India vs United Arab Emirates: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 2.86 billion TIV in India and 868 million TIV in United Arab Emirates, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in India, by 2 billion TIV, or 3.3 times that in United Arab Emirates.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

India has been higher since 2007, when it overtook United Arab Emirates.
In 2025, India ranked 2 and United Arab Emirates ranked 9 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	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	2.86 billion	868 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.6 billion	1.09 billion	30.6 billion
2023	1.54 billion	918 million	29.5 billion
2022	2.7 billion	756 million	33 billion
2021	3.96 billion	577 million	26.8 billion
2020	2.67 billion	660 million	23.4 billion
2019	3.2 billion	750 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.98 billion	1.17 billion	27.3 billion
2017	2.68 billion	909 million	31.2 billion
2016	2.65 billion	1.49 billion	31.4 billion
2015	2.73 billion	1.69 billion	28.7 billion
2014	3.28 billion	736 million	27 billion
2013	5.3 billion	2.32 billion	27.4 billion
2012	4.51 billion	1.14 billion	27.9 billion
2011	3.63 billion	1.22 billion	29.9 billion
2010	2.9 billion	650 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.96 billion	604 million	24 billion
2008	1.64 billion	730 million	24.1 billion
2007	2.3 billion	819 million	26.5 billion
2006	1.49 billion	1.93 billion	24.4 billion
2005	1.2 billion	2.07 billion	21.3 billion
2004	2.25 billion	1.15 billion	21.3 billion
2003	2.8 billion	676 million	19.2 billion
2002	1.9 billion	223 million	17.7 billion
2001	1.05 billion	186 million	18.3 billion
2000	988 million	244 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.22 billion	441 million	25.3 billion
1998	797 million	757 million	27.9 billion
1997	1.68 billion	690 million	28.9 billion
1996	831 million	481 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.36 billion	426 million	22.9 billion
1994	873 million	571 million	22.8 billion
1993	737 million	582 million	25.8 billion
1992	1.19 billion	205 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.88 billion	237 million	27.8 billion
1990	2.83 billion	561 million	28.6 billion
1989	3.68 billion	663 million	31.7 billion
1988	3.85 billion	45 million	32.9 billion
1987	3.92 billion	195 million	36.2 billion
1986	4.24 billion	132 million	35.5 billion
1985	3 billion	145 million	33.2 billion
1984	2.43 billion	310 million	36.8 billion
1983	2.64 billion	163 million	39.1 billion
1982	2.65 billion	155 million	41.4 billion
1981	2.12 billion	420 million	42 billion
1980	1.77 billion	213 million	37.4 billion
1979	1.2 billion	39 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.2 billion	230 million	39.2 billion
1977	2.38 billion	310 million	37 billion
1976	1.94 billion	275 million	33 billion
1975	1.53 billion	145 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.33 billion	100 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.51 billion	88 million	32.6 billion
1972	2.09 billion	28 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.02 billion	24 million	29.3 billion
1970	963 million	67 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.37 billion	12 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.37 billion	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	1.13 billion	–	22.1 billion
1966	961 million	–	22.4 billion
1965	1 billion	–	23.1 billion
1964	794 million	–	24.2 billion
1963	695 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	402 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	1.15 billion	–	15 billion
1960	544 million	–	15.7 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

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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