Canada vs Pakistan

Canada vs Pakistan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 83 million TIV in Canada and 706 million TIV in Pakistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 623 million TIV, or 8.51 times that in Canada.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Canada vs Pakistan: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 83 million TIV in Canada and 706 million TIV in Pakistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 623 million TIV, or 8.51 times that in Canada.
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What the numbers say

  • Pakistan has been higher since 2002, when it overtook Canada.
  • In 2025, Canada ranked 49 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

YearCanadaPakistanWorld
202583 million706 million33.3 billion
2024198 million1.07 billion30.6 billion
202373 million2.2 billion29.5 billion
2022214 million1.53 billion33 billion
2021357 million984 million26.8 billion
2020248 million624 million23.4 billion
2019187 million654 million26.9 billion
2018185 million893 million27.3 billion
2017354 million870 million31.2 billion
2016246 million872 million31.4 billion
2015408 million771 million28.7 billion
2014316 million877 million27 billion
2013202 million1.11 billion27.4 billion
2012207 million1.02 billion27.9 billion
2011356 million1.18 billion29.9 billion
2010242 million2.23 billion25.8 billion
2009104 million1.2 billion24 billion
2008423 million1.07 billion24.1 billion
2007478 million693 million26.5 billion
200697 million324 million24.4 billion
2005106 million427 million21.3 billion
2004341 million471 million21.3 billion
2003140 million645 million19.2 billion
2002418 million566 million17.7 billion
2001520 million412 million18.3 billion
2000529 million175 million20.5 billion
1999143 million867 million25.3 billion
1998111 million699 million27.9 billion
1997353 million691 million28.9 billion
1996419 million506 million23.7 billion
1995405 million368 million22.9 billion
1994473 million862 million22.8 billion
1993196 million992 million25.8 billion
1992407 million352 million24.3 billion
1991767 million511 million27.8 billion
1990157 million635 million28.6 billion
198937 million974 million31.7 billion
1988712 million412 million32.9 billion
1987787 million617 million36.2 billion
1986849 million280 million35.5 billion
1985848 million751 million33.2 billion
1984654 million863 million36.8 billion
1983649 million784 million39.1 billion
1982277 million544 million41.4 billion
1981453 million491 million42 billion
1980442 million900 million37.4 billion
1979193 million697 million33.3 billion
1978130 million655 million39.2 billion
197790 million271 million37 billion
197653 million276 million33 billion
1975195 million223 million34.2 billion
1974229 million225 million32.9 billion
197378 million177 million32.6 billion
1972376 million664 million28.7 billion
1971457 million553 million29.3 billion
1970623 million422 million22.1 billion
1969516 million542 million24.7 billion
1968336 million415 million22.4 billion
1967237 million151 million22.1 billion
1966306 million592 million22.4 billion
1965563 million222 million23.1 billion
1964742 million96 million24.2 billion
19631.01 billion225 million18.1 billion
19621.22 billion84 million15.5 billion
19611.58 billion41 million15 billion
1960171 million46 million15.7 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.

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