India vs Pakistan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 2.86 billion TIV in India and 706 million TIV in Pakistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in India, by 2.16 billion TIV, or 4.06 times that in Pakistan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

India has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Pakistan.
In 2025, India ranked 2 and Pakistan ranked 14 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	Pakistan	World
2025	2.86 billion	706 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.6 billion	1.07 billion	30.6 billion
2023	1.54 billion	2.2 billion	29.5 billion
2022	2.7 billion	1.53 billion	33 billion
2021	3.96 billion	984 million	26.8 billion
2020	2.67 billion	624 million	23.4 billion
2019	3.2 billion	654 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.98 billion	893 million	27.3 billion
2017	2.68 billion	870 million	31.2 billion
2016	2.65 billion	872 million	31.4 billion
2015	2.73 billion	771 million	28.7 billion
2014	3.28 billion	877 million	27 billion
2013	5.3 billion	1.11 billion	27.4 billion
2012	4.51 billion	1.02 billion	27.9 billion
2011	3.63 billion	1.18 billion	29.9 billion
2010	2.9 billion	2.23 billion	25.8 billion
2009	1.96 billion	1.2 billion	24 billion
2008	1.64 billion	1.07 billion	24.1 billion
2007	2.3 billion	693 million	26.5 billion
2006	1.49 billion	324 million	24.4 billion
2005	1.2 billion	427 million	21.3 billion
2004	2.25 billion	471 million	21.3 billion
2003	2.8 billion	645 million	19.2 billion
2002	1.9 billion	566 million	17.7 billion
2001	1.05 billion	412 million	18.3 billion
2000	988 million	175 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.22 billion	867 million	25.3 billion
1998	797 million	699 million	27.9 billion
1997	1.68 billion	691 million	28.9 billion
1996	831 million	506 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.36 billion	368 million	22.9 billion
1994	873 million	862 million	22.8 billion
1993	737 million	992 million	25.8 billion
1992	1.19 billion	352 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.88 billion	511 million	27.8 billion
1990	2.83 billion	635 million	28.6 billion
1989	3.68 billion	974 million	31.7 billion
1988	3.85 billion	412 million	32.9 billion
1987	3.92 billion	617 million	36.2 billion
1986	4.24 billion	280 million	35.5 billion
1985	3 billion	751 million	33.2 billion
1984	2.43 billion	863 million	36.8 billion
1983	2.64 billion	784 million	39.1 billion
1982	2.65 billion	544 million	41.4 billion
1981	2.12 billion	491 million	42 billion
1980	1.77 billion	900 million	37.4 billion
1979	1.2 billion	697 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.2 billion	655 million	39.2 billion
1977	2.38 billion	271 million	37 billion
1976	1.94 billion	276 million	33 billion
1975	1.53 billion	223 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.33 billion	225 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.51 billion	177 million	32.6 billion
1972	2.09 billion	664 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.02 billion	553 million	29.3 billion
1970	963 million	422 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.37 billion	542 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.37 billion	415 million	22.4 billion
1967	1.13 billion	151 million	22.1 billion
1966	961 million	592 million	22.4 billion
1965	1 billion	222 million	23.1 billion
1964	794 million	96 million	24.2 billion
1963	695 million	225 million	18.1 billion
1962	402 million	84 million	15.5 billion
1961	1.15 billion	41 million	15 billion
1960	544 million	46 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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