Lebanon vs Syria: Arms imports

Arms imports: 9 million TIV in Lebanon in 2024 and 2 million TIV in Syria in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Lebanon, by 36 million TIV, or 6.14 times that in Syria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

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

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Lebanon	Syria	World
2025	–	2 million	33.3 billion
2024	9 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	14 million	–	29.5 billion
2022	30 million	–	33 billion
2021	43 million	7 million	26.8 billion
2020	45 million	80 million	23.4 billion
2019	56 million	104 million	26.9 billion
2018	53 million	199 million	27.3 billion
2017	48 million	52 million	31.2 billion
2016	28 million	18 million	31.4 billion
2015	48 million	16 million	28.7 billion
2014	6 million	7 million	27 billion
2013	27 million	498 million	27.4 billion
2012	31 million	532 million	27.9 billion
2011	1 million	485 million	29.9 billion
2010	64 million	420 million	25.8 billion
2009	52 million	253 million	24 billion
2008	1 million	326 million	24.1 billion
2007	5 million	15 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	95 million	24.4 billion
2005	1 million	30 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	20 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	64 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	40 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	23 million	18.3 billion
2000	4 million	49 million	20.5 billion
1999	4 million	48 million	25.3 billion
1998	8 million	45 million	27.9 billion
1997	9 million	25 million	28.9 billion
1996	27 million	25 million	23.7 billion
1995	42 million	25 million	22.9 billion
1994	18 million	14 million	22.8 billion
1993	40 million	166 million	25.8 billion
1992	40 million	277 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	315 million	27.8 billion
1990	–	739 million	28.6 billion
1989	–	663 million	31.7 billion
1988	–	1.31 billion	32.9 billion
1987	–	1.45 billion	36.2 billion
1986	–	1.27 billion	35.5 billion
1985	71 million	1.58 billion	33.2 billion
1984	206 million	1.82 billion	36.8 billion
1983	93 million	2.24 billion	39.1 billion
1982	36 million	1.99 billion	41.4 billion
1981	9 million	1.35 billion	42 billion
1980	37 million	1.87 billion	37.4 billion
1979	19 million	2.05 billion	33.3 billion
1978	2 million	871 million	39.2 billion
1977	8 million	931 million	37 billion
1976	4 million	527 million	33 billion
1975	11 million	1.41 billion	34.2 billion
1974	41 million	3.41 billion	32.9 billion
1973	55 million	3.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	52 million	1.52 billion	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	735 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	870 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	875 million	24.7 billion
1968	1 million	829 million	22.4 billion
1967	80 million	905 million	22.1 billion
1966	72 million	525 million	22.4 billion
1965	34 million	100 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	65 million	24.2 billion
1963	18 million	89 million	18.1 billion
1962	13 million	35 million	15.5 billion
1961	5 million	27 million	15 billion
1960	–	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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