Pakistan vs Philippines: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 706 million TIV in Pakistan and 846 million TIV in Philippines, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Philippines, by 140 million TIV, or 1.2 times that in Pakistan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Philippines has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Pakistan.
In 2025, Pakistan ranked 14 and Philippines ranked 10 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	Pakistan	Philippines	World
2025	706 million	846 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.07 billion	305 million	30.6 billion
2023	2.2 billion	108 million	29.5 billion
2022	1.53 billion	280 million	33 billion
2021	984 million	365 million	26.8 billion
2020	624 million	385 million	23.4 billion
2019	654 million	191 million	26.9 billion
2018	893 million	17 million	27.3 billion
2017	870 million	278 million	31.2 billion
2016	872 million	228 million	31.4 billion
2015	771 million	153 million	28.7 billion
2014	877 million	12 million	27 billion
2013	1.11 billion	83 million	27.4 billion
2012	1.02 billion	21 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.18 billion	63 million	29.9 billion
2010	2.23 billion	3 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.2 billion	1 million	24 billion
2008	1.07 billion	10 million	24.1 billion
2007	693 million	16 million	26.5 billion
2006	324 million	23 million	24.4 billion
2005	427 million	12 million	21.3 billion
2004	471 million	34 million	21.3 billion
2003	645 million	10 million	19.2 billion
2002	566 million	5 million	17.7 billion
2001	412 million	10 million	18.3 billion
2000	175 million	–	20.5 billion
1999	867 million	–	25.3 billion
1998	699 million	64 million	27.9 billion
1997	691 million	72 million	28.9 billion
1996	506 million	43 million	23.7 billion
1995	368 million	30 million	22.9 billion
1994	862 million	72 million	22.8 billion
1993	992 million	62 million	25.8 billion
1992	352 million	43 million	24.3 billion
1991	511 million	34 million	27.8 billion
1990	635 million	33 million	28.6 billion
1989	974 million	19 million	31.7 billion
1988	412 million	12 million	32.9 billion
1987	617 million	26 million	36.2 billion
1986	280 million	–	35.5 billion
1985	751 million	23 million	33.2 billion
1984	863 million	38 million	36.8 billion
1983	784 million	116 million	39.1 billion
1982	544 million	17 million	41.4 billion
1981	491 million	39 million	42 billion
1980	900 million	75 million	37.4 billion
1979	697 million	92 million	33.3 billion
1978	655 million	143 million	39.2 billion
1977	271 million	198 million	37 billion
1976	276 million	256 million	33 billion
1975	223 million	133 million	34.2 billion
1974	225 million	60 million	32.9 billion
1973	177 million	106 million	32.6 billion
1972	664 million	50 million	28.7 billion
1971	553 million	90 million	29.3 billion
1970	422 million	9 million	22.1 billion
1969	542 million	26 million	24.7 billion
1968	415 million	16 million	22.4 billion
1967	151 million	43 million	22.1 billion
1966	592 million	86 million	22.4 billion
1965	222 million	99 million	23.1 billion
1964	96 million	2 million	24.2 billion
1963	225 million	4 million	18.1 billion
1962	84 million	11 million	15.5 billion
1961	41 million	44 million	15 billion
1960	46 million	50 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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