Syria vs Yemen

Syria vs Yemen: Arms imports

Arms imports: 2 million TIV in Syria in 2025 and 1 million TIV in Yemen in 2022, by SIPRI estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Syria, by 190 million TIV, or 22 times that in Yemen.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Syria vs Yemen: Arms importsArms imports: 2 million TIV in Syria in 2025 and 1 million TIV in Yemen in 2022, by SIPRI estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Syria, by 190 million TIV, or 22 times that in Yemen.
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What the numbers say

  • Syria has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Yemen.
  • The world as a whole: 27.3 billion TIV in 2018.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearSyriaYemenWorld
20252 million–33.3 billion
2024––30.6 billion
2023––29.5 billion
2022–1 million33 billion
20217 million–26.8 billion
202080 million–23.4 billion
2019104 million–26.9 billion
2018199 million9 million27.3 billion
201752 million6 million31.2 billion
201618 million7 million31.4 billion
201516 million33 million28.7 billion
20147 million6 million27 billion
2013498 million23 million27.4 billion
2012532 million38 million27.9 billion
2011485 million47 million29.9 billion
2010420 million261 million25.8 billion
2009253 million5 million24 billion
2008326 million41 million24.1 billion
200715 million66 million26.5 billion
200695 million38 million24.4 billion
200530 million316 million21.3 billion
200420 million253 million21.3 billion
200364 million58 million19.2 billion
200240 million585 million17.7 billion
200123 million70 million18.3 billion
200049 million158 million20.5 billion
199948 million52 million25.3 billion
199845 million1 million27.9 billion
199725 million–28.9 billion
199625 million–23.7 billion
199525 million167 million22.9 billion
199414 million4 million22.8 billion
1993166 million–25.8 billion
1992277 million–24.3 billion
1991315 million113 million27.8 billion
1990739 million78 million28.6 billion
1989663 million–31.7 billion
19881.31 billion–32.9 billion
19871.45 billion–36.2 billion
19861.27 billion–35.5 billion
19851.58 billion–33.2 billion
19841.82 billion–36.8 billion
19832.24 billion–39.1 billion
19821.99 billion–41.4 billion
19811.35 billion–42 billion
19801.87 billion–37.4 billion
19792.05 billion–33.3 billion
1978871 million–39.2 billion
1977931 million–37 billion
1976527 million–33 billion
19751.41 billion–34.2 billion
19743.41 billion–32.9 billion
19733.28 billion–32.6 billion
19721.52 billion–28.7 billion
1971735 million–29.3 billion
1970870 million–22.1 billion
1969875 million–24.7 billion
1968829 million–22.4 billion
1967905 million–22.1 billion
1966525 million–22.4 billion
1965100 million–23.1 billion
196465 million–24.2 billion
196389 million–18.1 billion
196235 million–15.5 billion
196127 million–15 billion
196038 million–15.7 billion

Each country on its own

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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