Indonesia vs Pakistan
Indonesia vs Pakistan: Arms exports
Arms exports: 17 million TIV in Indonesia in 2021 and 127 million TIV in Pakistan in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 55 million TIV, or 4.24 times that in Indonesia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Pakistan has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Indonesia.
- The world as a whole: 27.1 billion TIV in 2021.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Indonesia | Pakistan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 127 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 6 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 5 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 1 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 17 million | 72 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 9 million | 1 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 15 million | 3 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 94 million | 3 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 85 million | 1 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 4 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 1 million | 1 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 9 million | 4 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 9 million | 26 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 27 million | 9 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 8 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 54 million | 9 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 18 million | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 4 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 54 million | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 9 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 27 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 18 million | 2 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 18 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 3 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 82 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 1 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 4 million | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 8 million | 12 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 30 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 30 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 4 million | 15 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 9 million | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 3 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 12 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | 6 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 7 million | – | 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
Indonesia vs Pakistan
Health
- Life expectancyIndonesia: 71.2 years in 2023Pakistan: 67.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIndonesia: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Pakistan: 5.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIndonesia: 17.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Pakistan: 49.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIndonesia: 30.3% in 2022Pakistan: 50.6% in 2022
- DepressionIndonesia: 2.64% in 2017Pakistan: 3.33% in 2017
- Suicide rateIndonesia: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Pakistan: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIndonesia: 281 million people in 2023Pakistan: 248 million people in 2023
- Population growthIndonesia: 0.83% a year in 2023Pakistan: 1.48% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIndonesia: 2.13 births per woman in 2023Pakistan: 3.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIndonesia: 59.4% in 2025Pakistan: 39.5% in 2025
- Median ageIndonesia: 29.8 years in 2023Pakistan: 20.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIndonesia: 7% in 2023Pakistan: 4.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateIndonesia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Pakistan: -6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIndonesia: 1.05% of GDP in 2025Pakistan: 2.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIndonesia: $15.3B in 2025Pakistan: $11.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personIndonesia: $53 in 2025Pakistan: $47 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIndonesia: 6.3% of government spending in 2025Pakistan: 13.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIndonesia: 676,000 people in 2020Pakistan: 943,000 people in 2020
- National powerIndonesia: 2.09% of world capability in 2022Pakistan: 1.77% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIndonesia: 0.49% of the labour force in 2020Pakistan: 1.25% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIndonesia: 1.28 billion TIV in 2025Pakistan: 706 million TIV in 2025