India vs Iran: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 81 million TIV in India and 80 million TIV in Iran, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in India, by 1 million TIV, or 1.01 times that in Iran.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

India has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Iran.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	India	Iran	World
2025	81 million	80 million	33.5 billion
2024	94 million	106 million	30.7 billion
2023	41 million	170 million	29.5 billion
2022	7 million	48 million	33.3 billion
2021	54 million	2 million	27.1 billion
2020	153 million	16 million	24.1 billion
2019	20 million	9 million	27 billion
2018	47 million	9 million	27.4 billion
2017	56 million	24 million	31.3 billion
2016	49 million	24 million	31.5 billion
2015	42 million	11 million	28.7 billion
2014	40 million	34 million	27.1 billion
2013	18 million	2 million	27.4 billion
2012	–	35 million	27.9 billion
2011	3 million	77 million	29.9 billion
2010	5 million	54 million	25.8 billion
2009	27 million	99 million	24.4 billion
2008	15 million	82 million	24.1 billion
2007	23 million	2 million	26.5 billion
2006	33 million	78 million	24.5 billion
2005	19 million	4 million	21.4 billion
2004	31 million	3 million	21.3 billion
2003	4 million	12 million	19.2 billion
2002	0	9 million	17.7 billion
2001	2 million	0	18.5 billion
2000	21 million	0	20.5 billion
1999	–	0	25.4 billion
1998	–	0	27.9 billion
1997	–	0	28.9 billion
1996	–	3 million	23.7 billion
1995	2 million	1 million	22.9 billion
1994	2 million	0	23 billion
1993	9 million	1 million	25.8 billion
1992	7 million	1 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	1 million	28.2 billion
1990	7 million	0	30.2 billion
1989	–	1 million	34.9 billion
1988	1 million	1 million	36.8 billion
1987	–	1 million	39.4 billion
1986	–	1 million	39 billion
1985	–	1 million	38.2 billion
1984	–	1 million	41.6 billion
1983	–	1 million	43.9 billion
1982	2 million	1 million	46.2 billion
1981	–	1 million	45.8 billion
1980	–	1 million	42.2 billion
1979	22 million	–	38.4 billion
1978	27 million	–	42.4 billion
1977	–	–	40 billion
1976	–	–	36 billion
1975	31 million	86 million	37.2 billion
1974	24 million	129 million	36.6 billion
1973	21 million	6 million	36.3 billion
1972	2 million	106 million	34.5 billion
1971	7 million	6 million	32.9 billion
1970	–	23 million	25.3 billion
1969	–	–	28.1 billion
1968	1 million	–	26.1 billion
1967	–	28 million	25.6 billion
1966	–	–	25.8 billion
1965	–	–	25.8 billion
1964	–	–	26.7 billion
1963	–	–	20.3 billion
1962	–	3 million	17.5 billion
1961	–	–	16.4 billion
1960	–	–	17.6 billion

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Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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