India vs Pakistan: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 81 million TIV in India and 127 million TIV in Pakistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 46 million TIV, or 1.57 times that in India.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

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

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	India	Pakistan	World
2025	81 million	127 million	33.5 billion
2024	94 million	6 million	30.7 billion
2023	41 million	5 million	29.5 billion
2022	7 million	1 million	33.3 billion
2021	54 million	72 million	27.1 billion
2020	153 million	–	24.1 billion
2019	20 million	1 million	27 billion
2018	47 million	3 million	27.4 billion
2017	56 million	3 million	31.3 billion
2016	49 million	1 million	31.5 billion
2015	42 million	–	28.7 billion
2014	40 million	–	27.1 billion
2013	18 million	–	27.4 billion
2012	–	–	27.9 billion
2011	3 million	–	29.9 billion
2010	5 million	–	25.8 billion
2009	27 million	–	24.4 billion
2008	15 million	1 million	24.1 billion
2007	23 million	–	26.5 billion
2006	33 million	4 million	24.5 billion
2005	19 million	26 million	21.4 billion
2004	31 million	9 million	21.3 billion
2003	4 million	8 million	19.2 billion
2002	0	9 million	17.7 billion
2001	2 million	–	18.5 billion
2000	21 million	4 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	–	25.4 billion
1998	–	–	27.9 billion
1997	–	–	28.9 billion
1996	–	–	23.7 billion
1995	2 million	–	22.9 billion
1994	2 million	2 million	23 billion
1993	9 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	7 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	–	3 million	28.2 billion
1990	7 million	82 million	30.2 billion
1989	–	1 million	34.9 billion
1988	1 million	–	36.8 billion
1987	–	–	39.4 billion
1986	–	–	39 billion
1985	–	12 million	38.2 billion
1984	–	–	41.6 billion
1983	–	–	43.9 billion
1982	2 million	30 million	46.2 billion
1981	–	30 million	45.8 billion
1980	–	15 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	–	37.2 billion
1974	24 million	–	36.6 billion
1973	21 million	–	36.3 billion
1972	2 million	–	34.5 billion
1971	7 million	3 million	32.9 billion
1970	–	–	25.3 billion
1969	–	–	28.1 billion
1968	1 million	–	26.1 billion
1967	–	6 million	25.6 billion
1966	–	–	25.8 billion
1965	–	–	25.8 billion
1964	–	–	26.7 billion
1963	–	–	20.3 billion
1962	–	–	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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