India vs Poland: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 2.86 billion TIV in India and 2.17 billion TIV in Poland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in India, by 694 million TIV, or 1.32 times that in Poland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

India has been higher since 1967, when it overtook Poland.
In 2025, India ranked 2 and Poland ranked 4 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	Poland	World
2025	2.86 billion	2.17 billion	33.3 billion
2024	1.6 billion	1.54 billion	30.6 billion
2023	1.54 billion	1.39 billion	29.5 billion
2022	2.7 billion	414 million	33 billion
2021	3.96 billion	68 million	26.8 billion
2020	2.67 billion	153 million	23.4 billion
2019	3.2 billion	213 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.98 billion	50 million	27.3 billion
2017	2.68 billion	126 million	31.2 billion
2016	2.65 billion	45 million	31.4 billion
2015	2.73 billion	127 million	28.7 billion
2014	3.28 billion	275 million	27 billion
2013	5.3 billion	146 million	27.4 billion
2012	4.51 billion	227 million	27.9 billion
2011	3.63 billion	141 million	29.9 billion
2010	2.9 billion	174 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.96 billion	193 million	24 billion
2008	1.64 billion	633 million	24.1 billion
2007	2.3 billion	969 million	26.5 billion
2006	1.49 billion	442 million	24.4 billion
2005	1.2 billion	105 million	21.3 billion
2004	2.25 billion	223 million	21.3 billion
2003	2.8 billion	347 million	19.2 billion
2002	1.9 billion	253 million	17.7 billion
2001	1.05 billion	31 million	18.3 billion
2000	988 million	146 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.22 billion	23 million	25.3 billion
1998	797 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	1.68 billion	–	28.9 billion
1996	831 million	101 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.36 billion	250 million	22.9 billion
1994	873 million	74 million	22.8 billion
1993	737 million	4 million	25.8 billion
1992	1.19 billion	100 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.88 billion	76 million	27.8 billion
1990	2.83 billion	226 million	28.6 billion
1989	3.68 billion	501 million	31.7 billion
1988	3.85 billion	903 million	32.9 billion
1987	3.92 billion	1.04 billion	36.2 billion
1986	4.24 billion	1.39 billion	35.5 billion
1985	3 billion	925 million	33.2 billion
1984	2.43 billion	466 million	36.8 billion
1983	2.64 billion	536 million	39.1 billion
1982	2.65 billion	709 million	41.4 billion
1981	2.12 billion	804 million	42 billion
1980	1.77 billion	1.12 billion	37.4 billion
1979	1.2 billion	1.19 billion	33.3 billion
1978	1.2 billion	1.19 billion	39.2 billion
1977	2.38 billion	1.02 billion	37 billion
1976	1.94 billion	1.1 billion	33 billion
1975	1.53 billion	887 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.33 billion	1.06 billion	32.9 billion
1973	1.51 billion	1.11 billion	32.6 billion
1972	2.09 billion	958 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.02 billion	1.01 billion	29.3 billion
1970	963 million	859 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.37 billion	992 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.37 billion	927 million	22.4 billion
1967	1.13 billion	781 million	22.1 billion
1966	961 million	1 billion	22.4 billion
1965	1 billion	1.16 billion	23.1 billion
1964	794 million	1.57 billion	24.2 billion
1963	695 million	1.02 billion	18.1 billion
1962	402 million	685 million	15.5 billion
1961	1.15 billion	864 million	15 billion
1960	544 million	889 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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