India vs Israel: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 2.86 billion TIV in India and 537 million TIV in Israel, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in India, by 2.33 billion TIV, or 5.33 times that in Israel.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

India has been higher since 2000, when it overtook Israel.
In 2025, India ranked 2 and Israel ranked 20 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	Israel	World
2025	2.86 billion	537 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.6 billion	237 million	30.6 billion
2023	1.54 billion	863 million	29.5 billion
2022	2.7 billion	833 million	33 billion
2021	3.96 billion	458 million	26.8 billion
2020	2.67 billion	379 million	23.4 billion
2019	3.2 billion	516 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.98 billion	491 million	27.3 billion
2017	2.68 billion	565 million	31.2 billion
2016	2.65 billion	652 million	31.4 billion
2015	2.73 billion	694 million	28.7 billion
2014	3.28 billion	549 million	27 billion
2013	5.3 billion	160 million	27.4 billion
2012	4.51 billion	137 million	27.9 billion
2011	3.63 billion	86 million	29.9 billion
2010	2.9 billion	76 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.96 billion	162 million	24 billion
2008	1.64 billion	680 million	24.1 billion
2007	2.3 billion	840 million	26.5 billion
2006	1.49 billion	1.13 billion	24.4 billion
2005	1.2 billion	1.1 billion	21.3 billion
2004	2.25 billion	846 million	21.3 billion
2003	2.8 billion	189 million	19.2 billion
2002	1.9 billion	350 million	17.7 billion
2001	1.05 billion	116 million	18.3 billion
2000	988 million	389 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.22 billion	1.28 billion	25.3 billion
1998	797 million	1.3 billion	27.9 billion
1997	1.68 billion	67 million	28.9 billion
1996	831 million	105 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.36 billion	372 million	22.9 billion
1994	873 million	767 million	22.8 billion
1993	737 million	716 million	25.8 billion
1992	1.19 billion	1.34 billion	24.3 billion
1991	1.88 billion	1.21 billion	27.8 billion
1990	2.83 billion	81 million	28.6 billion
1989	3.68 billion	24 million	31.7 billion
1988	3.85 billion	582 million	32.9 billion
1987	3.92 billion	1.08 billion	36.2 billion
1986	4.24 billion	1.18 billion	35.5 billion
1985	3 billion	295 million	33.2 billion
1984	2.43 billion	270 million	36.8 billion
1983	2.64 billion	475 million	39.1 billion
1982	2.65 billion	866 million	41.4 billion
1981	2.12 billion	1.66 billion	42 billion
1980	1.77 billion	1.25 billion	37.4 billion
1979	1.2 billion	709 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.2 billion	1.22 billion	39.2 billion
1977	2.38 billion	1.23 billion	37 billion
1976	1.94 billion	2 billion	33 billion
1975	1.53 billion	1.18 billion	34.2 billion
1974	1.33 billion	1.03 billion	32.9 billion
1973	1.51 billion	2.18 billion	32.6 billion
1972	2.09 billion	963 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.02 billion	1.41 billion	29.3 billion
1970	963 million	1.19 billion	22.1 billion
1969	1.37 billion	1.37 billion	24.7 billion
1968	1.37 billion	926 million	22.4 billion
1967	1.13 billion	229 million	22.1 billion
1966	961 million	460 million	22.4 billion
1965	1 billion	447 million	23.1 billion
1964	794 million	415 million	24.2 billion
1963	695 million	368 million	18.1 billion
1962	402 million	279 million	15.5 billion
1961	1.15 billion	88 million	15 billion
1960	544 million	164 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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