Pakistan vs Sweden: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 706 million TIV in Pakistan and 146 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 560 million TIV, or 4.84 times that in Sweden.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Pakistan has been higher since 2001, when it overtook Sweden.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Pakistan	Sweden	World
2025	706 million	146 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.07 billion	56 million	30.6 billion
2023	2.2 billion	98 million	29.5 billion
2022	1.53 billion	318 million	33 billion
2021	984 million	110 million	26.8 billion
2020	624 million	3 million	23.4 billion
2019	654 million	7 million	26.9 billion
2018	893 million	7 million	27.3 billion
2017	870 million	32 million	31.2 billion
2016	872 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	771 million	24 million	28.7 billion
2014	877 million	48 million	27 billion
2013	1.11 billion	58 million	27.4 billion
2012	1.02 billion	202 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.18 billion	185 million	29.9 billion
2010	2.23 billion	–	25.8 billion
2009	1.2 billion	15 million	24 billion
2008	1.07 billion	52 million	24.1 billion
2007	693 million	51 million	26.5 billion
2006	324 million	121 million	24.4 billion
2005	427 million	78 million	21.3 billion
2004	471 million	47 million	21.3 billion
2003	645 million	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	566 million	74 million	17.7 billion
2001	412 million	165 million	18.3 billion
2000	175 million	196 million	20.5 billion
1999	867 million	224 million	25.3 billion
1998	699 million	294 million	27.9 billion
1997	691 million	196 million	28.9 billion
1996	506 million	98 million	23.7 billion
1995	368 million	106 million	22.9 billion
1994	862 million	307 million	22.8 billion
1993	992 million	46 million	25.8 billion
1992	352 million	60 million	24.3 billion
1991	511 million	55 million	27.8 billion
1990	635 million	94 million	28.6 billion
1989	974 million	127 million	31.7 billion
1988	412 million	152 million	32.9 billion
1987	617 million	125 million	36.2 billion
1986	280 million	118 million	35.5 billion
1985	751 million	84 million	33.2 billion
1984	863 million	108 million	36.8 billion
1983	784 million	106 million	39.1 billion
1982	544 million	153 million	41.4 billion
1981	491 million	495 million	42 billion
1980	900 million	291 million	37.4 billion
1979	697 million	233 million	33.3 billion
1978	655 million	229 million	39.2 billion
1977	271 million	114 million	37 billion
1976	276 million	214 million	33 billion
1975	223 million	292 million	34.2 billion
1974	225 million	256 million	32.9 billion
1973	177 million	231 million	32.6 billion
1972	664 million	196 million	28.7 billion
1971	553 million	160 million	29.3 billion
1970	422 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1969	542 million	172 million	24.7 billion
1968	415 million	189 million	22.4 billion
1967	151 million	318 million	22.1 billion
1966	592 million	299 million	22.4 billion
1965	222 million	324 million	23.1 billion
1964	96 million	400 million	24.2 billion
1963	225 million	335 million	18.1 billion
1962	84 million	177 million	15.5 billion
1961	41 million	165 million	15 billion
1960	46 million	227 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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