China vs Pakistan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 207 million TIV in China and 706 million TIV in Pakistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 499 million TIV, or 3.41 times that in China.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Pakistan has been higher since 2021, when it overtook China.
In 2025, China ranked 36 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	China	Pakistan	World
2025	207 million	706 million	33.3 billion
2024	71 million	1.07 billion	30.6 billion
2023	428 million	2.2 billion	29.5 billion
2022	646 million	1.53 billion	33 billion
2021	685 million	984 million	26.8 billion
2020	775 million	624 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.57 billion	654 million	26.9 billion
2018	2.25 billion	893 million	27.3 billion
2017	1.55 billion	870 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.21 billion	872 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.19 billion	771 million	28.7 billion
2014	1.03 billion	877 million	27 billion
2013	1.22 billion	1.11 billion	27.4 billion
2012	1.54 billion	1.02 billion	27.9 billion
2011	1.03 billion	1.18 billion	29.9 billion
2010	940 million	2.23 billion	25.8 billion
2009	1.38 billion	1.2 billion	24 billion
2008	1.78 billion	1.07 billion	24.1 billion
2007	1.7 billion	693 million	26.5 billion
2006	2.83 billion	324 million	24.4 billion
2005	3.47 billion	427 million	21.3 billion
2004	3.24 billion	471 million	21.3 billion
2003	2.33 billion	645 million	19.2 billion
2002	2.83 billion	566 million	17.7 billion
2001	2.76 billion	412 million	18.3 billion
2000	2.47 billion	175 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.72 billion	867 million	25.3 billion
1998	375 million	699 million	27.9 billion
1997	940 million	691 million	28.9 billion
1996	1.5 billion	506 million	23.7 billion
1995	701 million	368 million	22.9 billion
1994	304 million	862 million	22.8 billion
1993	1.23 billion	992 million	25.8 billion
1992	1.18 billion	352 million	24.3 billion
1991	439 million	511 million	27.8 billion
1990	267 million	635 million	28.6 billion
1989	163 million	974 million	31.7 billion
1988	97 million	412 million	32.9 billion
1987	47 million	617 million	36.2 billion
1986	11 million	280 million	35.5 billion
1985	104 million	751 million	33.2 billion
1984	62 million	863 million	36.8 billion
1983	16 million	784 million	39.1 billion
1982	5 million	544 million	41.4 billion
1981	–	491 million	42 billion
1980	4 million	900 million	37.4 billion
1979	8 million	697 million	33.3 billion
1978	83 million	655 million	39.2 billion
1977	72 million	271 million	37 billion
1976	1 million	276 million	33 billion
1975	1 million	223 million	34.2 billion
1974	1 million	225 million	32.9 billion
1973	1 million	177 million	32.6 billion
1972	1 million	664 million	28.7 billion
1971	1 million	553 million	29.3 billion
1970	1 million	422 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	542 million	24.7 billion
1968	180 million	415 million	22.4 billion
1967	144 million	151 million	22.1 billion
1966	225 million	592 million	22.4 billion
1965	257 million	222 million	23.1 billion
1964	485 million	96 million	24.2 billion
1963	450 million	225 million	18.1 billion
1962	415 million	84 million	15.5 billion
1961	952 million	41 million	15 billion
1960	2.36 billion	46 million	15.7 billion

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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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