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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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2.86 billion 2025 | 2.73 billion | 2 of 110 |
| Indonesia | 1.28 billion 2025 | 438 million | 7 of 110 |
| World | 33.3 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
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 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time