Spain vs United Arab Emirates: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 341 million TIV in Spain and 33 million TIV in United Arab Emirates, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 308 million TIV, or 10 times that in United Arab Emirates.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Spain has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1974.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Spain	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	341 million	33 million	33.5 billion
2024	606 million	119 million	30.7 billion
2023	912 million	64 million	29.5 billion
2022	1.01 billion	17 million	33.3 billion
2021	676 million	57 million	27.1 billion
2020	1.01 billion	209 million	24.1 billion
2019	318 million	131 million	27 billion
2018	705 million	120 million	27.4 billion
2017	820 million	106 million	31.3 billion
2016	481 million	111 million	31.5 billion
2015	982 million	143 million	28.7 billion
2014	962 million	100 million	27.1 billion
2013	450 million	115 million	27.4 billion
2012	266 million	75 million	27.9 billion
2011	997 million	3 million	29.9 billion
2010	273 million	39 million	25.8 billion
2009	984 million	34 million	24.4 billion
2008	626 million	–	24.1 billion
2007	628 million	3 million	26.5 billion
2006	898 million	17 million	24.5 billion
2005	113 million	15 million	21.4 billion
2004	54 million	3 million	21.3 billion
2003	99 million	–	19.2 billion
2002	18 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	8 million	–	18.5 billion
2000	47 million	–	20.5 billion
1999	46 million	–	25.4 billion
1998	174 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	605 million	37 million	28.9 billion
1996	112 million	6 million	23.7 billion
1995	88 million	28 million	22.9 billion
1994	253 million	–	23 billion
1993	103 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	70 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	103 million	–	28.2 billion
1990	116 million	2 million	30.2 billion
1989	167 million	–	34.9 billion
1988	136 million	–	36.8 billion
1987	152 million	2 million	39.4 billion
1986	197 million	22 million	39 billion
1985	92 million	–	38.2 billion
1984	244 million	–	41.6 billion
1983	367 million	14 million	43.9 billion
1982	263 million	–	46.2 billion
1981	135 million	–	45.8 billion
1980	10 million	–	42.2 billion
1979	18 million	–	38.4 billion
1978	38 million	–	42.4 billion
1977	25 million	–	40 billion
1976	46 million	–	36 billion
1975	272 million	–	37.2 billion
1974	82 million	8 million	36.6 billion
1973	18 million	–	36.3 billion
1972	18 million	–	34.5 billion
1971	140 million	–	32.9 billion
1970	70 million	–	25.3 billion
1969	10 million	–	28.1 billion
1968	12 million	–	26.1 billion
1967	12 million	–	25.6 billion
1966	26 million	–	25.8 billion
1965	33 million	–	25.8 billion
1964	12 million	–	26.7 billion
1963	10 million	–	20.3 billion
1962	10 million	–	17.5 billion
1961	8 million	–	16.4 billion
1960	2 million	–	17.6 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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