Italy vs Pakistan
Italy vs Pakistan: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 566 million TIV in Italy and 706 million TIV in Pakistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 140 million TIV, or 1.25 times that in Italy.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Pakistan has been higher since 2007, when it overtook Italy.
- In 2025, Italy ranked 18 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 | Italy | Pakistan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 566 million | 706 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 494 million | 1.07 billion | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 425 million | 2.2 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 237 million | 1.53 billion | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 211 million | 984 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 201 million | 624 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 178 million | 654 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 275 million | 893 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 709 million | 870 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 734 million | 872 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 237 million | 771 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 127 million | 877 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 71 million | 1.11 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 189 million | 1.02 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 286 million | 1.18 billion | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 98 million | 2.23 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 94 million | 1.2 billion | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 159 million | 1.07 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 467 million | 693 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 384 million | 324 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 136 million | 427 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 490 million | 471 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 617 million | 645 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 240 million | 566 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 234 million | 412 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 278 million | 175 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 25 million | 867 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 56 million | 699 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 474 million | 691 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 265 million | 506 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 322 million | 368 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 180 million | 862 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 205 million | 992 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 192 million | 352 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 210 million | 511 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 155 million | 635 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 196 million | 974 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 179 million | 412 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 183 million | 617 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 198 million | 280 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 205 million | 751 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 273 million | 863 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 303 million | 784 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 241 million | 544 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 129 million | 491 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 468 million | 900 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 591 million | 697 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 682 million | 655 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 517 million | 271 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 711 million | 276 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 1.02 billion | 223 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 1.12 billion | 225 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 1.02 billion | 177 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 1.77 billion | 664 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 1.1 billion | 553 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 685 million | 422 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 611 million | 542 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 196 million | 415 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 107 million | 151 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 412 million | 592 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 736 million | 222 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 1.14 billion | 96 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 1.22 billion | 225 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 886 million | 84 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 427 million | 41 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 409 million | 46 million | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Italy vs Pakistan
Health
- Life expectancyItaly: 83.7 years in 2023Pakistan: 67.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityItaly: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Pakistan: 5.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityItaly: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Pakistan: 49.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterItaly: 92.7% in 2022Pakistan: 50.6% in 2022
- DepressionItaly: 3.46% in 2017Pakistan: 3.33% in 2017
- Suicide rateItaly: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Pakistan: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationItaly: 59.5 million people in 2023Pakistan: 248 million people in 2023
- Population growthItaly: -0.22% a year in 2023Pakistan: 1.48% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateItaly: 1.2 births per woman in 2023Pakistan: 3.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationItaly: 69.7% in 2025Pakistan: 39.5% in 2025
- Median ageItaly: 47.5 years in 2023Pakistan: 20.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overItaly: 24.2% in 2023Pakistan: 4.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateItaly: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Pakistan: -6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingItaly: 1.89% of GDP in 2025Pakistan: 2.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsItaly: $45.4B in 2025Pakistan: $11.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personItaly: $813 in 2025Pakistan: $47 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingItaly: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Pakistan: 13.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelItaly: 338,000 people in 2020Pakistan: 943,000 people in 2020
- National powerItaly: 0.96% of world capability in 2022Pakistan: 1.77% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersItaly: 1.35% of the labour force in 2020Pakistan: 1.25% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsItaly: 1.92 billion TIV in 2025Pakistan: 127 million TIV in 2025