Syria vs Tunisia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 2 million TIV in Syria and 7 million TIV in Tunisia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Tunisia, by 5 million TIV, or 3.5 times that in Syria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Tunisia 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	Syria	Tunisia	World
2025	2 million	7 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	78 million	30.6 billion
2023	–	35 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	35 million	33 billion
2021	7 million	19 million	26.8 billion
2020	80 million	16 million	23.4 billion
2019	104 million	15 million	26.9 billion
2018	199 million	181 million	27.3 billion
2017	52 million	98 million	31.2 billion
2016	18 million	43 million	31.4 billion
2015	16 million	7 million	28.7 billion
2014	7 million	50 million	27 billion
2013	498 million	40 million	27.4 billion
2012	532 million	–	27.9 billion
2011	485 million	7 million	29.9 billion
2010	420 million	7 million	25.8 billion
2009	253 million	–	24 billion
2008	326 million	3 million	24.1 billion
2007	15 million	–	26.5 billion
2006	95 million	2 million	24.4 billion
2005	30 million	168 million	21.3 billion
2004	20 million	–	21.3 billion
2003	64 million	1 million	19.2 billion
2002	40 million	44 million	17.7 billion
2001	23 million	–	18.3 billion
2000	49 million	–	20.5 billion
1999	48 million	12 million	25.3 billion
1998	45 million	18 million	27.9 billion
1997	25 million	41 million	28.9 billion
1996	25 million	68 million	23.7 billion
1995	25 million	56 million	22.9 billion
1994	14 million	35 million	22.8 billion
1993	166 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	277 million	32 million	24.3 billion
1991	315 million	20 million	27.8 billion
1990	739 million	4 million	28.6 billion
1989	663 million	48 million	31.7 billion
1988	1.31 billion	17 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.45 billion	56 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.27 billion	–	35.5 billion
1985	1.58 billion	314 million	33.2 billion
1984	1.82 billion	119 million	36.8 billion
1983	2.24 billion	103 million	39.1 billion
1982	1.99 billion	60 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.35 billion	56 million	42 billion
1980	1.87 billion	103 million	37.4 billion
1979	2.05 billion	122 million	33.3 billion
1978	871 million	14 million	39.2 billion
1977	931 million	73 million	37 billion
1976	527 million	10 million	33 billion
1975	1.41 billion	14 million	34.2 billion
1974	3.41 billion	14 million	32.9 billion
1973	3.28 billion	26 million	32.6 billion
1972	1.52 billion	4 million	28.7 billion
1971	735 million	0	29.3 billion
1970	870 million	49 million	22.1 billion
1969	875 million	23 million	24.7 billion
1968	829 million	17 million	22.4 billion
1967	905 million	5 million	22.1 billion
1966	525 million	–	22.4 billion
1965	100 million	40 million	23.1 billion
1964	65 million	4 million	24.2 billion
1963	89 million	7 million	18.1 billion
1962	35 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	27 million	6 million	15 billion
1960	38 million	44 million	15.7 billion

Each country on its own

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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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