India vs Indonesia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 2.86 billion TIV in India and 1.28 billion TIV in Indonesia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in India, by 1.59 billion TIV, or 2.24 times that in Indonesia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

India has been higher since 1963, when it overtook Indonesia.
In 2025, India ranked 2 and Indonesia ranked 7 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	India	Indonesia	World
2025	2.86 billion	1.28 billion	33.3 billion
2024	1.6 billion	185 million	30.6 billion
2023	1.54 billion	390 million	29.5 billion
2022	2.7 billion	86 million	33 billion
2021	3.96 billion	366 million	26.8 billion
2020	2.67 billion	283 million	23.4 billion
2019	3.2 billion	239 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.98 billion	357 million	27.3 billion
2017	2.68 billion	1.17 billion	31.2 billion
2016	2.65 billion	352 million	31.4 billion
2015	2.73 billion	438 million	28.7 billion
2014	3.28 billion	1.2 billion	27 billion
2013	5.3 billion	833 million	27.4 billion
2012	4.51 billion	162 million	27.9 billion
2011	3.63 billion	257 million	29.9 billion
2010	2.9 billion	221 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.96 billion	443 million	24 billion
2008	1.64 billion	239 million	24.1 billion
2007	2.3 billion	578 million	26.5 billion
2006	1.49 billion	63 million	24.4 billion
2005	1.2 billion	33 million	21.3 billion
2004	2.25 billion	77 million	21.3 billion
2003	2.8 billion	353 million	19.2 billion
2002	1.9 billion	67 million	17.7 billion
2001	1.05 billion	22 million	18.3 billion
2000	988 million	171 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.22 billion	161 million	25.3 billion
1998	797 million	85 million	27.9 billion
1997	1.68 billion	101 million	28.9 billion
1996	831 million	378 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.36 billion	284 million	22.9 billion
1994	873 million	472 million	22.8 billion
1993	737 million	210 million	25.8 billion
1992	1.19 billion	51 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.88 billion	11 million	27.8 billion
1990	2.83 billion	202 million	28.6 billion
1989	3.68 billion	249 million	31.7 billion
1988	3.85 billion	285 million	32.9 billion
1987	3.92 billion	265 million	36.2 billion
1986	4.24 billion	433 million	35.5 billion
1985	3 billion	291 million	33.2 billion
1984	2.43 billion	102 million	36.8 billion
1983	2.64 billion	224 million	39.1 billion
1982	2.65 billion	356 million	41.4 billion
1981	2.12 billion	790 million	42 billion
1980	1.77 billion	898 million	37.4 billion
1979	1.2 billion	370 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.2 billion	124 million	39.2 billion
1977	2.38 billion	62 million	37 billion
1976	1.94 billion	156 million	33 billion
1975	1.53 billion	4 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.33 billion	73 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.51 billion	73 million	32.6 billion
1972	2.09 billion	5 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.02 billion	92 million	29.3 billion
1970	963 million	27 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.37 billion	9 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.37 billion	0	22.4 billion
1967	1.13 billion	1 million	22.1 billion
1966	961 million	17 million	22.4 billion
1965	1 billion	317 million	23.1 billion
1964	794 million	596 million	24.2 billion
1963	695 million	206 million	18.1 billion
1962	402 million	1.03 billion	15.5 billion
1961	1.15 billion	780 million	15 billion
1960	544 million	448 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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