United Arab Emirates vs Yemen

United Arab Emirates vs Yemen: Arms imports

Arms imports: 868 million TIV in United Arab Emirates in 2025 and 1 million TIV in Yemen in 2022, by SIPRI estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 755 million TIV, or 760 times that in Yemen.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

United Arab Emirates vs Yemen: Arms importsArms imports: 868 million TIV in United Arab Emirates in 2025 and 1 million TIV in Yemen in 2022, by SIPRI estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 755 million TIV, or 760 times that in Yemen.
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What the numbers say

  • United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2003, when it overtook Yemen.
  • The world as a whole: 33 billion TIV in 2022.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearUnited Arab EmiratesYemenWorld
2025868 million–33.3 billion
20241.09 billion–30.6 billion
2023918 million–29.5 billion
2022756 million1 million33 billion
2021577 million–26.8 billion
2020660 million–23.4 billion
2019750 million–26.9 billion
20181.17 billion9 million27.3 billion
2017909 million6 million31.2 billion
20161.49 billion7 million31.4 billion
20151.69 billion33 million28.7 billion
2014736 million6 million27 billion
20132.32 billion23 million27.4 billion
20121.14 billion38 million27.9 billion
20111.22 billion47 million29.9 billion
2010650 million261 million25.8 billion
2009604 million5 million24 billion
2008730 million41 million24.1 billion
2007819 million66 million26.5 billion
20061.93 billion38 million24.4 billion
20052.07 billion316 million21.3 billion
20041.15 billion253 million21.3 billion
2003676 million58 million19.2 billion
2002223 million585 million17.7 billion
2001186 million70 million18.3 billion
2000244 million158 million20.5 billion
1999441 million52 million25.3 billion
1998757 million1 million27.9 billion
1997690 million–28.9 billion
1996481 million–23.7 billion
1995426 million167 million22.9 billion
1994571 million4 million22.8 billion
1993582 million–25.8 billion
1992205 million–24.3 billion
1991237 million113 million27.8 billion
1990561 million78 million28.6 billion
1989663 million–31.7 billion
198845 million–32.9 billion
1987195 million–36.2 billion
1986132 million–35.5 billion
1985145 million–33.2 billion
1984310 million–36.8 billion
1983163 million–39.1 billion
1982155 million–41.4 billion
1981420 million–42 billion
1980213 million–37.4 billion
197939 million–33.3 billion
1978230 million–39.2 billion
1977310 million–37 billion
1976275 million–33 billion
1975145 million–34.2 billion
1974100 million–32.9 billion
197388 million–32.6 billion
197228 million–28.7 billion
197124 million–29.3 billion
197067 million–22.1 billion
196912 million–24.7 billion
196813 million–22.4 billion
1967––22.1 billion
1966––22.4 billion
1965––23.1 billion
1964––24.2 billion
1963––18.1 billion
1962––15.5 billion
1961––15 billion
1960––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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