Argentina vs Pakistan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Argentina and 706 million TIV in Pakistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 598 million TIV, or 6.54 times that in Argentina.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Pakistan has been higher since 2001, when it overtook Argentina.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Argentina	Pakistan	World
2025	108 million	706 million	33.3 billion
2024	45 million	1.07 billion	30.6 billion
2023	22 million	2.2 billion	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	1.53 billion	33 billion
2021	77 million	984 million	26.8 billion
2020	7 million	624 million	23.4 billion
2019	51 million	654 million	26.9 billion
2018	19 million	893 million	27.3 billion
2017	47 million	870 million	31.2 billion
2016	17 million	872 million	31.4 billion
2015	18 million	771 million	28.7 billion
2014	6 million	877 million	27 billion
2013	13 million	1.11 billion	27.4 billion
2012	5 million	1.02 billion	27.9 billion
2011	16 million	1.18 billion	29.9 billion
2010	11 million	2.23 billion	25.8 billion
2009	15 million	1.2 billion	24 billion
2008	21 million	1.07 billion	24.1 billion
2007	24 million	693 million	26.5 billion
2006	9 million	324 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	427 million	21.3 billion
2004	161 million	471 million	21.3 billion
2003	11 million	645 million	19.2 billion
2002	15 million	566 million	17.7 billion
2001	6 million	412 million	18.3 billion
2000	208 million	175 million	20.5 billion
1999	276 million	867 million	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	699 million	27.9 billion
1997	105 million	691 million	28.9 billion
1996	21 million	506 million	23.7 billion
1995	43 million	368 million	22.9 billion
1994	209 million	862 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	992 million	25.8 billion
1992	27 million	352 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	511 million	27.8 billion
1990	159 million	635 million	28.6 billion
1989	6 million	974 million	31.7 billion
1988	71 million	412 million	32.9 billion
1987	217 million	617 million	36.2 billion
1986	219 million	280 million	35.5 billion
1985	485 million	751 million	33.2 billion
1984	724 million	863 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.31 billion	784 million	39.1 billion
1982	406 million	544 million	41.4 billion
1981	833 million	491 million	42 billion
1980	445 million	900 million	37.4 billion
1979	451 million	697 million	33.3 billion
1978	434 million	655 million	39.2 billion
1977	204 million	271 million	37 billion
1976	499 million	276 million	33 billion
1975	268 million	223 million	34.2 billion
1974	450 million	225 million	32.9 billion
1973	248 million	177 million	32.6 billion
1972	402 million	664 million	28.7 billion
1971	363 million	553 million	29.3 billion
1970	257 million	422 million	22.1 billion
1969	230 million	542 million	24.7 billion
1968	430 million	415 million	22.4 billion
1967	143 million	151 million	22.1 billion
1966	93 million	592 million	22.4 billion
1965	7 million	222 million	23.1 billion
1964	19 million	96 million	24.2 billion
1963	29 million	225 million	18.1 billion
1962	47 million	84 million	15.5 billion
1961	205 million	41 million	15 billion
1960	111 million	46 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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