India vs Saudi Arabia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 2.86 billion TIV in India and 3.04 billion TIV in Saudi Arabia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 179 million TIV, or 1.06 times that in India.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Saudi Arabia has been higher since 2025, when it overtook India.
In 2025, India ranked 2 and Saudi Arabia ranked 1 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	Saudi Arabia	World
2025	2.86 billion	3.04 billion	33.3 billion
2024	1.6 billion	1.24 billion	30.6 billion
2023	1.54 billion	1.33 billion	29.5 billion
2022	2.7 billion	3.05 billion	33 billion
2021	3.96 billion	1.75 billion	26.8 billion
2020	2.67 billion	2.24 billion	23.4 billion
2019	3.2 billion	3.03 billion	26.9 billion
2018	1.98 billion	2.94 billion	27.3 billion
2017	2.68 billion	3.85 billion	31.2 billion
2016	2.65 billion	2.91 billion	31.4 billion
2015	2.73 billion	3.47 billion	28.7 billion
2014	3.28 billion	2.72 billion	27 billion
2013	5.3 billion	1.69 billion	27.4 billion
2012	4.51 billion	835 million	27.9 billion
2011	3.63 billion	1.18 billion	29.9 billion
2010	2.9 billion	1.11 billion	25.8 billion
2009	1.96 billion	828 million	24 billion
2008	1.64 billion	389 million	24.1 billion
2007	2.3 billion	229 million	26.5 billion
2006	1.49 billion	207 million	24.4 billion
2005	1.2 billion	166 million	21.3 billion
2004	2.25 billion	1.16 billion	21.3 billion
2003	2.8 billion	158 million	19.2 billion
2002	1.9 billion	559 million	17.7 billion
2001	1.05 billion	59 million	18.3 billion
2000	988 million	104 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.22 billion	1.58 billion	25.3 billion
1998	797 million	2.89 billion	27.9 billion
1997	1.68 billion	2.79 billion	28.9 billion
1996	831 million	1.73 billion	23.7 billion
1995	1.36 billion	985 million	22.9 billion
1994	873 million	981 million	22.8 billion
1993	737 million	2.35 billion	25.8 billion
1992	1.19 billion	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	1.88 billion	1.04 billion	27.8 billion
1990	2.83 billion	2.04 billion	28.6 billion
1989	3.68 billion	1.38 billion	31.7 billion
1988	3.85 billion	784 million	32.9 billion
1987	3.92 billion	2.01 billion	36.2 billion
1986	4.24 billion	2.84 billion	35.5 billion
1985	3 billion	1.31 billion	33.2 billion
1984	2.43 billion	824 million	36.8 billion
1983	2.64 billion	1.82 billion	39.1 billion
1982	2.65 billion	2.22 billion	41.4 billion
1981	2.12 billion	1.82 billion	42 billion
1980	1.77 billion	1.09 billion	37.4 billion
1979	1.2 billion	767 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.2 billion	1.01 billion	39.2 billion
1977	2.38 billion	1.02 billion	37 billion
1976	1.94 billion	702 million	33 billion
1975	1.53 billion	372 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.33 billion	547 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.51 billion	202 million	32.6 billion
1972	2.09 billion	130 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.02 billion	10 million	29.3 billion
1970	963 million	87 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.37 billion	416 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.37 billion	448 million	22.4 billion
1967	1.13 billion	222 million	22.1 billion
1966	961 million	227 million	22.4 billion
1965	1 billion	48 million	23.1 billion
1964	794 million	5 million	24.2 billion
1963	695 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	402 million	22 million	15.5 billion
1961	1.15 billion	8 million	15 billion
1960	544 million	6 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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