India vs Saudi Arabia
India vs Saudi Arabia: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $93.3B in India and $81.5B in Saudi Arabia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in India, by $11.8B, or 1.14 times that in Saudi Arabia.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- India has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Saudi Arabia.
- In 2025, India ranked 5 and Saudi Arabia ranked 7 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | India | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $93.3B | $81.5B |
| 2024 | $85.6B | $80.3B |
| 2023 | $85.2B | $79.1B |
| 2022 | $83.2B | $73.8B |
| 2021 | $79.7B | $67.4B |
| 2020 | $80.2B | $71B |
| 2019 | $79.7B | $74.3B |
| 2018 | $74.5B | $83.8B |
| 2017 | $71.9B | $81B |
| 2016 | $67.2B | $72.6B |
| 2015 | $61B | $102B |
| 2014 | $60.4B | $95.2B |
| 2013 | $57.6B | $80.7B |
| 2012 | $57.6B | $70.5B |
| 2011 | $57.9B | $62.3B |
| 2010 | $57.3B | $61.4B |
| 2009 | $57.1B | $59B |
| 2008 | $48.5B | $57.4B |
| 2007 | $42.8B | $58.5B |
| 2006 | $42.3B | $50.8B |
| 2005 | $41.9B | $44.6B |
| 2004 | $39.4B | $36.9B |
| 2003 | $33.9B | $33.3B |
| 2002 | $33.2B | $33B |
| 2001 | $33.3B | $37.6B |
| 2000 | $32.1B | $35.3B |
| 1999 | $31.2B | $32.1B |
| 1998 | $26.8B | $36B |
| 1997 | $25.7B | $31.2B |
| 1996 | $23.2B | $23B |
| 1995 | $22.8B | $23B |
| 1994 | $22.1B | $26.1B |
| 1993 | $22B | $30.2B |
| 1992 | $19.5B | $28.5B |
| 1991 | $20.4B | $30.4B |
| 1990 | $21.9B | $31.8B |
| 1989 | $22.2B | $25.3B |
| 1988 | $21.1B | $26.8B |
| 1987 | $20.6B | $29.3B |
| 1986 | $19.1B | – |
| 1985 | $16.2B | $32.9B |
| 1984 | $14.4B | $39.9B |
| 1983 | $13.6B | $37.1B |
| 1982 | $13.2B | $45.7B |
| 1981 | $12.1B | $41B |
| 1980 | $11.5B | $35.2B |
| 1979 | $11.2B | $31.5B |
| 1978 | $10.4B | $24.5B |
| 1977 | $9.93B | $21.6B |
| 1976 | $10.5B | – |
| 1975 | $9.1B | – |
| 1974 | $8.11B | – |
| 1973 | $8.71B | $7.36B |
| 1972 | $9.86B | $5.7B |
| 1971 | $9.35B | $4.06B |
| 1970 | $7.84B | $3.42B |
| 1969 | $7.61B | $3.12B |
| 1968 | $7.18B | $2.55B |
| 1967 | $6.93B | $2.57B |
| 1966 | $7.42B | $2.34B |
| 1965 | $7.88B | $1.41B |
| 1964 | $8.06B | $982M |
| 1963 | $8.26B | $929M |
| 1962 | $5.04B | – |
| 1961 | $3.67B | – |
| 1960 | $3.4B | – |
| 1959 | $3.37B | – |
| 1958 | $3.65B | – |
| 1957 | $3.64B | – |
| 1956 | $3.05B | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, by SIPRI’s count.
- 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 Saudi Arabia
Health
- Life expectancyIndia: 72 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 78.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIndia: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024Saudi Arabia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIndia: 22.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Saudi Arabia: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIndia: 3.53% in 2017Saudi Arabia: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateIndia: 15.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Saudi Arabia: 2.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIndia: 1.44 billion people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 33.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthIndia: 0.89% a year in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.39% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIndia: 1.98 births per woman in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIndia: 35.7% in 2025Saudi Arabia: 84.6% in 2025
- Median ageIndia: 28.1 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 29.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIndia: 6.9% in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateIndia: -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 9.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIndia: 2.3% of GDP in 2025Saudi Arabia: 6.48% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personIndia: $63 in 2025Saudi Arabia: $2,428 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIndia: 8.2% of government spending in 2025Saudi Arabia: 23.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIndia: 3.07 million people in 2020Saudi Arabia: 282,000 people in 2020
- National powerIndia: 9.94% of world capability in 2022Saudi Arabia: 1.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIndia: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020Saudi Arabia: 1.92% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIndia: 2.86 billion TIV in 2025Saudi Arabia: 3.04 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIndia: 81 million TIV in 2025Saudi Arabia: 3 million TIV in 2023