China vs India

China vs India: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 880 million TIV in China and 81 million TIV in India, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in China, by 799 million TIV, or 11 times that in India.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

China vs India: Arms exportsArms exports in 2025: 880 million TIV in China and 81 million TIV in India, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in China, by 799 million TIV, or 11 times that in India.
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What the numbers say

  • China has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1968.
  • The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearChinaIndiaWorld
2025880 million81 million33.5 billion
20241.29 billion94 million30.7 billion
20232.75 billion41 million29.5 billion
20222.32 billion7 million33.3 billion
20211.34 billion54 million27.1 billion
2020645 million153 million24.1 billion
20191.6 billion20 million27 billion
20181.39 billion47 million27.4 billion
20171.64 billion56 million31.3 billion
20162.48 billion49 million31.5 billion
20151.84 billion42 million28.7 billion
20141.35 billion40 million27.1 billion
20132.1 billion18 million27.4 billion
20121.5 billion–27.9 billion
20111.31 billion3 million29.9 billion
20101.53 billion5 million25.8 billion
20091.14 billion27 million24.4 billion
2008598 million15 million24.1 billion
2007520 million23 million26.5 billion
2006769 million33 million24.5 billion
2005341 million19 million21.4 billion
2004408 million31 million21.3 billion
2003701 million4 million19.2 billion
2002524 million017.7 billion
2001510 million2 million18.5 billion
2000309 million21 million20.5 billion
1999334 million–25.4 billion
1998349 million–27.9 billion
1997427 million–28.9 billion
1996764 million–23.7 billion
1995981 million2 million22.9 billion
19941.06 billion2 million23 billion
19931.44 billion9 million25.8 billion
1992672 million7 million24.3 billion
19911.32 billion–28.2 billion
1990955 million7 million30.2 billion
19891.06 billion–34.9 billion
19881.43 billion1 million36.8 billion
19872.6 billion–39.4 billion
19861.86 billion–39 billion
19851.29 billion–38.2 billion
19841.94 billion–41.6 billion
19831.76 billion–43.9 billion
19821.56 billion2 million46.2 billion
1981707 million–45.8 billion
1980943 million–42.2 billion
1979553 million22 million38.4 billion
1978611 million27 million42.4 billion
1977224 million–40 billion
1976580 million–36 billion
1975661 million31 million37.2 billion
1974508 million24 million36.6 billion
1973658 million21 million36.3 billion
19721.25 billion2 million34.5 billion
19711.31 billion7 million32.9 billion
1970905 million–25.3 billion
1969669 million–28.1 billion
1968746 million1 million26.1 billion
1967426 million–25.6 billion
1966628 million–25.8 billion
1965387 million–25.8 billion
196475 million–26.7 billion
196312 million–20.3 billion
196247 million–17.5 billion
196135 million–16.4 billion
1960285 million–17.6 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • 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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