Oman vs United Arab Emirates: Arms imports

Arms imports: 4 million TIV in Oman in 2023 and 868 million TIV in United Arab Emirates in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 914 million TIV, or 230 times that in Oman.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 1984, when it overtook Oman.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Oman	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	–	868 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	1.09 billion	30.6 billion
2023	4 million	918 million	29.5 billion
2022	4 million	756 million	33 billion
2021	4 million	577 million	26.8 billion
2020	85 million	660 million	23.4 billion
2019	88 million	750 million	26.9 billion
2018	282 million	1.17 billion	27.3 billion
2017	757 million	909 million	31.2 billion
2016	422 million	1.49 billion	31.4 billion
2015	152 million	1.69 billion	28.7 billion
2014	719 million	736 million	27 billion
2013	492 million	2.32 billion	27.4 billion
2012	127 million	1.14 billion	27.9 billion
2011	21 million	1.22 billion	29.9 billion
2010	31 million	650 million	25.8 billion
2009	95 million	604 million	24 billion
2008	72 million	730 million	24.1 billion
2007	12 million	819 million	26.5 billion
2006	297 million	1.93 billion	24.4 billion
2005	178 million	2.07 billion	21.3 billion
2004	49 million	1.15 billion	21.3 billion
2003	37 million	676 million	19.2 billion
2002	40 million	223 million	17.7 billion
2001	32 million	186 million	18.3 billion
2000	121 million	244 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	441 million	25.3 billion
1998	22 million	757 million	27.9 billion
1997	157 million	690 million	28.9 billion
1996	285 million	481 million	23.7 billion
1995	278 million	426 million	22.9 billion
1994	145 million	571 million	22.8 billion
1993	55 million	582 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	205 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	237 million	27.8 billion
1990	60 million	561 million	28.6 billion
1989	117 million	663 million	31.7 billion
1988	19 million	45 million	32.9 billion
1987	40 million	195 million	36.2 billion
1986	49 million	132 million	35.5 billion
1985	88 million	145 million	33.2 billion
1984	120 million	310 million	36.8 billion
1983	347 million	163 million	39.1 billion
1982	170 million	155 million	41.4 billion
1981	72 million	420 million	42 billion
1980	12 million	213 million	37.4 billion
1979	43 million	39 million	33.3 billion
1978	81 million	230 million	39.2 billion
1977	250 million	310 million	37 billion
1976	150 million	275 million	33 billion
1975	181 million	145 million	34.2 billion
1974	67 million	100 million	32.9 billion
1973	71 million	88 million	32.6 billion
1972	11 million	28 million	28.7 billion
1971	62 million	24 million	29.3 billion
1970	26 million	67 million	22.1 billion
1969	36 million	12 million	24.7 billion
1968	5 million	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	7 million	–	22.1 billion
1966	2 million	–	22.4 billion
1965	1 million	–	23.1 billion
1964	1 million	–	24.2 billion
1963	1 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	–	–	15.5 billion
1961	–	–	15 billion
1960	1 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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