Arms imports in Syria

Arms imports in Syria: 38 million TIV in 1960 and 2 million TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025: 2 million TIV
Since 1960: −36 million TIV
World, 2025: 33.3 billion TIV

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Estimates, SIPRIWorld

What the numbers say

The highest was 3.41 billion TIV in 1974, the lowest 2 million TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Syria	World
2025	2 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	30.6 billion
2023	–	29.5 billion
2022	–	33 billion
2021	7 million	26.8 billion
2020	80 million	23.4 billion
2019	104 million	26.9 billion
2018	199 million	27.3 billion
2017	52 million	31.2 billion
2016	18 million	31.4 billion
2015	16 million	28.7 billion
2014	7 million	27 billion
2013	498 million	27.4 billion
2012	532 million	27.9 billion
2011	485 million	29.9 billion
2010	420 million	25.8 billion
2009	253 million	24 billion
2008	326 million	24.1 billion
2007	15 million	26.5 billion
2006	95 million	24.4 billion
2005	30 million	21.3 billion
2004	20 million	21.3 billion
2003	64 million	19.2 billion
2002	40 million	17.7 billion
2001	23 million	18.3 billion
2000	49 million	20.5 billion
1999	48 million	25.3 billion
1998	45 million	27.9 billion
1997	25 million	28.9 billion
1996	25 million	23.7 billion
1995	25 million	22.9 billion
1994	14 million	22.8 billion
1993	166 million	25.8 billion
1992	277 million	24.3 billion
1991	315 million	27.8 billion
1990	739 million	28.6 billion
1989	663 million	31.7 billion
1988	1.31 billion	32.9 billion
1987	1.45 billion	36.2 billion
1986	1.27 billion	35.5 billion
1985	1.58 billion	33.2 billion
1984	1.82 billion	36.8 billion
1983	2.24 billion	39.1 billion
1982	1.99 billion	41.4 billion
1981	1.35 billion	42 billion
1980	1.87 billion	37.4 billion
1979	2.05 billion	33.3 billion
1978	871 million	39.2 billion
1977	931 million	37 billion
1976	527 million	33 billion
1975	1.41 billion	34.2 billion
1974	3.41 billion	32.9 billion
1973	3.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	1.52 billion	28.7 billion
1971	735 million	29.3 billion
1970	870 million	22.1 billion
1969	875 million	24.7 billion
1968	829 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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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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