Germany vs Pakistan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 1.63 billion TIV in Germany and 706 million TIV in Pakistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 926 million TIV, or 2.31 times that in Pakistan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Germany has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Pakistan.
In 2025, Germany ranked 6 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	Germany	Pakistan	World
2025	1.63 billion	706 million	33.3 billion
2024	240 million	1.07 billion	30.6 billion
2023	203 million	2.2 billion	29.5 billion
2022	269 million	1.53 billion	33 billion
2021	235 million	984 million	26.8 billion
2020	105 million	624 million	23.4 billion
2019	38 million	654 million	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	893 million	27.3 billion
2017	43 million	870 million	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	872 million	31.4 billion
2015	119 million	771 million	28.7 billion
2014	77 million	877 million	27 billion
2013	103 million	1.11 billion	27.4 billion
2012	140 million	1.02 billion	27.9 billion
2011	79 million	1.18 billion	29.9 billion
2010	301 million	2.23 billion	25.8 billion
2009	329 million	1.2 billion	24 billion
2008	277 million	1.07 billion	24.1 billion
2007	46 million	693 million	26.5 billion
2006	413 million	324 million	24.4 billion
2005	206 million	427 million	21.3 billion
2004	245 million	471 million	21.3 billion
2003	70 million	645 million	19.2 billion
2002	71 million	566 million	17.7 billion
2001	133 million	412 million	18.3 billion
2000	113 million	175 million	20.5 billion
1999	129 million	867 million	25.3 billion
1998	618 million	699 million	27.9 billion
1997	60 million	691 million	28.9 billion
1996	244 million	506 million	23.7 billion
1995	222 million	368 million	22.9 billion
1994	417 million	862 million	22.8 billion
1993	529 million	992 million	25.8 billion
1992	716 million	352 million	24.3 billion
1991	750 million	511 million	27.8 billion
1990	757 million	635 million	28.6 billion
1989	701 million	974 million	31.7 billion
1988	447 million	412 million	32.9 billion
1987	340 million	617 million	36.2 billion
1986	322 million	280 million	35.5 billion
1985	130 million	751 million	33.2 billion
1984	412 million	863 million	36.8 billion
1983	434 million	784 million	39.1 billion
1982	453 million	544 million	41.4 billion
1981	261 million	491 million	42 billion
1980	150 million	900 million	37.4 billion
1979	65 million	697 million	33.3 billion
1978	661 million	655 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.01 billion	271 million	37 billion
1976	1.36 billion	276 million	33 billion
1975	1.83 billion	223 million	34.2 billion
1974	2.14 billion	225 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.72 billion	177 million	32.6 billion
1972	796 million	664 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.24 billion	553 million	29.3 billion
1970	1.26 billion	422 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.23 billion	542 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.25 billion	415 million	22.4 billion
1967	1.39 billion	151 million	22.1 billion
1966	3.39 billion	592 million	22.4 billion
1965	3.52 billion	222 million	23.1 billion
1964	3.83 billion	96 million	24.2 billion
1963	3.31 billion	225 million	18.1 billion
1962	2.5 billion	84 million	15.5 billion
1961	2.09 billion	41 million	15 billion
1960	2.04 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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