Syria vs Türkiye: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 2 million TIV in Syria and 381 million TIV in Türkiye, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Türkiye, by 379 million TIV, or 190 times that in Syria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Türkiye has been higher since 1988, when it overtook Syria.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Syria	Türkiye	World
2025	2 million	381 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	381 million	30.6 billion
2023	–	679 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	187 million	33 billion
2021	7 million	249 million	26.8 billion
2020	80 million	110 million	23.4 billion
2019	104 million	742 million	26.9 billion
2018	199 million	476 million	27.3 billion
2017	52 million	427 million	31.2 billion
2016	18 million	324 million	31.4 billion
2015	16 million	446 million	28.7 billion
2014	7 million	1.53 billion	27 billion
2013	498 million	769 million	27.4 billion
2012	532 million	1.48 billion	27.9 billion
2011	485 million	794 million	29.9 billion
2010	420 million	469 million	25.8 billion
2009	253 million	714 million	24 billion
2008	326 million	623 million	24.1 billion
2007	15 million	675 million	26.5 billion
2006	95 million	524 million	24.4 billion
2005	30 million	1.08 billion	21.3 billion
2004	20 million	252 million	21.3 billion
2003	64 million	327 million	19.2 billion
2002	40 million	878 million	17.7 billion
2001	23 million	501 million	18.3 billion
2000	49 million	1.18 billion	20.5 billion
1999	48 million	1.73 billion	25.3 billion
1998	45 million	2.62 billion	27.9 billion
1997	25 million	1.51 billion	28.9 billion
1996	25 million	1.49 billion	23.7 billion
1995	25 million	1.56 billion	22.9 billion
1994	14 million	1.89 billion	22.8 billion
1993	166 million	2.33 billion	25.8 billion
1992	277 million	1.87 billion	24.3 billion
1991	315 million	1.29 billion	27.8 billion
1990	739 million	1.24 billion	28.6 billion
1989	663 million	1.03 billion	31.7 billion
1988	1.31 billion	1.63 billion	32.9 billion
1987	1.45 billion	1.43 billion	36.2 billion
1986	1.27 billion	472 million	35.5 billion
1985	1.58 billion	678 million	33.2 billion
1984	1.82 billion	549 million	36.8 billion
1983	2.24 billion	503 million	39.1 billion
1982	1.99 billion	478 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.35 billion	726 million	42 billion
1980	1.87 billion	486 million	37.4 billion
1979	2.05 billion	917 million	33.3 billion
1978	871 million	984 million	39.2 billion
1977	931 million	293 million	37 billion
1976	527 million	358 million	33 billion
1975	1.41 billion	640 million	34.2 billion
1974	3.41 billion	1.28 billion	32.9 billion
1973	3.28 billion	790 million	32.6 billion
1972	1.52 billion	1.09 billion	28.7 billion
1971	735 million	941 million	29.3 billion
1970	870 million	396 million	22.1 billion
1969	875 million	628 million	24.7 billion
1968	829 million	418 million	22.4 billion
1967	905 million	593 million	22.1 billion
1966	525 million	525 million	22.4 billion
1965	100 million	603 million	23.1 billion
1964	65 million	839 million	24.2 billion
1963	89 million	586 million	18.1 billion
1962	35 million	266 million	15.5 billion
1961	27 million	322 million	15 billion
1960	38 million	581 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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