Brazil vs India: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 462 million TIV in Brazil and 2.86 billion TIV in India, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in India, by 2.4 billion TIV, or 6.2 times that in Brazil.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

India has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
In 2025, Brazil ranked 23 and India ranked 2 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Brazil	India	World
2025	462 million	2.86 billion	33.3 billion
2024	450 million	1.6 billion	30.6 billion
2023	193 million	1.54 billion	29.5 billion
2022	469 million	2.7 billion	33 billion
2021	240 million	3.96 billion	26.8 billion
2020	134 million	2.67 billion	23.4 billion
2019	125 million	3.2 billion	26.9 billion
2018	258 million	1.98 billion	27.3 billion
2017	96 million	2.68 billion	31.2 billion
2016	111 million	2.65 billion	31.4 billion
2015	202 million	2.73 billion	28.7 billion
2014	201 million	3.28 billion	27 billion
2013	217 million	5.3 billion	27.4 billion
2012	317 million	4.51 billion	27.9 billion
2011	231 million	3.63 billion	29.9 billion
2010	256 million	2.9 billion	25.8 billion
2009	135 million	1.96 billion	24 billion
2008	178 million	1.64 billion	24.1 billion
2007	188 million	2.3 billion	26.5 billion
2006	178 million	1.49 billion	24.4 billion
2005	223 million	1.2 billion	21.3 billion
2004	85 million	2.25 billion	21.3 billion
2003	110 million	2.8 billion	19.2 billion
2002	221 million	1.9 billion	17.7 billion
2001	573 million	1.05 billion	18.3 billion
2000	86 million	988 million	20.5 billion
1999	308 million	1.22 billion	25.3 billion
1998	200 million	797 million	27.9 billion
1997	476 million	1.68 billion	28.9 billion
1996	547 million	831 million	23.7 billion
1995	267 million	1.36 billion	22.9 billion
1994	311 million	873 million	22.8 billion
1993	66 million	737 million	25.8 billion
1992	98 million	1.19 billion	24.3 billion
1991	161 million	1.88 billion	27.8 billion
1990	140 million	2.83 billion	28.6 billion
1989	742 million	3.68 billion	31.7 billion
1988	125 million	3.85 billion	32.9 billion
1987	234 million	3.92 billion	36.2 billion
1986	139 million	4.24 billion	35.5 billion
1985	82 million	3 billion	33.2 billion
1984	123 million	2.43 billion	36.8 billion
1983	88 million	2.64 billion	39.1 billion
1982	72 million	2.65 billion	41.4 billion
1981	61 million	2.12 billion	42 billion
1980	338 million	1.77 billion	37.4 billion
1979	375 million	1.2 billion	33.3 billion
1978	832 million	1.2 billion	39.2 billion
1977	525 million	2.38 billion	37 billion
1976	551 million	1.94 billion	33 billion
1975	538 million	1.53 billion	34.2 billion
1974	256 million	1.33 billion	32.9 billion
1973	598 million	1.51 billion	32.6 billion
1972	520 million	2.09 billion	28.7 billion
1971	171 million	2.02 billion	29.3 billion
1970	217 million	963 million	22.1 billion
1969	108 million	1.37 billion	24.7 billion
1968	236 million	1.37 billion	22.4 billion
1967	218 million	1.13 billion	22.1 billion
1966	57 million	961 million	22.4 billion
1965	149 million	1 billion	23.1 billion
1964	25 million	794 million	24.2 billion
1963	127 million	695 million	18.1 billion
1962	62 million	402 million	15.5 billion
1961	212 million	1.15 billion	15 billion
1960	236 million	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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