Canada vs India
Canada vs India: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $37.5B in Canada and $93.3B in India, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in India, by $55.7B, or 2.48 times that in Canada.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- India has been higher since 1987, when it overtook Canada.
- In 2025, Canada ranked 16 and India ranked 5 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Canada | India |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $37.5B | $93.3B |
| 2024 | $30.6B | $85.6B |
| 2023 | $29.2B | $85.2B |
| 2022 | $25.4B | $83.2B |
| 2021 | $25.7B | $79.7B |
| 2020 | $27B | $80.2B |
| 2019 | $24.4B | $79.7B |
| 2018 | $24.6B | $74.5B |
| 2017 | $25B | $71.9B |
| 2016 | $21.2B | $67.2B |
| 2015 | $21.6B | $61B |
| 2014 | $20.4B | $60.4B |
| 2013 | $18.2B | $57.6B |
| 2012 | $19.7B | $57.6B |
| 2011 | $20.8B | $57.9B |
| 2010 | $20.1B | $57.3B |
| 2009 | $22.2B | $57.1B |
| 2008 | $21.3B | $48.5B |
| 2007 | $19.7B | $42.8B |
| 2006 | $18.1B | $42.3B |
| 2005 | $17.3B | $41.9B |
| 2004 | $16.6B | $39.4B |
| 2003 | $16B | $33.9B |
| 2002 | $15.7B | $33.2B |
| 2001 | $15.6B | $33.3B |
| 2000 | $15.2B | $32.1B |
| 1999 | $15.4B | $31.2B |
| 1998 | $14.8B | $26.8B |
| 1997 | $14.3B | $25.7B |
| 1996 | $15.5B | $23.2B |
| 1995 | $16.9B | $22.8B |
| 1994 | $17.9B | $22.1B |
| 1993 | $18.2B | $22B |
| 1992 | $18.2B | $19.5B |
| 1991 | $18.4B | $20.4B |
| 1990 | $20B | $21.9B |
| 1989 | $20B | $22.2B |
| 1988 | $20.1B | $21.1B |
| 1987 | $19.8B | $20.6B |
| 1986 | $19.4B | $19.1B |
| 1985 | $19B | $16.2B |
| 1984 | $18.5B | $14.4B |
| 1983 | $17.3B | $13.6B |
| 1982 | $15.9B | $13.2B |
| 1981 | $14.6B | $12.1B |
| 1980 | $14.8B | $11.5B |
| 1979 | $14.1B | $11.2B |
| 1978 | $14.5B | $10.4B |
| 1977 | $13.9B | $9.93B |
| 1976 | $13.3B | $10.5B |
| 1975 | $13.1B | $9.1B |
| 1974 | $12.4B | $8.11B |
| 1973 | $11.8B | $8.71B |
| 1972 | $11.9B | $9.86B |
| 1971 | $11.8B | $9.35B |
| 1970 | $11.4B | $7.84B |
| 1969 | $11.4B | $7.61B |
| 1968 | $12.1B | $7.18B |
| 1967 | $12.4B | $6.93B |
| 1966 | $11.7B | $7.42B |
| 1965 | $11.9B | $7.88B |
| 1964 | $12.8B | $8.06B |
| 1963 | $12.6B | $8.26B |
| 1962 | $13.2B | $5.04B |
| 1961 | $12.7B | $3.67B |
| 1960 | $12.5B | $3.4B |
| 1959 | $12.8B | $3.37B |
| 1958 | $13.7B | $3.65B |
| 1957 | $14.7B | $3.64B |
| 1956 | $15.3B | $3.05B |
| 1955 | $15B | – |
| 1954 | $15.2B | – |
| 1953 | $16.3B | – |
| 1952 | $14.2B | – |
| 1951 | $8.85B | – |
| 1950 | $4.37B | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Canada vs India
Health
- Life expectancyCanada: 82.6 years in 2023India: 72 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCanada: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024India: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCanada: 4.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023India: 22.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCanada: 3.99% in 2017India: 3.53% in 2017
- Suicide rateCanada: 10.9 per 100,000 people in 2017India: 15.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCanada: 39.3 million people in 2023India: 1.44 billion people in 2023
- Population growthCanada: 1.22% a year in 2023India: 0.89% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCanada: 1.35 births per woman in 2023India: 1.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCanada: 82.9% in 2025India: 35.7% in 2025
- Median ageCanada: 40.3 years in 2023India: 28.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCanada: 19.4% in 2023India: 6.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateCanada: 11 per 1,000 people in 2023India: -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCanada: 1.63% of GDP in 2025India: 2.3% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personCanada: $939 in 2025India: $63 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCanada: 3.7% of government spending in 2025India: 8.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCanada: 72,000 people in 2020India: 3.07 million people in 2020
- National powerCanada: 0.81% of world capability in 2022India: 9.94% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCanada: 0.35% of the labour force in 2020India: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCanada: 83 million TIV in 2025India: 2.86 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCanada: 312 million TIV in 2025India: 81 million TIV in 2025