 million	24.7 billion
1968	392 million	448 million	22.4 billion
1967	364 million	222 million	22.1 billion
1966	341 million	227 million	22.4 billion
1965	248 million	48 million	23.1 billion
1964	321 million	5 million	24.2 billion
1963	201 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	278 million	22 million	15.5 billion
1961	130 million	8 million	15 billion
1960	176 million	6 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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