Germany vs India: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 1.63 billion TIV in Germany and 2.86 billion TIV in India, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in India, by 1.23 billion TIV, or 1.75 times that in Germany.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

India has been higher since 1976, when it overtook Germany.
In 2025, Germany ranked 6 and India ranked 2 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	Germany	India	World
2025	1.63 billion	2.86 billion	33.3 billion
2024	240 million	1.6 billion	30.6 billion
2023	203 million	1.54 billion	29.5 billion
2022	269 million	2.7 billion	33 billion
2021	235 million	3.96 billion	26.8 billion
2020	105 million	2.67 billion	23.4 billion
2019	38 million	3.2 billion	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	1.98 billion	27.3 billion
2017	43 million	2.68 billion	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	2.65 billion	31.4 billion
2015	119 million	2.73 billion	28.7 billion
2014	77 million	3.28 billion	27 billion
2013	103 million	5.3 billion	27.4 billion
2012	140 million	4.51 billion	27.9 billion
2011	79 million	3.63 billion	29.9 billion
2010	301 million	2.9 billion	25.8 billion
2009	329 million	1.96 billion	24 billion
2008	277 million	1.64 billion	24.1 billion
2007	46 million	2.3 billion	26.5 billion
2006	413 million	1.49 billion	24.4 billion
2005	206 million	1.2 billion	21.3 billion
2004	245 million	2.25 billion	21.3 billion
2003	70 million	2.8 billion	19.2 billion
2002	71 million	1.9 billion	17.7 billion
2001	133 million	1.05 billion	18.3 billion
2000	113 million	988 million	20.5 billion
1999	129 million	1.22 billion	25.3 billion
1998	618 million	797 million	27.9 billion
1997	60 million	1.68 billion	28.9 billion
1996	244 million	831 million	23.7 billion
1995	222 million	1.36 billion	22.9 billion
1994	417 million	873 million	22.8 billion
1993	529 million	737 million	25.8 billion
1992	716 million	1.19 billion	24.3 billion
1991	750 million	1.88 billion	27.8 billion
1990	757 million	2.83 billion	28.6 billion
1989	701 million	3.68 billion	31.7 billion
1988	447 million	3.85 billion	32.9 billion
1987	340 million	3.92 billion	36.2 billion
1986	322 million	4.24 billion	35.5 billion
1985	130 million	3 billion	33.2 billion
1984	412 million	2.43 billion	36.8 billion
1983	434 million	2.64 billion	39.1 billion
1982	453 million	2.65 billion	41.4 billion
1981	261 million	2.12 billion	42 billion
1980	150 million	1.77 billion	37.4 billion
1979	65 million	1.2 billion	33.3 billion
1978	661 million	1.2 billion	39.2 billion
1977	1.01 billion	2.38 billion	37 billion
1976	1.36 billion	1.94 billion	33 billion
1975	1.83 billion	1.53 billion	34.2 billion
1974	2.14 billion	1.33 billion	32.9 billion
1973	1.72 billion	1.51 billion	32.6 billion
1972	796 million	2.09 billion	28.7 billion
1971	2.24 billion	2.02 billion	29.3 billion
1970	1.26 billion	963 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.23 billion	1.37 billion	24.7 billion
1968	1.25 billion	1.37 billion	22.4 billion
1967	1.39 billion	1.13 billion	22.1 billion
1966	3.39 billion	961 million	22.4 billion
1965	3.52 billion	1 billion	23.1 billion
1964	3.83 billion	794 million	24.2 billion
1963	3.31 billion	695 million	18.1 billion
1962	2.5 billion	402 million	15.5 billion
1961	2.09 billion	1.15 billion	15 billion
1960	2.04 billion	544 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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