Pakistan vs Russia

Pakistan vs Russia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 706 million TIV in Pakistan and 129 million TIV in Russia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 577 million TIV, or 5.47 times that in Russia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Pakistan vs Russia: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 706 million TIV in Pakistan and 129 million TIV in Russia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 577 million TIV, or 5.47 times that in Russia.
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What the numbers say

  • Pakistan has been higher since 2001, when it overtook Russia.
  • In 2025, Pakistan ranked 14 and Russia ranked 42 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

YearPakistanRussiaWorld
2025706 million129 million33.3 billion
20241.07 billion315 million30.6 billion
20232.2 billion95 million29.5 billion
20221.53 billion39 million33 billion
2021984 million6 million26.8 billion
2020624 million1 million23.4 billion
2019654 million5 million26.9 billion
2018893 million62 million27.3 billion
2017870 million94 million31.2 billion
2016872 million127 million31.4 billion
2015771 million113 million28.7 billion
2014877 million207 million27 billion
20131.11 billion185 million27.4 billion
20121.02 billion121 million27.9 billion
20111.18 billion10 million29.9 billion
20102.23 billion25 million25.8 billion
20091.2 billion8 million24 billion
20081.07 billion–24.1 billion
2007693 million90 million26.5 billion
2006324 million–24.4 billion
2005427 million–21.3 billion
2004471 million–21.3 billion
2003645 million–19.2 billion
2002566 million–17.7 billion
2001412 million2 million18.3 billion
2000175 million1.15 billion20.5 billion
1999867 million368 million25.3 billion
1998699 million–27.9 billion
1997691 million–28.9 billion
1996506 million–23.7 billion
1995368 million–22.9 billion
1994862 million–22.8 billion
1993992 million–25.8 billion
1992352 million40 million24.3 billion
1991511 million–27.8 billion
1990635 million–28.6 billion
1989974 million–31.7 billion
1988412 million–32.9 billion
1987617 million–36.2 billion
1986280 million–35.5 billion
1985751 million–33.2 billion
1984863 million–36.8 billion
1983784 million–39.1 billion
1982544 million–41.4 billion
1981491 million–42 billion
1980900 million–37.4 billion
1979697 million–33.3 billion
1978655 million–39.2 billion
1977271 million–37 billion
1976276 million–33 billion
1975223 million–34.2 billion
1974225 million–32.9 billion
1973177 million–32.6 billion
1972664 million–28.7 billion
1971553 million–29.3 billion
1970422 million–22.1 billion
1969542 million–24.7 billion
1968415 million–22.4 billion
1967151 million–22.1 billion
1966592 million–22.4 billion
1965222 million–23.1 billion
196496 million–24.2 billion
1963225 million–18.1 billion
196284 million–15.5 billion
196141 million–15 billion
196046 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.

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