India vs Vietnam: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 2.86 billion TIV in India and 177 million TIV in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in India, by 2.69 billion TIV, or 16 times that in Vietnam.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

India has been higher since 1980, when it overtook Vietnam.
In 2025, India ranked 2 and Vietnam ranked 38 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	Vietnam	World
2025	2.86 billion	177 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.6 billion	58 million	30.6 billion
2023	1.54 billion	45 million	29.5 billion
2022	2.7 billion	86 million	33 billion
2021	3.96 billion	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	2.67 billion	38 million	23.4 billion
2019	3.2 billion	166 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.98 billion	604 million	27.3 billion
2017	2.68 billion	783 million	31.2 billion
2016	2.65 billion	924 million	31.4 billion
2015	2.73 billion	869 million	28.7 billion
2014	3.28 billion	1.23 billion	27 billion
2013	5.3 billion	360 million	27.4 billion
2012	4.51 billion	782 million	27.9 billion
2011	3.63 billion	1.02 billion	29.9 billion
2010	2.9 billion	161 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.96 billion	61 million	24 billion
2008	1.64 billion	186 million	24.1 billion
2007	2.3 billion	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	1.49 billion	42 million	24.4 billion
2005	1.2 billion	221 million	21.3 billion
2004	2.25 billion	299 million	21.3 billion
2003	2.8 billion	22 million	19.2 billion
2002	1.9 billion	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	1.05 billion	97 million	18.3 billion
2000	988 million	11 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.22 billion	168 million	25.3 billion
1998	797 million	209 million	27.9 billion
1997	1.68 billion	111 million	28.9 billion
1996	831 million	214 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.36 billion	273 million	22.9 billion
1994	873 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	737 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	1.19 billion	–	24.3 billion
1991	1.88 billion	–	27.8 billion
1990	2.83 billion	116 million	28.6 billion
1989	3.68 billion	128 million	31.7 billion
1988	3.85 billion	65 million	32.9 billion
1987	3.92 billion	50 million	36.2 billion
1986	4.24 billion	78 million	35.5 billion
1985	3 billion	28 million	33.2 billion
1984	2.43 billion	557 million	36.8 billion
1983	2.64 billion	916 million	39.1 billion
1982	2.65 billion	532 million	41.4 billion
1981	2.12 billion	1.07 billion	42 billion
1980	1.77 billion	1.02 billion	37.4 billion
1979	1.2 billion	1.25 billion	33.3 billion
1978	1.2 billion	227 million	39.2 billion
1977	2.38 billion	42 million	37 billion
1976	1.94 billion	42 million	33 billion
1975	1.53 billion	493 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.33 billion	859 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.51 billion	1.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	2.09 billion	1.32 billion	28.7 billion
1971	2.02 billion	1.2 billion	29.3 billion
1970	963 million	1.21 billion	22.1 billion
1969	1.37 billion	909 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.37 billion	1.18 billion	22.4 billion
1967	1.13 billion	1.1 billion	22.1 billion
1966	961 million	1.14 billion	22.4 billion
1965	1 billion	651 million	23.1 billion
1964	794 million	266 million	24.2 billion
1963	695 million	107 million	18.1 billion
1962	402 million	47 million	15.5 billion
1961	1.15 billion	95 million	15 billion
1960	544 million	103 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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