Nepal vs Sri Lanka: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 6 million TIV in Nepal and 11 million TIV in Sri Lanka, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sri Lanka, by 5 million TIV, or 1.83 times that in Nepal.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Sri Lanka has been higher since 2017.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Nepal	Sri Lanka	World
2025	6 million	11 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	9 million	30.6 billion
2023	–	5 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	3 million	33 billion
2021	0	54 million	26.8 billion
2020	–	–	23.4 billion
2019	38 million	59 million	26.9 billion
2018	7 million	100 million	27.3 billion
2017	1 million	45 million	31.2 billion
2016	9 million	–	31.4 billion
2015	15 million	–	28.7 billion
2014	5 million	5 million	27 billion
2013	–	22 million	27.4 billion
2012	–	–	27.9 billion
2011	3 million	21 million	29.9 billion
2010	–	5 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	21 million	24 billion
2008	1 million	79 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	91 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	96 million	24.4 billion
2005	7 million	63 million	21.3 billion
2004	36 million	38 million	21.3 billion
2003	10 million	34 million	19.2 billion
2002	10 million	43 million	17.7 billion
2001	12 million	154 million	18.3 billion
2000	–	294 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	62 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	83 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	59 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	196 million	23.7 billion
1995	1 million	63 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	77 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	37 million	25.8 billion
1992	5 million	22 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	168 million	27.8 billion
1990	–	19 million	28.6 billion
1989	1 million	6 million	31.7 billion
1988	–	19 million	32.9 billion
1987	–	111 million	36.2 billion
1986	–	28 million	35.5 billion
1985	4 million	42 million	33.2 billion
1984	3 million	48 million	36.8 billion
1983	–	–	39.1 billion
1982	–	–	41.4 billion
1981	1 million	–	42 billion
1980	–	18 million	37.4 billion
1979	–	–	33.3 billion
1978	–	7 million	39.2 billion
1977	–	17 million	37 billion
1976	6 million	0	33 billion
1975	15 million	1 million	34.2 billion
1974	2 million	–	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	–	32.6 billion
1972	3 million	47 million	28.7 billion
1971	8 million	33 million	29.3 billion
1970	8 million	–	22.1 billion
1969	–	2 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	–	22.4 billion
1967	–	–	22.1 billion
1966	0	–	22.4 billion
1965	2 million	–	23.1 billion
1964	–	0	24.2 billion
1963	–	–	18.1 billion
1962	–	–	15.5 billion
1961	–	–	15 billion
1960	–	4 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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