Pakistan vs South Africa: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 706 million TIV in Pakistan and 30 million TIV in South Africa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 676 million TIV, or 24 times that in South Africa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Pakistan has been higher since 2008, when it overtook South Africa.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Pakistan	South Africa	World
2025	706 million	30 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.07 billion	–	30.6 billion
2023	2.2 billion	30 million	29.5 billion
2022	1.53 billion	30 million	33 billion
2021	984 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	624 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	654 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	893 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	870 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	872 million	–	31.4 billion
2015	771 million	2 million	28.7 billion
2014	877 million	50 million	27 billion
2013	1.11 billion	1 million	27.4 billion
2012	1.02 billion	127 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.18 billion	208 million	29.9 billion
2010	2.23 billion	178 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.2 billion	134 million	24 billion
2008	1.07 billion	493 million	24.1 billion
2007	693 million	910 million	26.5 billion
2006	324 million	741 million	24.4 billion
2005	427 million	262 million	21.3 billion
2004	471 million	–	21.3 billion
2003	645 million	–	19.2 billion
2002	566 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	412 million	18 million	18.3 billion
2000	175 million	6 million	20.5 billion
1999	867 million	21 million	25.3 billion
1998	699 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	691 million	11 million	28.9 billion
1996	506 million	38 million	23.7 billion
1995	368 million	38 million	22.9 billion
1994	862 million	239 million	22.8 billion
1993	992 million	238 million	25.8 billion
1992	352 million	361 million	24.3 billion
1991	511 million	26 million	27.8 billion
1990	635 million	10 million	28.6 billion
1989	974 million	11 million	31.7 billion
1988	412 million	17 million	32.9 billion
1987	617 million	20 million	36.2 billion
1986	280 million	191 million	35.5 billion
1985	751 million	25 million	33.2 billion
1984	863 million	100 million	36.8 billion
1983	784 million	192 million	39.1 billion
1982	544 million	44 million	41.4 billion
1981	491 million	122 million	42 billion
1980	900 million	192 million	37.4 billion
1979	697 million	125 million	33.3 billion
1978	655 million	389 million	39.2 billion
1977	271 million	500 million	37 billion
1976	276 million	419 million	33 billion
1975	223 million	235 million	34.2 billion
1974	225 million	177 million	32.9 billion
1973	177 million	369 million	32.6 billion
1972	664 million	291 million	28.7 billion
1971	553 million	309 million	29.3 billion
1970	422 million	511 million	22.1 billion
1969	542 million	211 million	24.7 billion
1968	415 million	217 million	22.4 billion
1967	151 million	299 million	22.1 billion
1966	592 million	496 million	22.4 billion
1965	222 million	386 million	23.1 billion
1964	96 million	302 million	24.2 billion
1963	225 million	520 million	18.1 billion
1962	84 million	232 million	15.5 billion
1961	41 million	–	15 billion
1960	46 million	13 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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