Syrian Arab Republic's arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) was 2 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 87.5% from 16 million in 2015 (18.77% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 2 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 80 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 16 million | 2015 |
| Highest | 3.41 billion | 1974 |
| Lowest | 2 million | 2025 |
| Average since 2016 | 66 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 38 million |
What the numbers say
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2,073.3% in 2008 and the biggest yearly fall was 98.6% in 2014. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Syrian Arab Republic had the 98th highest value of the 105 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Syrian Arab Republic | 2 million | 2025 |
| World | 33.33 billion | 2025 |
| Low income | 294 million | 2025 |
Closest to Syrian Arab Republic in the 2025 ranking
- El Salvador — 96th of 105: 3 million
- Madagascar — 97th of 105: 3 million
- Somalia, Fed. Rep. — 98th of 105: 2 million
- Uganda — 100th of 105: 2 million
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 101st of 105: 1 million
- Haiti — 102nd of 105: 1 million
What this measures
Arms transfers (imports) 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.
Limitations: SIPRI calculates the volume of transfers to, from and between all parties using the TIV and the number of weapon systems or subsystems delivered in a given year. This data is intended to provide a common unit to allow the measurement if trends in the flow of arms to particular countries and regions over time. Therefore, the main priority is to ensure that the TIV system remains consistent over time, and that any changes introduced are backdated. SIPRI TIV figures do not represent sales prices for arms transfers.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 63 values
| Year | Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,000,000 |
| 2024 | no data |
| 2023 | no data |
| 2022 | no data |
| 2021 | 7,000,000 |
| 2020 | 80,000,000 |
| 2019 | 104,000,000 |
| 2018 | 199,000,000 |
| 2017 | 52,000,000 |
| 2016 | 18,000,000 |
| 2015 |
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 65 million (2021)
- Algeria — 108 million (2025)
- Bahrain — 30 million (2025)
- Djibouti — 0 (2023)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 697 million (2025)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 42 million (2024)
- Iraq — 55 million (2025)
- Israel — 537 million (2025)
- Jordan — 34 million (2024)
- Kuwait — 311 million (2025)
More public sector data for Syrian Arab Republic
- Armed forces personnel, total — 269,000 (2020)
- Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) — 5.44% (2020)
- Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 1 data use score (scale 0-100) — 26.6 (2024)
- Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 3 data products score (scale 0-100) — 57.89 (2024)
- Battle-related deaths (number of people) — 2,732 (2024)
- Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with conflict and violence (number of cases) — 174,000 (2023)
Every indicator for Syrian Arab Republic is on the Syrian Arab Republic data page.
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Syrian Arab Republic's arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)?
- 2 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is down 94.74% from 38 million in 1960 (4.43% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 3.41 billion in 1974 and the lowest 2 million in 2025.
- How does Syrian Arab Republic rank?
- 98th highest of 105 economies with data for 2025.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Arms Transfers Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), uri: https://armstransfers.sipri.org/ArmsTransfer/.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator MS.MIL.MPRT.KD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Arms Transfers Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), uri: https://armstransfers.sipri.org/ArmsTransfer/ Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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