Brazil vs Pakistan
Brazil vs Pakistan: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 462 million TIV in Brazil and 706 million TIV in Pakistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 244 million TIV, or 1.53 times that in Brazil.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Pakistan has been higher since 2002, when it overtook Brazil.
- In 2025, Brazil ranked 23 and Pakistan ranked 14 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 | Pakistan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 462 million | 706 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 450 million | 1.07 billion | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 193 million | 2.2 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 469 million | 1.53 billion | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 240 million | 984 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 134 million | 624 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 125 million | 654 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 258 million | 893 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 96 million | 870 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 111 million | 872 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 202 million | 771 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 201 million | 877 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 217 million | 1.11 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 317 million | 1.02 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 231 million | 1.18 billion | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 256 million | 2.23 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 135 million | 1.2 billion | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 178 million | 1.07 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 188 million | 693 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 178 million | 324 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 223 million | 427 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 85 million | 471 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 110 million | 645 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 221 million | 566 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 573 million | 412 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 86 million | 175 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 308 million | 867 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 200 million | 699 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 476 million | 691 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 547 million | 506 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 267 million | 368 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 311 million | 862 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 66 million | 992 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 98 million | 352 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 161 million | 511 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 140 million | 635 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 742 million | 974 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 125 million | 412 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 234 million | 617 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 139 million | 280 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 82 million | 751 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 123 million | 863 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 88 million | 784 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 72 million | 544 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 61 million | 491 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 338 million | 900 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 375 million | 697 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 832 million | 655 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 525 million | 271 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 551 million | 276 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 538 million | 223 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 256 million | 225 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 598 million | 177 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 520 million | 664 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 171 million | 553 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 217 million | 422 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 108 million | 542 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 236 million | 415 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 218 million | 151 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 57 million | 592 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 149 million | 222 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 25 million | 96 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 127 million | 225 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 62 million | 84 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 212 million | 41 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 236 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Brazil vs Pakistan
Health
- Life expectancyBrazil: 75.9 years in 2023Pakistan: 67.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBrazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024Pakistan: 5.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBrazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Pakistan: 49.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBrazil: 87.3% in 2022Pakistan: 50.6% in 2022
- DepressionBrazil: 3.3% in 2017Pakistan: 3.33% in 2017
- Suicide rateBrazil: 6.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Pakistan: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBrazil: 211 million people in 2023Pakistan: 248 million people in 2023
- Population growthBrazil: 0.41% a year in 2023Pakistan: 1.48% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBrazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023Pakistan: 3.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBrazil: 88.2% in 2025Pakistan: 39.5% in 2025
- Median ageBrazil: 33.9 years in 2023Pakistan: 20.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBrazil: 10.6% in 2023Pakistan: 4.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateBrazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Pakistan: -6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBrazil: 1.05% of GDP in 2025Pakistan: 2.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBrazil: $23.6B in 2025Pakistan: $11.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personBrazil: $113 in 2025Pakistan: $47 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBrazil: 2.2% of government spending in 2025Pakistan: 13.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBrazil: 762,000 people in 2020Pakistan: 943,000 people in 2020
- National powerBrazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022Pakistan: 1.77% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBrazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020Pakistan: 1.25% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsBrazil: 153 million TIV in 2025Pakistan: 127 million TIV in 2025