Afghanistan vs Pakistan: Arms imports

Arms imports: 65 million TIV in Afghanistan in 2021 and 706 million TIV in Pakistan in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 919 million TIV, or 15 times that in Afghanistan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Pakistan has been higher since 2002, when it overtook Afghanistan.
The world as a whole: 26.8 billion TIV in 2021.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Afghanistan	Pakistan	World
2025	–	706 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	1.07 billion	30.6 billion
2023	–	2.2 billion	29.5 billion
2022	–	1.53 billion	33 billion
2021	65 million	984 million	26.8 billion
2020	231 million	624 million	23.4 billion
2019	379 million	654 million	26.9 billion
2018	312 million	893 million	27.3 billion
2017	235 million	870 million	31.2 billion
2016	170 million	872 million	31.4 billion
2015	131 million	771 million	28.7 billion
2014	323 million	877 million	27 billion
2013	253 million	1.11 billion	27.4 billion
2012	518 million	1.02 billion	27.9 billion
2011	632 million	1.18 billion	29.9 billion
2010	365 million	2.23 billion	25.8 billion
2009	326 million	1.2 billion	24 billion
2008	148 million	1.07 billion	24.1 billion
2007	40 million	693 million	26.5 billion
2006	3 million	324 million	24.4 billion
2005	33 million	427 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	471 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	645 million	19.2 billion
2002	34 million	566 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	412 million	18.3 billion
2000	–	175 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	867 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	699 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	691 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	506 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	368 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	862 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	992 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	352 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.24 billion	511 million	27.8 billion
1990	1.61 billion	635 million	28.6 billion
1989	1.82 billion	974 million	31.7 billion
1988	927 million	412 million	32.9 billion
1987	489 million	617 million	36.2 billion
1986	210 million	280 million	35.5 billion
1985	158 million	751 million	33.2 billion
1984	394 million	863 million	36.8 billion
1983	269 million	784 million	39.1 billion
1982	455 million	544 million	41.4 billion
1981	553 million	491 million	42 billion
1980	632 million	900 million	37.4 billion
1979	449 million	697 million	33.3 billion
1978	156 million	655 million	39.2 billion
1977	75 million	271 million	37 billion
1976	230 million	276 million	33 billion
1975	137 million	223 million	34.2 billion
1974	47 million	225 million	32.9 billion
1973	–	177 million	32.6 billion
1972	–	664 million	28.7 billion
1971	25 million	553 million	29.3 billion
1970	120 million	422 million	22.1 billion
1969	166 million	542 million	24.7 billion
1968	145 million	415 million	22.4 billion
1967	230 million	151 million	22.1 billion
1966	198 million	592 million	22.4 billion
1965	91 million	222 million	23.1 billion
1964	56 million	96 million	24.2 billion
1963	40 million	225 million	18.1 billion
1962	64 million	84 million	15.5 billion
1961	55 million	41 million	15 billion
1960	39 million	46 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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