Morocco vs Syria: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 392 million TIV in Morocco and 2 million TIV in Syria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Morocco, by 390 million TIV, or 200 times that in Syria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Morocco has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Syria.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Morocco	Syria	World
2025	392 million	2 million	33.3 billion
2024	130 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	501 million	–	29.5 billion
2022	507 million	–	33 billion
2021	53 million	7 million	26.8 billion
2020	16 million	80 million	23.4 billion
2019	48 million	104 million	26.9 billion
2018	462 million	199 million	27.3 billion
2017	605 million	52 million	31.2 billion
2016	287 million	18 million	31.4 billion
2015	47 million	16 million	28.7 billion
2014	572 million	7 million	27 billion
2013	62 million	498 million	27.4 billion
2012	1.05 billion	532 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.29 billion	485 million	29.9 billion
2010	347 million	420 million	25.8 billion
2009	39 million	253 million	24 billion
2008	46 million	326 million	24.1 billion
2007	27 million	15 million	26.5 billion
2006	47 million	95 million	24.4 billion
2005	101 million	30 million	21.3 billion
2004	14 million	20 million	21.3 billion
2003	12 million	64 million	19.2 billion
2002	155 million	40 million	17.7 billion
2001	11 million	23 million	18.3 billion
2000	127 million	49 million	20.5 billion
1999	60 million	48 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	45 million	27.9 billion
1997	220 million	25 million	28.9 billion
1996	89 million	25 million	23.7 billion
1995	28 million	25 million	22.9 billion
1994	117 million	14 million	22.8 billion
1993	98 million	166 million	25.8 billion
1992	17 million	277 million	24.3 billion
1991	62 million	315 million	27.8 billion
1990	137 million	739 million	28.6 billion
1989	126 million	663 million	31.7 billion
1988	117 million	1.31 billion	32.9 billion
1987	32 million	1.45 billion	36.2 billion
1986	31 million	1.27 billion	35.5 billion
1985	50 million	1.58 billion	33.2 billion
1984	74 million	1.82 billion	36.8 billion
1983	396 million	2.24 billion	39.1 billion
1982	529 million	1.99 billion	41.4 billion
1981	800 million	1.35 billion	42 billion
1980	469 million	1.87 billion	37.4 billion
1979	725 million	2.05 billion	33.3 billion
1978	419 million	871 million	39.2 billion
1977	408 million	931 million	37 billion
1976	216 million	527 million	33 billion
1975	207 million	1.41 billion	34.2 billion
1974	198 million	3.41 billion	32.9 billion
1973	21 million	3.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	–	1.52 billion	28.7 billion
1971	1 million	735 million	29.3 billion
1970	80 million	870 million	22.1 billion
1969	41 million	875 million	24.7 billion
1968	93 million	829 million	22.4 billion
1967	149 million	905 million	22.1 billion
1966	159 million	525 million	22.4 billion
1965	82 million	100 million	23.1 billion
1964	16 million	65 million	24.2 billion
1963	16 million	89 million	18.1 billion
1962	93 million	35 million	15.5 billion
1961	37 million	27 million	15 billion
1960	22 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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