Pakistan vs Syria
Pakistan vs Syria: Arms exports
Arms exports: 127 million TIV in Pakistan in 2025 and 30 million TIV in Syria in 2010, by SIPRI estimates. In 2006 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 1 million TIV, or 1.33 times that in Syria.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Pakistan has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Syria.
- The world as a whole: 24.5 billion TIV in 2006.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Pakistan | Syria | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 127 million | – | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 6 million | – | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 5 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 72 million | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 1 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 3 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 3 million | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 1 million | – | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 30 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 33 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 1 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 4 million | 3 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 26 million | – | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 9 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 8 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 9 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 4 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 0 | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 0 | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 2 million | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 40 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 40 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 3 million | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 82 million | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 1 million | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 15 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 31 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 12 million | 32 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 1 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 46 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 30 million | 178 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 30 million | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 15 million | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 0 | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 2 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 2 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 3 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | 17 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 6 million | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
- 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 Syria
Health
- Life expectancyPakistan: 67.7 years in 2023Syria: 72.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPakistan: 5.6 per 100 live births in 2024Syria: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPakistan: 49.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Syria: 16.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionPakistan: 3.33% in 2017Syria: 3.58% in 2017
- Suicide ratePakistan: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Syria: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPakistan: 248 million people in 2023Syria: 23.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthPakistan: 1.48% a year in 2023Syria: 4.92% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePakistan: 3.61 births per woman in 2023Syria: 2.71 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPakistan: 39.5% in 2025Syria: 72.1% in 2025
- Median agePakistan: 20.3 years in 2023Syria: 22.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPakistan: 4.2% in 2023Syria: 4.7% in 2023
- Net migration ratePakistan: -6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Syria: 32.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPakistan: 2.91% of GDP in 2025Syria: 4.06% of GDP in 2010
- Military spending per personPakistan: $47 in 2025Syria: $110 in 2011
- Military share of state spendingPakistan: 13.8% of government spending in 2025Syria: 13.6% of government spending in 2010
- Armed forces personnelPakistan: 943,000 people in 2020Syria: 269,000 people in 2020
- National powerPakistan: 1.77% of world capability in 2022Syria: 0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPakistan: 1.25% of the labour force in 2020Syria: 5.44% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsPakistan: 706 million TIV in 2025Syria: 2 million TIV in 2025