India vs Nepal
India vs Nepal: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $93.3B in India and $429M in Nepal, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in India, by $92.8B, or 220 times that in Nepal.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- India has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2025, India ranked 5 and Nepal ranked 104 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | India | Nepal |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $93.3B | $429M |
| 2024 | $85.6B | $436M |
| 2023 | $85.2B | $471M |
| 2022 | $83.2B | $479M |
| 2021 | $79.7B | $478M |
| 2020 | $80.2B | $484M |
| 2019 | $79.7B | $471M |
| 2018 | $74.5B | $486M |
| 2017 | $71.9B | $496M |
| 2016 | $67.2B | $431M |
| 2015 | $61B | $406M |
| 2014 | $60.4B | $422M |
| 2013 | $57.6B | $374M |
| 2012 | $57.6B | $341M |
| 2011 | $57.9B | $359M |
| 2010 | $57.3B | $348M |
| 2009 | $57.1B | $331M |
| 2008 | $48.5B | $295M |
| 2007 | $42.8B | $280M |
| 2006 | $42.3B | $291M |
| 2005 | $41.9B | $309M |
| 2004 | $39.4B | $280M |
| 2003 | $33.9B | $234M |
| 2002 | $33.2B | $210M |
| 2001 | $33.3B | $158M |
| 2000 | $32.1B | $122M |
| 1999 | $31.2B | $111M |
| 1998 | $26.8B | $103M |
| 1997 | $25.7B | $101M |
| 1996 | $23.2B | $95.5M |
| 1995 | $22.8B | $96M |
| 1994 | $22.1B | $97.1M |
| 1993 | $22B | $97.7M |
| 1992 | $19.5B | $93.7M |
| 1991 | $20.4B | $90.2M |
| 1990 | $21.9B | $88M |
| 1989 | $22.2B | $84.4M |
| 1988 | $21.1B | $77.5M |
| 1987 | $20.6B | $75.1M |
| 1986 | $19.1B | $74M |
| 1985 | $16.2B | $74.4M |
| 1984 | $14.4B | $69.4M |
| 1983 | $13.6B | $62.8M |
| 1982 | $13.2B | $56.3M |
| 1981 | $12.1B | $50.5M |
| 1980 | $11.5B | $49.9M |
| 1979 | $11.2B | $49.3M |
| 1978 | $10.4B | $44.3M |
| 1977 | $9.93B | $43.6M |
| 1976 | $10.5B | $43.1M |
| 1975 | $9.1B | $32.6M |
| 1974 | $8.11B | $27M |
| 1973 | $8.71B | $27.2M |
| 1972 | $9.86B | $26.6M |
| 1971 | $9.35B | $26.1M |
| 1970 | $7.84B | $22.5M |
| 1969 | $7.61B | – |
| 1968 | $7.18B | – |
| 1967 | $6.93B | – |
| 1966 | $7.42B | – |
| 1965 | $7.88B | – |
| 1964 | $8.06B | – |
| 1963 | $8.26B | – |
| 1962 | $5.04B | – |
| 1961 | $3.67B | – |
| 1960 | $3.4B | – |
| 1959 | $3.37B | – |
| 1958 | $3.65B | – |
| 1957 | $3.64B | – |
| 1956 | $3.05B | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 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
India vs Nepal
Health
- Life expectancyIndia: 72 years in 2023Nepal: 70.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIndia: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024Nepal: 2.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIndia: 22.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Nepal: 21.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIndia: 3.53% in 2017Nepal: 3.61% in 2017
- Suicide rateIndia: 15.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Nepal: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIndia: 1.44 billion people in 2023Nepal: 29.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthIndia: 0.89% a year in 2023Nepal: -0.14% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIndia: 1.98 births per woman in 2023Nepal: 1.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIndia: 35.7% in 2025Nepal: 67% in 2025
- Median ageIndia: 28.1 years in 2023Nepal: 24.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIndia: 6.9% in 2023Nepal: 6.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateIndia: -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Nepal: -13.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIndia: 2.3% of GDP in 2025Nepal: 0.97% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personIndia: $63 in 2025Nepal: $14 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIndia: 8.2% of government spending in 2025Nepal: 4.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIndia: 3.07 million people in 2020Nepal: 112,000 people in 2020
- National powerIndia: 9.94% of world capability in 2022Nepal: 0.18% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIndia: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020Nepal: 1.4% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIndia: 2.86 billion TIV in 2025Nepal: 6 million TIV in 2025