Pakistan vs Poland
Pakistan vs Poland: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 706 million TIV in Pakistan and 2.17 billion TIV in Poland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 1.46 billion TIV, or 3.07 times that in Pakistan.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Poland has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Pakistan.
- In 2025, Pakistan ranked 14 and Poland ranked 4 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 | Poland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 706 million | 2.17 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 1.07 billion | 1.54 billion | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 2.2 billion | 1.39 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1.53 billion | 414 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 984 million | 68 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 624 million | 153 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 654 million | 213 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 893 million | 50 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 870 million | 126 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 872 million | 45 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 771 million | 127 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 877 million | 275 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 1.11 billion | 146 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 1.02 billion | 227 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 1.18 billion | 141 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 2.23 billion | 174 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 1.2 billion | 193 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 1.07 billion | 633 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 693 million | 969 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 324 million | 442 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 427 million | 105 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 471 million | 223 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 645 million | 347 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 566 million | 253 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 412 million | 31 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 175 million | 146 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 867 million | 23 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 699 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 691 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 506 million | 101 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 368 million | 250 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 862 million | 74 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 992 million | 4 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 352 million | 100 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 511 million | 76 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 635 million | 226 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 974 million | 501 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 412 million | 903 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 617 million | 1.04 billion | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 280 million | 1.39 billion | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 751 million | 925 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 863 million | 466 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 784 million | 536 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 544 million | 709 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 491 million | 804 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 900 million | 1.12 billion | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 697 million | 1.19 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 655 million | 1.19 billion | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 271 million | 1.02 billion | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 276 million | 1.1 billion | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 223 million | 887 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 225 million | 1.06 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 177 million | 1.11 billion | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 664 million | 958 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 553 million | 1.01 billion | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 422 million | 859 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 542 million | 992 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 415 million | 927 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 151 million | 781 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 592 million | 1 billion | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 222 million | 1.16 billion | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 96 million | 1.57 billion | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 225 million | 1.02 billion | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 84 million | 685 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 41 million | 864 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 46 million | 889 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
Pakistan vs Poland
Health
- Life expectancyPakistan: 67.7 years in 2023Poland: 78.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPakistan: 5.6 per 100 live births in 2024Poland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPakistan: 49.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Poland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterPakistan: 50.6% in 2022Poland: 88.9% in 2022
- DepressionPakistan: 3.33% in 2017Poland: 2.25% in 2017
- Suicide ratePakistan: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Poland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPakistan: 248 million people in 2023Poland: 38.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthPakistan: 1.48% a year in 2023Poland: -0.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePakistan: 3.61 births per woman in 2023Poland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPakistan: 39.5% in 2025Poland: 60.1% in 2025
- Median agePakistan: 20.3 years in 2023Poland: 41.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPakistan: 4.2% in 2023Poland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration ratePakistan: -6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Poland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPakistan: 2.91% of GDP in 2025Poland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsPakistan: $11.5B in 2025Poland: $42.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personPakistan: $47 in 2025Poland: $1,219 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingPakistan: 13.8% of government spending in 2025Poland: 9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelPakistan: 943,000 people in 2020Poland: 189,000 people in 2020
- National powerPakistan: 1.77% of world capability in 2022Poland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPakistan: 1.25% of the labour force in 2020Poland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsPakistan: 127 million TIV in 2025Poland: 59 million TIV in 2025