India vs South Africa: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 2.86 billion TIV in India and 30 million TIV in South Africa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in India, by 2.83 billion TIV, or 95 times that in South Africa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

India has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	India	South Africa	World
2025	2.86 billion	30 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.6 billion	–	30.6 billion
2023	1.54 billion	30 million	29.5 billion
2022	2.7 billion	30 million	33 billion
2021	3.96 billion	–	26.8 billion
2020	2.67 billion	–	23.4 billion
2019	3.2 billion	–	26.9 billion
2018	1.98 billion	–	27.3 billion
2017	2.68 billion	–	31.2 billion
2016	2.65 billion	–	31.4 billion
2015	2.73 billion	2 million	28.7 billion
2014	3.28 billion	50 million	27 billion
2013	5.3 billion	1 million	27.4 billion
2012	4.51 billion	127 million	27.9 billion
2011	3.63 billion	208 million	29.9 billion
2010	2.9 billion	178 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.96 billion	134 million	24 billion
2008	1.64 billion	493 million	24.1 billion
2007	2.3 billion	910 million	26.5 billion
2006	1.49 billion	741 million	24.4 billion
2005	1.2 billion	262 million	21.3 billion
2004	2.25 billion	–	21.3 billion
2003	2.8 billion	–	19.2 billion
2002	1.9 billion	–	17.7 billion
2001	1.05 billion	18 million	18.3 billion
2000	988 million	6 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.22 billion	21 million	25.3 billion
1998	797 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	1.68 billion	11 million	28.9 billion
1996	831 million	38 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.36 billion	38 million	22.9 billion
1994	873 million	239 million	22.8 billion
1993	737 million	238 million	25.8 billion
1992	1.19 billion	361 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.88 billion	26 million	27.8 billion
1990	2.83 billion	10 million	28.6 billion
1989	3.68 billion	11 million	31.7 billion
1988	3.85 billion	17 million	32.9 billion
1987	3.92 billion	20 million	36.2 billion
1986	4.24 billion	191 million	35.5 billion
1985	3 billion	25 million	33.2 billion
1984	2.43 billion	100 million	36.8 billion
1983	2.64 billion	192 million	39.1 billion
1982	2.65 billion	44 million	41.4 billion
1981	2.12 billion	122 million	42 billion
1980	1.77 billion	192 million	37.4 billion
1979	1.2 billion	125 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.2 billion	389 million	39.2 billion
1977	2.38 billion	500 million	37 billion
1976	1.94 billion	419 million	33 billion
1975	1.53 billion	235 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.33 billion	177 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.51 billion	369 million	32.6 billion
1972	2.09 billion	291 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.02 billion	309 million	29.3 billion
1970	963 million	511 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.37 billion	211 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.37 billion	217 million	22.4 billion
1967	1.13 billion	299 million	22.1 billion
1966	961 million	496 million	22.4 billion
1965	1 billion	386 million	23.1 billion
1964	794 million	302 million	24.2 billion
1963	695 million	520 million	18.1 billion
1962	402 million	232 million	15.5 billion
1961	1.15 billion	–	15 billion
1960	544 million	13 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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