India vs Saudi Arabia

India vs Saudi Arabia: Arms exports

Arms exports: 81 million TIV in India in 2025 and 3 million TIV in Saudi Arabia in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in India, by 38 million TIV, or 14 times that in Saudi Arabia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

India vs Saudi Arabia: Arms exportsArms exports: 81 million TIV in India in 2025 and 3 million TIV in Saudi Arabia in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in India, by 38 million TIV, or 14 times that in Saudi Arabia.
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What the numbers say

  • India has been higher since 2015, when it overtook Saudi Arabia.
  • The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearIndiaSaudi ArabiaWorld
202581 million–33.5 billion
202494 million–30.7 billion
202341 million3 million29.5 billion
20227 million–33.3 billion
202154 million–27.1 billion
2020153 million–24.1 billion
201920 million–27 billion
201847 million–27.4 billion
201756 million–31.3 billion
201649 million5 million31.5 billion
201542 million3 million28.7 billion
201440 million–27.1 billion
201318 million–27.4 billion
2012––27.9 billion
20113 million58 million29.9 billion
20105 million1 million25.8 billion
200927 million–24.4 billion
200815 million–24.1 billion
200723 million–26.5 billion
200633 million18 million24.5 billion
200519 million–21.4 billion
200431 million–21.3 billion
20034 million–19.2 billion
20020–17.7 billion
20012 million–18.5 billion
200021 million–20.5 billion
1999––25.4 billion
1998––27.9 billion
1997––28.9 billion
1996–1 million23.7 billion
19952 million–22.9 billion
19942 million–23 billion
19939 million12 million25.8 billion
19927 million–24.3 billion
1991––28.2 billion
19907 million–30.2 billion
1989––34.9 billion
19881 million–36.8 billion
1987––39.4 billion
1986––39 billion
1985–4 million38.2 billion
1984–6 million41.6 billion
1983––43.9 billion
19822 million–46.2 billion
1981–33 million45.8 billion
1980––42.2 billion
197922 million5 million38.4 billion
197827 million–42.4 billion
1977–13 million40 billion
1976–036 billion
197531 million–37.2 billion
197424 million–36.6 billion
197321 million–36.3 billion
19722 million2 million34.5 billion
19717 million–32.9 billion
1970––25.3 billion
1969––28.1 billion
19681 million3 million26.1 billion
1967–4 million25.6 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

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • 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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