India vs Japan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 2.86 billion TIV in India and 1.72 billion TIV in Japan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in India, by 1.15 billion TIV, or 1.67 times that in Japan.

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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 Japan.
In 2025, India ranked 2 and Japan ranked 5 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	Japan	World
2025	2.86 billion	1.72 billion	33.3 billion
2024	1.6 billion	1.04 billion	30.6 billion
2023	1.54 billion	852 million	29.5 billion
2022	2.7 billion	1.47 billion	33 billion
2021	3.96 billion	1.01 billion	26.8 billion
2020	2.67 billion	929 million	23.4 billion
2019	3.2 billion	992 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.98 billion	764 million	27.3 billion
2017	2.68 billion	446 million	31.2 billion
2016	2.65 billion	332 million	31.4 billion
2015	2.73 billion	343 million	28.7 billion
2014	3.28 billion	316 million	27 billion
2013	5.3 billion	341 million	27.4 billion
2012	4.51 billion	239 million	27.9 billion
2011	3.63 billion	300 million	29.9 billion
2010	2.9 billion	658 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.96 billion	990 million	24 billion
2008	1.64 billion	990 million	24.1 billion
2007	2.3 billion	553 million	26.5 billion
2006	1.49 billion	469 million	24.4 billion
2005	1.2 billion	375 million	21.3 billion
2004	2.25 billion	399 million	21.3 billion
2003	2.8 billion	458 million	19.2 billion
2002	1.9 billion	442 million	17.7 billion
2001	1.05 billion	427 million	18.3 billion
2000	988 million	497 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.22 billion	1.26 billion	25.3 billion
1998	797 million	1.49 billion	27.9 billion
1997	1.68 billion	843 million	28.9 billion
1996	831 million	876 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.36 billion	1.26 billion	22.9 billion
1994	873 million	1.02 billion	22.8 billion
1993	737 million	2.13 billion	25.8 billion
1992	1.19 billion	2.52 billion	24.3 billion
1991	1.88 billion	2.94 billion	27.8 billion
1990	2.83 billion	2.68 billion	28.6 billion
1989	3.68 billion	2.28 billion	31.7 billion
1988	3.85 billion	2 billion	32.9 billion
1987	3.92 billion	1.94 billion	36.2 billion
1986	4.24 billion	1.89 billion	35.5 billion
1985	3 billion	1.97 billion	33.2 billion
1984	2.43 billion	2.05 billion	36.8 billion
1983	2.64 billion	1.69 billion	39.1 billion
1982	2.65 billion	1.44 billion	41.4 billion
1981	2.12 billion	1.31 billion	42 billion
1980	1.77 billion	1.03 billion	37.4 billion
1979	1.2 billion	920 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.2 billion	901 million	39.2 billion
1977	2.38 billion	788 million	37 billion
1976	1.94 billion	1.48 billion	33 billion
1975	1.53 billion	1.6 billion	34.2 billion
1974	1.33 billion	733 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.51 billion	468 million	32.6 billion
1972	2.09 billion	493 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.02 billion	605 million	29.3 billion
1970	963 million	502 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.37 billion	488 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.37 billion	557 million	22.4 billion
1967	1.13 billion	610 million	22.1 billion
1966	961 million	324 million	22.4 billion
1965	1 billion	1.16 billion	23.1 billion
1964	794 million	1.72 billion	24.2 billion
1963	695 million	239 million	18.1 billion
1962	402 million	263 million	15.5 billion
1961	1.15 billion	335 million	15 billion
1960	544 million	790 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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