India vs Thailand
India vs Thailand: Arms exports
Arms exports: 81 million TIV in India in 2025 and 15 million TIV in Thailand in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in India, by 79 million TIV, or 6.27 times that in Thailand.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- India has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Thailand.
- The world as a whole: 30.7 billion TIV in 2024.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | India | Thailand | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 81 million | – | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 94 million | 15 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 41 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 7 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 54 million | 5 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 153 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 20 million | 2 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 47 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 56 million | 4 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 49 million | 2 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 42 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 40 million | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 18 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 3 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 5 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 27 million | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 15 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 23 million | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 33 million | 79 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 19 million | – | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 31 million | 7 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 4 million | 7 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 2 million | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 21 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 2 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 2 million | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 9 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 7 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 7 million | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 1 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 2 million | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 22 million | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 27 million | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 31 million | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 24 million | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 21 million | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 2 million | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 7 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 1 million | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 25.6 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
India vs Thailand
Health
- Life expectancyIndia: 72 years in 2023Thailand: 76.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIndia: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024Thailand: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIndia: 22.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Thailand: 6.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIndia: 3.53% in 2017Thailand: 3.09% in 2017
- Suicide rateIndia: 15.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Thailand: 10.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIndia: 1.44 billion people in 2023Thailand: 71.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthIndia: 0.89% a year in 2023Thailand: -0.04% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIndia: 1.98 births per woman in 2023Thailand: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIndia: 35.7% in 2025Thailand: 62.8% in 2025
- Median ageIndia: 28.1 years in 2023Thailand: 39.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIndia: 6.9% in 2023Thailand: 14.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateIndia: -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Thailand: 0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIndia: 2.3% of GDP in 2025Thailand: 1.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIndia: $93.3B in 2025Thailand: $5.57B in 2025
- Military spending per personIndia: $63 in 2025Thailand: $84 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIndia: 8.2% of government spending in 2025Thailand: 4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIndia: 3.07 million people in 2020Thailand: 455,000 people in 2020
- National powerIndia: 9.94% of world capability in 2022Thailand: 0.79% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIndia: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020Thailand: 1.13% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIndia: 2.86 billion TIV in 2025Thailand: 33 million TIV in 2025