Bhutan vs India: Arms imports

Arms imports: 5 million TIV in Bhutan in 2021 and 2.86 billion TIV in India in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in India, by 3.95 billion TIV, or 790 times that in Bhutan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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India has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1968.
The world as a whole: 26.8 billion TIV in 2021.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Bhutan	India	World
2025	–	2.86 billion	33.3 billion
2024	–	1.6 billion	30.6 billion
2023	–	1.54 billion	29.5 billion
2022	–	2.7 billion	33 billion
2021	5 million	3.96 billion	26.8 billion
2020	–	2.67 billion	23.4 billion
2019	–	3.2 billion	26.9 billion
2018	–	1.98 billion	27.3 billion
2017	–	2.68 billion	31.2 billion
2016	1 million	2.65 billion	31.4 billion
2015	1 million	2.73 billion	28.7 billion
2014	–	3.28 billion	27 billion
2013	–	5.3 billion	27.4 billion
2012	–	4.51 billion	27.9 billion
2011	–	3.63 billion	29.9 billion
2010	–	2.9 billion	25.8 billion
2009	–	1.96 billion	24 billion
2008	–	1.64 billion	24.1 billion
2007	–	2.3 billion	26.5 billion
2006	–	1.49 billion	24.4 billion
2005	–	1.2 billion	21.3 billion
2004	0	2.25 billion	21.3 billion
2003	–	2.8 billion	19.2 billion
2002	–	1.9 billion	17.7 billion
2001	–	1.05 billion	18.3 billion
2000	–	988 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	1.22 billion	25.3 billion
1998	–	797 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	1.68 billion	28.9 billion
1996	–	831 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	1.36 billion	22.9 billion
1994	–	873 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	737 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	1.19 billion	24.3 billion
1991	–	1.88 billion	27.8 billion
1990	–	2.83 billion	28.6 billion
1989	–	3.68 billion	31.7 billion
1988	–	3.85 billion	32.9 billion
1987	–	3.92 billion	36.2 billion
1986	–	4.24 billion	35.5 billion
1985	–	3 billion	33.2 billion
1984	–	2.43 billion	36.8 billion
1983	–	2.64 billion	39.1 billion
1982	–	2.65 billion	41.4 billion
1981	–	2.12 billion	42 billion
1980	–	1.77 billion	37.4 billion
1979	–	1.2 billion	33.3 billion
1978	–	1.2 billion	39.2 billion
1977	–	2.38 billion	37 billion
1976	–	1.94 billion	33 billion
1975	–	1.53 billion	34.2 billion
1974	–	1.33 billion	32.9 billion
1973	–	1.51 billion	32.6 billion
1972	–	2.09 billion	28.7 billion
1971	–	2.02 billion	29.3 billion
1970	–	963 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	1.37 billion	24.7 billion
1968	1 million	1.37 billion	22.4 billion
1967	–	1.13 billion	22.1 billion
1966	–	961 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	1 billion	23.1 billion
1964	–	794 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	695 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	402 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	1.15 billion	15 billion
1960	–	544 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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