Iran vs Turkey: Arms exports

Iran
226.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2024
Turkey
332.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2024
Iran rank
16th
Turkey rank
14th

Arms exports over time

  • Iran
  • Turkey
0200.0M400.0M600.0M196219932024

How they compare

Turkey currently reports 332.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values against 226.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values in Iran, a difference of 106.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values.

That makes Turkey's figure about 1.5 times Iran's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Turkey ahead.

Globally, Iran ranks 16th and Turkey ranks 14th of 70 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values)
Unit
SIPRI trend indicator values
Source
Arms Transfers Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
106 places, 3,345 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Arms transfers (exports) cover the volume of transfers of major arms through sales and gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships. Figures are SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIVs). A '0' indicates that the volume of deliveries is between 0 and 0.5 million SIPRI TIV.