Pakistan vs Sudan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 706 million TIV in Pakistan and 57 million TIV in Sudan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 649 million TIV, or 12 times that in Sudan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Pakistan has been higher since 1971, when it overtook Sudan.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Pakistan	Sudan	World
2025	706 million	57 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.07 billion	50 million	30.6 billion
2023	2.2 billion	6 million	29.5 billion
2022	1.53 billion	3 million	33 billion
2021	984 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	624 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	654 million	20 million	26.9 billion
2018	893 million	35 million	27.3 billion
2017	870 million	66 million	31.2 billion
2016	872 million	110 million	31.4 billion
2015	771 million	136 million	28.7 billion
2014	877 million	70 million	27 billion
2013	1.11 billion	155 million	27.4 billion
2012	1.02 billion	119 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.18 billion	191 million	29.9 billion
2010	2.23 billion	196 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.2 billion	100 million	24 billion
2008	1.07 billion	120 million	24.1 billion
2007	693 million	58 million	26.5 billion
2006	324 million	112 million	24.4 billion
2005	427 million	113 million	21.3 billion
2004	471 million	294 million	21.3 billion
2003	645 million	205 million	19.2 billion
2002	566 million	50 million	17.7 billion
2001	412 million	106 million	18.3 billion
2000	175 million	–	20.5 billion
1999	867 million	36 million	25.3 billion
1998	699 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	691 million	63 million	28.9 billion
1996	506 million	27 million	23.7 billion
1995	368 million	3 million	22.9 billion
1994	862 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	992 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	352 million	6 million	24.3 billion
1991	511 million	46 million	27.8 billion
1990	635 million	4 million	28.6 billion
1989	974 million	16 million	31.7 billion
1988	412 million	77 million	32.9 billion
1987	617 million	122 million	36.2 billion
1986	280 million	10 million	35.5 billion
1985	751 million	66 million	33.2 billion
1984	863 million	106 million	36.8 billion
1983	784 million	25 million	39.1 billion
1982	544 million	90 million	41.4 billion
1981	491 million	203 million	42 billion
1980	900 million	3 million	37.4 billion
1979	697 million	46 million	33.3 billion
1978	655 million	208 million	39.2 billion
1977	271 million	29 million	37 billion
1976	276 million	–	33 billion
1975	223 million	5 million	34.2 billion
1974	225 million	3 million	32.9 billion
1973	177 million	23 million	32.6 billion
1972	664 million	69 million	28.7 billion
1971	553 million	87 million	29.3 billion
1970	422 million	598 million	22.1 billion
1969	542 million	177 million	24.7 billion
1968	415 million	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	151 million	6 million	22.1 billion
1966	592 million	10 million	22.4 billion
1965	222 million	5 million	23.1 billion
1964	96 million	36 million	24.2 billion
1963	225 million	17 million	18.1 billion
1962	84 million	34 million	15.5 billion
1961	41 million	17 million	15 billion
1960	46 million	6 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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