Syria vs United Arab Emirates: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 2 million TIV in Syria and 868 million TIV in United Arab Emirates, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 866 million TIV, or 430 times that in Syria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 1993, when it overtook Syria.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Syria	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	2 million	868 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	1.09 billion	30.6 billion
2023	–	918 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	756 million	33 billion
2021	7 million	577 million	26.8 billion
2020	80 million	660 million	23.4 billion
2019	104 million	750 million	26.9 billion
2018	199 million	1.17 billion	27.3 billion
2017	52 million	909 million	31.2 billion
2016	18 million	1.49 billion	31.4 billion
2015	16 million	1.69 billion	28.7 billion
2014	7 million	736 million	27 billion
2013	498 million	2.32 billion	27.4 billion
2012	532 million	1.14 billion	27.9 billion
2011	485 million	1.22 billion	29.9 billion
2010	420 million	650 million	25.8 billion
2009	253 million	604 million	24 billion
2008	326 million	730 million	24.1 billion
2007	15 million	819 million	26.5 billion
2006	95 million	1.93 billion	24.4 billion
2005	30 million	2.07 billion	21.3 billion
2004	20 million	1.15 billion	21.3 billion
2003	64 million	676 million	19.2 billion
2002	40 million	223 million	17.7 billion
2001	23 million	186 million	18.3 billion
2000	49 million	244 million	20.5 billion
1999	48 million	441 million	25.3 billion
1998	45 million	757 million	27.9 billion
1997	25 million	690 million	28.9 billion
1996	25 million	481 million	23.7 billion
1995	25 million	426 million	22.9 billion
1994	14 million	571 million	22.8 billion
1993	166 million	582 million	25.8 billion
1992	277 million	205 million	24.3 billion
1991	315 million	237 million	27.8 billion
1990	739 million	561 million	28.6 billion
1989	663 million	663 million	31.7 billion
1988	1.31 billion	45 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.45 billion	195 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.27 billion	132 million	35.5 billion
1985	1.58 billion	145 million	33.2 billion
1984	1.82 billion	310 million	36.8 billion
1983	2.24 billion	163 million	39.1 billion
1982	1.99 billion	155 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.35 billion	420 million	42 billion
1980	1.87 billion	213 million	37.4 billion
1979	2.05 billion	39 million	33.3 billion
1978	871 million	230 million	39.2 billion
1977	931 million	310 million	37 billion
1976	527 million	275 million	33 billion
1975	1.41 billion	145 million	34.2 billion
1974	3.41 billion	100 million	32.9 billion
1973	3.28 billion	88 million	32.6 billion
1972	1.52 billion	28 million	28.7 billion
1971	735 million	24 million	29.3 billion
1970	870 million	67 million	22.1 billion
1969	875 million	12 million	24.7 billion
1968	829 million	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	905 million	–	22.1 billion
1966	525 million	–	22.4 billion
1965	100 million	–	23.1 billion
1964	65 million	–	24.2 billion
1963	89 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	35 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	27 million	–	15 billion
1960	38 million	–	15.7 billion

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Good to know

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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Deaths in conflictsSyria: 1,574 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022