Iraq vs United Arab Emirates: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 55 million TIV in Iraq and 868 million TIV in United Arab Emirates, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 813 million TIV, or 16 times that in Iraq.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Iraq.
In 2025, Iraq ranked 56 and United Arab Emirates ranked 9 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	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	55 million	868 million	33.3 billion
2024	80 million	1.09 billion	30.6 billion
2023	30 million	918 million	29.5 billion
2022	55 million	756 million	33 billion
2021	–	577 million	26.8 billion
2020	5 million	660 million	23.4 billion
2019	144 million	750 million	26.9 billion
2018	454 million	1.17 billion	27.3 billion
2017	945 million	909 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.83 billion	1.49 billion	31.4 billion
2015	1.49 billion	1.69 billion	28.7 billion
2014	629 million	736 million	27 billion
2013	375 million	2.32 billion	27.4 billion
2012	523 million	1.14 billion	27.9 billion
2011	623 million	1.22 billion	29.9 billion
2010	480 million	650 million	25.8 billion
2009	418 million	604 million	24 billion
2008	379 million	730 million	24.1 billion
2007	299 million	819 million	26.5 billion
2006	306 million	1.93 billion	24.4 billion
2005	195 million	2.07 billion	21.3 billion
2004	49 million	1.15 billion	21.3 billion
2003	–	676 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	223 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	186 million	18.3 billion
2000	–	244 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	441 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	757 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	690 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	481 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	426 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	571 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	582 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	205 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	237 million	27.8 billion
1990	818 million	561 million	28.6 billion
1989	1.51 billion	663 million	31.7 billion
1988	1.92 billion	45 million	32.9 billion
1987	3.47 billion	195 million	36.2 billion
1986	3.39 billion	132 million	35.5 billion
1985	3.91 billion	145 million	33.2 billion
1984	4.58 billion	310 million	36.8 billion
1983	3.38 billion	163 million	39.1 billion
1982	3.26 billion	155 million	41.4 billion
1981	2.58 billion	420 million	42 billion
1980	2.25 billion	213 million	37.4 billion
1979	1.4 billion	39 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.8 billion	230 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.07 billion	310 million	37 billion
1976	1.14 billion	275 million	33 billion
1975	1.11 billion	145 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.43 billion	100 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.85 billion	88 million	32.6 billion
1972	645 million	28 million	28.7 billion
1971	187 million	24 million	29.3 billion
1970	185 million	67 million	22.1 billion
1969	418 million	12 million	24.7 billion
1968	392 million	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	364 million	–	22.1 billion
1966	341 million	–	22.4 billion
1965	248 million	–	23.1 billion
1964	321 million	–	24.2 billion
1963	201 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	278 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	130 million	–	15 billion
1960	176 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.
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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Deaths in conflictsIraq: 819 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022