Pakistan vs Spain
Pakistan vs Spain: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 706 million TIV in Pakistan and 237 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 469 million TIV, or 2.98 times that in Spain.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Pakistan has been higher since 2001, when it overtook Spain.
- In 2025, Pakistan ranked 14 and Spain ranked 33 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 | Spain | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 706 million | 237 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 1.07 billion | 159 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 2.2 billion | 159 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1.53 billion | 198 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 984 million | 134 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 624 million | 70 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 654 million | 35 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 893 million | 149 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 870 million | 82 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 872 million | 104 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 771 million | 152 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 877 million | 109 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 1.11 billion | 155 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 1.02 billion | 219 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 1.18 billion | 166 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 2.23 billion | 272 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 1.2 billion | 228 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 1.07 billion | 347 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 693 million | 343 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 324 million | 312 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 427 million | 358 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 471 million | 288 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 645 million | 239 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 566 million | 266 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 412 million | 140 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 175 million | 315 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 867 million | 357 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 699 million | 82 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 691 million | 192 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 506 million | 395 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 368 million | 355 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 862 million | 838 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 992 million | 299 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 352 million | 207 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 511 million | 109 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 635 million | 691 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 974 million | 835 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 412 million | 1.95 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 617 million | 1.08 billion | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 280 million | 1.08 billion | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 751 million | 327 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 863 million | 81 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 784 million | 614 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 544 million | 512 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 491 million | 636 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 900 million | 689 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 697 million | 650 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 655 million | 432 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 271 million | 312 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 276 million | 831 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 223 million | 1.16 billion | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 225 million | 557 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 177 million | 895 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 664 million | 793 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 553 million | 637 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 422 million | 234 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 542 million | 181 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 415 million | 133 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 151 million | 303 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 592 million | 307 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 222 million | 382 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 96 million | 51 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 225 million | 15 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 84 million | 55 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 41 million | 103 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 46 million | 214 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 Spain
Health
- Life expectancyPakistan: 67.7 years in 2023Spain: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPakistan: 5.6 per 100 live births in 2024Spain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPakistan: 49.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Spain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterPakistan: 50.6% in 2022Spain: 99.6% in 2022
- DepressionPakistan: 3.33% in 2017Spain: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide ratePakistan: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Spain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPakistan: 248 million people in 2023Spain: 47.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthPakistan: 1.48% a year in 2023Spain: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePakistan: 3.61 births per woman in 2023Spain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPakistan: 39.5% in 2025Spain: 80.5% in 2025
- Median agePakistan: 20.3 years in 2023Spain: 44.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPakistan: 4.2% in 2023Spain: 20.7% in 2023
- Net migration ratePakistan: -6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Spain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPakistan: 2.91% of GDP in 2025Spain: 2.13% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsPakistan: $11.5B in 2025Spain: $37.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personPakistan: $47 in 2025Spain: $839 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingPakistan: 13.8% of government spending in 2025Spain: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelPakistan: 943,000 people in 2020Spain: 199,000 people in 2020
- National powerPakistan: 1.77% of world capability in 2022Spain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPakistan: 1.25% of the labour force in 2020Spain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsPakistan: 127 million TIV in 2025Spain: 341 million TIV in 2025