Japan vs Pakistan

Japan vs Pakistan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 1.72 billion TIV in Japan and 706 million TIV in Pakistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 1.01 billion TIV, or 2.43 times that in Pakistan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Japan vs Pakistan: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 1.72 billion TIV in Japan and 706 million TIV in Pakistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 1.01 billion TIV, or 2.43 times that in Pakistan.
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What the numbers say

  • Japan has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Pakistan.
  • In 2025, Japan ranked 5 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

YearJapanPakistanWorld
20251.72 billion706 million33.3 billion
20241.04 billion1.07 billion30.6 billion
2023852 million2.2 billion29.5 billion
20221.47 billion1.53 billion33 billion
20211.01 billion984 million26.8 billion
2020929 million624 million23.4 billion
2019992 million654 million26.9 billion
2018764 million893 million27.3 billion
2017446 million870 million31.2 billion
2016332 million872 million31.4 billion
2015343 million771 million28.7 billion
2014316 million877 million27 billion
2013341 million1.11 billion27.4 billion
2012239 million1.02 billion27.9 billion
2011300 million1.18 billion29.9 billion
2010658 million2.23 billion25.8 billion
2009990 million1.2 billion24 billion
2008990 million1.07 billion24.1 billion
2007553 million693 million26.5 billion
2006469 million324 million24.4 billion
2005375 million427 million21.3 billion
2004399 million471 million21.3 billion
2003458 million645 million19.2 billion
2002442 million566 million17.7 billion
2001427 million412 million18.3 billion
2000497 million175 million20.5 billion
19991.26 billion867 million25.3 billion
19981.49 billion699 million27.9 billion
1997843 million691 million28.9 billion
1996876 million506 million23.7 billion
19951.26 billion368 million22.9 billion
19941.02 billion862 million22.8 billion
19932.13 billion992 million25.8 billion
19922.52 billion352 million24.3 billion
19912.94 billion511 million27.8 billion
19902.68 billion635 million28.6 billion
19892.28 billion974 million31.7 billion
19882 billion412 million32.9 billion
19871.94 billion617 million36.2 billion
19861.89 billion280 million35.5 billion
19851.97 billion751 million33.2 billion
19842.05 billion863 million36.8 billion
19831.69 billion784 million39.1 billion
19821.44 billion544 million41.4 billion
19811.31 billion491 million42 billion
19801.03 billion900 million37.4 billion
1979920 million697 million33.3 billion
1978901 million655 million39.2 billion
1977788 million271 million37 billion
19761.48 billion276 million33 billion
19751.6 billion223 million34.2 billion
1974733 million225 million32.9 billion
1973468 million177 million32.6 billion
1972493 million664 million28.7 billion
1971605 million553 million29.3 billion
1970502 million422 million22.1 billion
1969488 million542 million24.7 billion
1968557 million415 million22.4 billion
1967610 million151 million22.1 billion
1966324 million592 million22.4 billion
19651.16 billion222 million23.1 billion
19641.72 billion96 million24.2 billion
1963239 million225 million18.1 billion
1962263 million84 million15.5 billion
1961335 million41 million15 billion
1960790 million46 million15.7 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.

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