Jordan vs Syria: Arms imports

Arms imports: 34 million TIV in Jordan in 2024 and 2 million TIV in Syria in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Jordan, by 60 million TIV, or 9.57 times that in Syria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Jordan has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Syria.
The world as a whole: 26.8 billion TIV in 2021.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Jordan	Syria	World
2025	–	2 million	33.3 billion
2024	34 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	22 million	–	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	–	33 billion
2021	67 million	7 million	26.8 billion
2020	148 million	80 million	23.4 billion
2019	213 million	104 million	26.9 billion
2018	170 million	199 million	27.3 billion
2017	363 million	52 million	31.2 billion
2016	243 million	18 million	31.4 billion
2015	228 million	16 million	28.7 billion
2014	194 million	7 million	27 billion
2013	72 million	498 million	27.4 billion
2012	185 million	532 million	27.9 billion
2011	211 million	485 million	29.9 billion
2010	87 million	420 million	25.8 billion
2009	230 million	253 million	24 billion
2008	157 million	326 million	24.1 billion
2007	180 million	15 million	26.5 billion
2006	50 million	95 million	24.4 billion
2005	79 million	30 million	21.3 billion
2004	168 million	20 million	21.3 billion
2003	281 million	64 million	19.2 billion
2002	132 million	40 million	17.7 billion
2001	160 million	23 million	18.3 billion
2000	139 million	49 million	20.5 billion
1999	63 million	48 million	25.3 billion
1998	248 million	45 million	27.9 billion
1997	77 million	25 million	28.9 billion
1996	75 million	25 million	23.7 billion
1995	19 million	25 million	22.9 billion
1994	5 million	14 million	22.8 billion
1993	1 million	166 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	277 million	24.3 billion
1991	24 million	315 million	27.8 billion
1990	16 million	739 million	28.6 billion
1989	74 million	663 million	31.7 billion
1988	243 million	1.31 billion	32.9 billion
1987	133 million	1.45 billion	36.2 billion
1986	206 million	1.27 billion	35.5 billion
1985	292 million	1.58 billion	33.2 billion
1984	629 million	1.82 billion	36.8 billion
1983	634 million	2.24 billion	39.1 billion
1982	1.06 billion	1.99 billion	41.4 billion
1981	401 million	1.35 billion	42 billion
1980	359 million	1.87 billion	37.4 billion
1979	256 million	2.05 billion	33.3 billion
1978	576 million	871 million	39.2 billion
1977	457 million	931 million	37 billion
1976	383 million	527 million	33 billion
1975	372 million	1.41 billion	34.2 billion
1974	132 million	3.41 billion	32.9 billion
1973	56 million	3.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	87 million	1.52 billion	28.7 billion
1971	90 million	735 million	29.3 billion
1970	147 million	870 million	22.1 billion
1969	173 million	875 million	24.7 billion
1968	48 million	829 million	22.4 billion
1967	126 million	905 million	22.1 billion
1966	95 million	525 million	22.4 billion
1965	56 million	100 million	23.1 billion
1964	33 million	65 million	24.2 billion
1963	39 million	89 million	18.1 billion
1962	66 million	35 million	15.5 billion
1961	26 million	27 million	15 billion
1960	53 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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