India vs Pakistan
India vs Pakistan: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $63 in India and $47 in Pakistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in India, by $16, or 1.35 times that in Pakistan.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- India has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Pakistan.
- In 2025, India ranked 90 and Pakistan ranked 101 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | India | Pakistan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $63 | $47 |
| 2024 | $59 | $41 |
| 2023 | $57 | $35 |
| 2022 | $56 | $43 |
| 2021 | $54 | $49 |
| 2020 | $52 | $44 |
| 2019 | $52 | $45 |
| 2018 | $48 | $51 |
| 2017 | $48 | $51 |
| 2016 | $42 | $46 |
| 2015 | $39 | $44 |
| 2014 | $39 | $41 |
| 2013 | $37 | $37 |
| 2012 | $37 | $36 |
| 2011 | $40 | $35 |
| 2010 | $37 | $30 |
| 2009 | $32 | $27 |
| 2008 | $28 | $28 |
| 2007 | $24 | $29 |
| 2006 | $21 | $28 |
| 2005 | $20 | $26 |
| 2004 | $18 | $24 |
| 2003 | $15 | $23 |
| 2002 | $14 | $20 |
| 2001 | $14 | $18 |
| 2000 | $14 | $19 |
| 1999 | $14 | $21 |
| 1998 | $12 | $22 |
| 1997 | $12 | $24 |
| 1996 | $10 | $26 |
| 1995 | $10 | $28 |
| 1994 | $10 | $26 |
| 1993 | $9 | $26 |
| 1992 | $9 | $28 |
| 1991 | $10 | $26 |
| 1990 | $12 | $25 |
| 1989 | $13 | $23 |
| 1988 | $14 | $25 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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 Pakistan
Health
- Life expectancyIndia: 72 years in 2023Pakistan: 67.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIndia: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024Pakistan: 5.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIndia: 22.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Pakistan: 49.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIndia: 3.53% in 2017Pakistan: 3.33% in 2017
- Suicide rateIndia: 15.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Pakistan: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIndia: 1.44 billion people in 2023Pakistan: 248 million people in 2023
- Population growthIndia: 0.89% a year in 2023Pakistan: 1.48% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIndia: 1.98 births per woman in 2023Pakistan: 3.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIndia: 35.7% in 2025Pakistan: 39.5% in 2025
- Median ageIndia: 28.1 years in 2023Pakistan: 20.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIndia: 6.9% in 2023Pakistan: 4.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateIndia: -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Pakistan: -6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIndia: 2.3% of GDP in 2025Pakistan: 2.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIndia: $93.3B in 2025Pakistan: $11.5B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIndia: 8.2% of government spending in 2025Pakistan: 13.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIndia: 3.07 million people in 2020Pakistan: 943,000 people in 2020
- National powerIndia: 9.94% of world capability in 2022Pakistan: 1.77% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIndia: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020Pakistan: 1.25% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIndia: 2.86 billion TIV in 2025Pakistan: 706 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIndia: 81 million TIV in 2025Pakistan: 127 million TIV in 2025