India vs United States: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 2.86 billion TIV in India and 745 million TIV in United States, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in India, by 2.12 billion TIV, or 3.84 times that in United States.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

India has been higher since 1995, when it overtook United States.
In 2025, India ranked 2 and United States ranked 13 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 States	World
2025	2.86 billion	745 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.6 billion	1.05 billion	30.6 billion
2023	1.54 billion	891 million	29.5 billion
2022	2.7 billion	846 million	33 billion
2021	3.96 billion	922 million	26.8 billion
2020	2.67 billion	806 million	23.4 billion
2019	3.2 billion	882 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.98 billion	379 million	27.3 billion
2017	2.68 billion	504 million	31.2 billion
2016	2.65 billion	447 million	31.4 billion
2015	2.73 billion	482 million	28.7 billion
2014	3.28 billion	568 million	27 billion
2013	5.3 billion	767 million	27.4 billion
2012	4.51 billion	1.14 billion	27.9 billion
2011	3.63 billion	937 million	29.9 billion
2010	2.9 billion	969 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.96 billion	939 million	24 billion
2008	1.64 billion	936 million	24.1 billion
2007	2.3 billion	842 million	26.5 billion
2006	1.49 billion	706 million	24.4 billion
2005	1.2 billion	582 million	21.3 billion
2004	2.25 billion	596 million	21.3 billion
2003	2.8 billion	630 million	19.2 billion
2002	1.9 billion	515 million	17.7 billion
2001	1.05 billion	508 million	18.3 billion
2000	988 million	333 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.22 billion	220 million	25.3 billion
1998	797 million	262 million	27.9 billion
1997	1.68 billion	610 million	28.9 billion
1996	831 million	601 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.36 billion	809 million	22.9 billion
1994	873 million	951 million	22.8 billion
1993	737 million	968 million	25.8 billion
1992	1.19 billion	540 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.88 billion	515 million	27.8 billion
1990	2.83 billion	363 million	28.6 billion
1989	3.68 billion	1.78 billion	31.7 billion
1988	3.85 billion	1.79 billion	32.9 billion
1987	3.92 billion	2 billion	36.2 billion
1986	4.24 billion	424 million	35.5 billion
1985	3 billion	655 million	33.2 billion
1984	2.43 billion	381 million	36.8 billion
1983	2.64 billion	463 million	39.1 billion
1982	2.65 billion	248 million	41.4 billion
1981	2.12 billion	531 million	42 billion
1980	1.77 billion	380 million	37.4 billion
1979	1.2 billion	253 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.2 billion	369 million	39.2 billion
1977	2.38 billion	384 million	37 billion
1976	1.94 billion	499 million	33 billion
1975	1.53 billion	388 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.33 billion	586 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.51 billion	656 million	32.6 billion
1972	2.09 billion	769 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.02 billion	578 million	29.3 billion
1970	963 million	38 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.37 billion	50 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.37 billion	62 million	22.4 billion
1967	1.13 billion	88 million	22.1 billion
1966	961 million	89 million	22.4 billion
1965	1 billion	170 million	23.1 billion
1964	794 million	358 million	24.2 billion
1963	695 million	283 million	18.1 billion
1962	402 million	236 million	15.5 billion
1961	1.15 billion	198 million	15 billion
1960	544 million	181 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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