Canada vs India: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 312 million TIV in Canada and 81 million TIV in India, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 231 million TIV, or 3.85 times that in India.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Canada has been higher since 2021, when it overtook India.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Canada	India	World
2025	312 million	81 million	33.5 billion
2024	237 million	94 million	30.7 billion
2023	276 million	41 million	29.5 billion
2022	147 million	7 million	33.3 billion
2021	144 million	54 million	27.1 billion
2020	123 million	153 million	24.1 billion
2019	223 million	20 million	27 billion
2018	108 million	47 million	27.4 billion
2017	63 million	56 million	31.3 billion
2016	96 million	49 million	31.5 billion
2015	298 million	42 million	28.7 billion
2014	189 million	40 million	27.1 billion
2013	170 million	18 million	27.4 billion
2012	258 million	–	27.9 billion
2011	277 million	3 million	29.9 billion
2010	196 million	5 million	25.8 billion
2009	198 million	27 million	24.4 billion
2008	252 million	15 million	24.1 billion
2007	334 million	23 million	26.5 billion
2006	254 million	33 million	24.5 billion
2005	234 million	19 million	21.4 billion
2004	289 million	31 million	21.3 billion
2003	302 million	4 million	19.2 billion
2002	177 million	0	17.7 billion
2001	124 million	2 million	18.5 billion
2000	69 million	21 million	20.5 billion
1999	80 million	–	25.4 billion
1998	39 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	97 million	–	28.9 billion
1996	168 million	–	23.7 billion
1995	248 million	2 million	22.9 billion
1994	165 million	2 million	23 billion
1993	152 million	9 million	25.8 billion
1992	147 million	7 million	24.3 billion
1991	93 million	–	28.2 billion
1990	79 million	7 million	30.2 billion
1989	33 million	–	34.9 billion
1988	124 million	1 million	36.8 billion
1987	250 million	–	39.4 billion
1986	240 million	–	39 billion
1985	83 million	–	38.2 billion
1984	77 million	–	41.6 billion
1983	97 million	–	43.9 billion
1982	237 million	2 million	46.2 billion
1981	105 million	–	45.8 billion
1980	116 million	–	42.2 billion
1979	163 million	22 million	38.4 billion
1978	177 million	27 million	42.4 billion
1977	138 million	–	40 billion
1976	259 million	–	36 billion
1975	59 million	31 million	37.2 billion
1974	90 million	24 million	36.6 billion
1973	118 million	21 million	36.3 billion
1972	323 million	2 million	34.5 billion
1971	290 million	7 million	32.9 billion
1970	198 million	–	25.3 billion
1969	183 million	–	28.1 billion
1968	198 million	1 million	26.1 billion
1967	73 million	–	25.6 billion
1966	112 million	–	25.8 billion
1965	121 million	–	25.8 billion
1964	273 million	–	26.7 billion
1963	245 million	–	20.3 billion
1962	188 million	–	17.5 billion
1961	300 million	–	16.4 billion
1960	66 million	–	17.6 billion

Each country on its own

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Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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