Iraq vs Syria: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 55 million TIV in Iraq and 2 million TIV in Syria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Iraq, by 53 million TIV, or 28 times that in Syria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Iraq has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Syria.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Iraq	Syria	World
2025	55 million	2 million	33.3 billion
2024	80 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	30 million	–	29.5 billion
2022	55 million	–	33 billion
2021	–	7 million	26.8 billion
2020	5 million	80 million	23.4 billion
2019	144 million	104 million	26.9 billion
2018	454 million	199 million	27.3 billion
2017	945 million	52 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.83 billion	18 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.49 billion	16 million	28.7 billion
2014	629 million	7 million	27 billion
2013	375 million	498 million	27.4 billion
2012	523 million	532 million	27.9 billion
2011	623 million	485 million	29.9 billion
2010	480 million	420 million	25.8 billion
2009	418 million	253 million	24 billion
2008	379 million	326 million	24.1 billion
2007	299 million	15 million	26.5 billion
2006	306 million	95 million	24.4 billion
2005	195 million	30 million	21.3 billion
2004	49 million	20 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	64 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	40 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	23 million	18.3 billion
2000	–	49 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	48 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	45 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	25 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	25 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	25 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	14 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	166 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	277 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	315 million	27.8 billion
1990	818 million	739 million	28.6 billion
1989	1.51 billion	663 million	31.7 billion
1988	1.92 billion	1.31 billion	32.9 billion
1987	3.47 billion	1.45 billion	36.2 billion
1986	3.39 billion	1.27 billion	35.5 billion
1985	3.91 billion	1.58 billion	33.2 billion
1984	4.58 billion	1.82 billion	36.8 billion
1983	3.38 billion	2.24 billion	39.1 billion
1982	3.26 billion	1.99 billion	41.4 billion
1981	2.58 billion	1.35 billion	42 billion
1980	2.25 billion	1.87 billion	37.4 billion
1979	1.4 billion	2.05 billion	33.3 billion
1978	1.8 billion	871 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.07 billion	931 million	37 billion
1976	1.14 billion	527 million	33 billion
1975	1.11 billion	1.41 billion	34.2 billion
1974	1.43 billion	3.41 billion	32.9 billion
1973	1.85 billion	3.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	645 million	1.52 billion	28.7 billion
1971	187 million	735 million	29.3 billion
1970	185 million	870 million	22.1 billion
1969	418 million	875 million	24.7 billion
1968	392 million	829 million	22.4 billion
1967	364 million	905 million	22.1 billion
1966	341 million	525 million	22.4 billion
1965	248 million	100 million	23.1 billion
1964	321 million	65 million	24.2 billion
1963	201 million	89 million	18.1 billion
1962	278 million	35 million	15.5 billion
1961	130 million	27 million	15 billion
1960	176 million	38 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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