Iraq vs Pakistan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 55 million TIV in Iraq and 706 million TIV in Pakistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 651 million TIV, or 13 times that in Iraq.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Pakistan has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Iraq.
In 2025, Iraq ranked 56 and Pakistan ranked 14 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	Iraq	Pakistan	World
2025	55 million	706 million	33.3 billion
2024	80 million	1.07 billion	30.6 billion
2023	30 million	2.2 billion	29.5 billion
2022	55 million	1.53 billion	33 billion
2021	–	984 million	26.8 billion
2020	5 million	624 million	23.4 billion
2019	144 million	654 million	26.9 billion
2018	454 million	893 million	27.3 billion
2017	945 million	870 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.83 billion	872 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.49 billion	771 million	28.7 billion
2014	629 million	877 million	27 billion
2013	375 million	1.11 billion	27.4 billion
2012	523 million	1.02 billion	27.9 billion
2011	623 million	1.18 billion	29.9 billion
2010	480 million	2.23 billion	25.8 billion
2009	418 million	1.2 billion	24 billion
2008	379 million	1.07 billion	24.1 billion
2007	299 million	693 million	26.5 billion
2006	306 million	324 million	24.4 billion
2005	195 million	427 million	21.3 billion
2004	49 million	471 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	645 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	566 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	412 million	18.3 billion
2000	–	175 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	867 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	699 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	691 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	506 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	368 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	862 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	992 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	352 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	511 million	27.8 billion
1990	818 million	635 million	28.6 billion
1989	1.51 billion	974 million	31.7 billion
1988	1.92 billion	412 million	32.9 billion
1987	3.47 billion	617 million	36.2 billion
1986	3.39 billion	280 million	35.5 billion
1985	3.91 billion	751 million	33.2 billion
1984	4.58 billion	863 million	36.8 billion
1983	3.38 billion	784 million	39.1 billion
1982	3.26 billion	544 million	41.4 billion
1981	2.58 billion	491 million	42 billion
1980	2.25 billion	900 million	37.4 billion
1979	1.4 billion	697 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.8 billion	655 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.07 billion	271 million	37 billion
1976	1.14 billion	276 million	33 billion
1975	1.11 billion	223 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.43 billion	225 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.85 billion	177 million	32.6 billion
1972	645 million	664 million	28.7 billion
1971	187 million	553 million	29.3 billion
1970	185 million	422 million	22.1 billion
1969	418 million	542 million	24.7 billion
1968	392 million	415 million	22.4 billion
1967	364 million	151 million	22.1 billion
1966	341 million	592 million	22.4 billion
1965	248 million	222 million	23.1 billion
1964	321 million	96 million	24.2 billion
1963	201 million	225 million	18.1 billion
1962	278 million	84 million	15.5 billion
1961	130 million	41 million	15 billion
1960	176 million	46 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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