India vs United States: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 81 million TIV in India and 14 billion TIV in United States, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by 13.9 billion TIV, or 170 times that in India.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United States has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1968.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	India	United States	World
2025	81 million	14 billion	33.5 billion
2024	94 million	13.7 billion	30.7 billion
2023	41 million	10.9 billion	29.5 billion
2022	7 million	14.5 billion	33.3 billion
2021	54 million	11.6 billion	27.1 billion
2020	153 million	9.73 billion	24.1 billion
2019	20 million	10.5 billion	27 billion
2018	47 million	9.26 billion	27.4 billion
2017	56 million	11.4 billion	31.3 billion
2016	49 million	9.89 billion	31.5 billion
2015	42 million	10.3 billion	28.7 billion
2014	40 million	9.46 billion	27.1 billion
2013	18 million	7.77 billion	27.4 billion
2012	–	8.97 billion	27.9 billion
2011	3 million	9.04 billion	29.9 billion
2010	5 million	8.35 billion	25.8 billion
2009	27 million	7.15 billion	24.4 billion
2008	15 million	7.09 billion	24.1 billion
2007	23 million	7.87 billion	26.5 billion
2006	33 million	7.5 billion	24.5 billion
2005	19 million	6.72 billion	21.4 billion
2004	31 million	6.87 billion	21.3 billion
2003	4 million	5.68 billion	19.2 billion
2002	0	4.87 billion	17.7 billion
2001	2 million	5.59 billion	18.5 billion
2000	21 million	7.68 billion	20.5 billion
1999	–	11.6 billion	25.4 billion
1998	–	15.8 billion	27.9 billion
1997	–	14.5 billion	28.9 billion
1996	–	10.8 billion	23.7 billion
1995	2 million	11.2 billion	22.9 billion
1994	2 million	11.5 billion	23 billion
1993	9 million	13.8 billion	25.8 billion
1992	7 million	14.1 billion	24.3 billion
1991	–	12.6 billion	28.2 billion
1990	7 million	10.7 billion	30.2 billion
1989	–	11.4 billion	34.9 billion
1988	1 million	12 billion	36.8 billion
1987	–	12.2 billion	39.4 billion
1986	–	11.6 billion	39 billion
1985	–	10.8 billion	38.2 billion
1984	–	11.9 billion	41.6 billion
1983	–	13.8 billion	43.9 billion
1982	2 million	14 billion	46.2 billion
1981	–	13.7 billion	45.8 billion
1980	–	10.7 billion	42.2 billion
1979	22 million	9.79 billion	38.4 billion
1978	27 million	13.5 billion	42.4 billion
1977	–	14.3 billion	40 billion
1976	–	15.7 billion	36 billion
1975	31 million	15.3 billion	37.2 billion
1974	24 million	12.7 billion	36.6 billion
1973	21 million	12 billion	36.3 billion
1972	2 million	10.7 billion	34.5 billion
1971	7 million	11.6 billion	32.9 billion
1970	–	8.35 billion	25.3 billion
1969	–	11.6 billion	28.1 billion
1968	1 million	8.62 billion	26.1 billion
1967	–	7.44 billion	25.6 billion
1966	–	8.94 billion	25.8 billion
1965	–	12 billion	25.8 billion
1964	–	12.5 billion	26.7 billion
1963	–	9.43 billion	20.3 billion
1962	–	6.13 billion	17.5 billion
1961	–	6.29 billion	16.4 billion
1960	–	6.13 billion	17.6 billion

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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.

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