Jordan vs United Arab Emirates: Arms imports

Arms imports: 34 million TIV in Jordan in 2024 and 868 million TIV in United Arab Emirates in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 1.05 billion TIV, or 32 times that in Jordan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 1989, when it overtook Jordan.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Jordan	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	–	868 million	33.3 billion
2024	34 million	1.09 billion	30.6 billion
2023	22 million	918 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	756 million	33 billion
2021	67 million	577 million	26.8 billion
2020	148 million	660 million	23.4 billion
2019	213 million	750 million	26.9 billion
2018	170 million	1.17 billion	27.3 billion
2017	363 million	909 million	31.2 billion
2016	243 million	1.49 billion	31.4 billion
2015	228 million	1.69 billion	28.7 billion
2014	194 million	736 million	27 billion
2013	72 million	2.32 billion	27.4 billion
2012	185 million	1.14 billion	27.9 billion
2011	211 million	1.22 billion	29.9 billion
2010	87 million	650 million	25.8 billion
2009	230 million	604 million	24 billion
2008	157 million	730 million	24.1 billion
2007	180 million	819 million	26.5 billion
2006	50 million	1.93 billion	24.4 billion
2005	79 million	2.07 billion	21.3 billion
2004	168 million	1.15 billion	21.3 billion
2003	281 million	676 million	19.2 billion
2002	132 million	223 million	17.7 billion
2001	160 million	186 million	18.3 billion
2000	139 million	244 million	20.5 billion
1999	63 million	441 million	25.3 billion
1998	248 million	757 million	27.9 billion
1997	77 million	690 million	28.9 billion
1996	75 million	481 million	23.7 billion
1995	19 million	426 million	22.9 billion
1994	5 million	571 million	22.8 billion
1993	1 million	582 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	205 million	24.3 billion
1991	24 million	237 million	27.8 billion
1990	16 million	561 million	28.6 billion
1989	74 million	663 million	31.7 billion
1988	243 million	45 million	32.9 billion
1987	133 million	195 million	36.2 billion
1986	206 million	132 million	35.5 billion
1985	292 million	145 million	33.2 billion
1984	629 million	310 million	36.8 billion
1983	634 million	163 million	39.1 billion
1982	1.06 billion	155 million	41.4 billion
1981	401 million	420 million	42 billion
1980	359 million	213 million	37.4 billion
1979	256 million	39 million	33.3 billion
1978	576 million	230 million	39.2 billion
1977	457 million	310 million	37 billion
1976	383 million	275 million	33 billion
1975	372 million	145 million	34.2 billion
1974	132 million	100 million	32.9 billion
1973	56 million	88 million	32.6 billion
1972	87 million	28 million	28.7 billion
1971	90 million	24 million	29.3 billion
1970	147 million	67 million	22.1 billion
1969	173 million	12 million	24.7 billion
1968	48 million	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	126 million	–	22.1 billion
1966	95 million	–	22.4 billion
1965	56 million	–	23.1 billion
1964	33 million	–	24.2 billion
1963	39 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	66 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	26 million	–	15 billion
1960	53 million	–	15.7 billion

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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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