Iran vs Pakistan

Iran vs Pakistan: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 80 million TIV in Iran and 127 million TIV in Pakistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 47 million TIV, or 1.59 times that in Iran.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Iran vs Pakistan: Arms exportsArms exports in 2025: 80 million TIV in Iran and 127 million TIV in Pakistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 47 million TIV, or 1.59 times that in Iran.
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What the numbers say

  • Pakistan has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Iran.
  • The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearIranPakistanWorld
202580 million127 million33.5 billion
2024106 million6 million30.7 billion
2023170 million5 million29.5 billion
202248 million1 million33.3 billion
20212 million72 million27.1 billion
202016 million–24.1 billion
20199 million1 million27 billion
20189 million3 million27.4 billion
201724 million3 million31.3 billion
201624 million1 million31.5 billion
201511 million–28.7 billion
201434 million–27.1 billion
20132 million–27.4 billion
201235 million–27.9 billion
201177 million–29.9 billion
201054 million–25.8 billion
200999 million–24.4 billion
200882 million1 million24.1 billion
20072 million–26.5 billion
200678 million4 million24.5 billion
20054 million26 million21.4 billion
20043 million9 million21.3 billion
200312 million8 million19.2 billion
20029 million9 million17.7 billion
20010–18.5 billion
200004 million20.5 billion
19990–25.4 billion
19980–27.9 billion
19970–28.9 billion
19963 million–23.7 billion
19951 million–22.9 billion
199402 million23 billion
19931 million–25.8 billion
19921 million–24.3 billion
19911 million3 million28.2 billion
1990082 million30.2 billion
19891 million1 million34.9 billion
19881 million–36.8 billion
19871 million–39.4 billion
19861 million–39 billion
19851 million12 million38.2 billion
19841 million–41.6 billion
19831 million–43.9 billion
19821 million30 million46.2 billion
19811 million30 million45.8 billion
19801 million15 million42.2 billion
1979––38.4 billion
1978––42.4 billion
1977––40 billion
1976––36 billion
197586 million–37.2 billion
1974129 million–36.6 billion
19736 million–36.3 billion
1972106 million–34.5 billion
19716 million3 million32.9 billion
197023 million–25.3 billion
1969––28.1 billion
1968––26.1 billion
196728 million6 million25.6 billion
1966––25.8 billion
1965––25.8 billion
1964––26.7 billion
1963––20.3 billion
19623 million–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.

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