Pakistan vs Syria: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 706 million TIV in Pakistan and 2 million TIV in Syria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 704 million TIV, or 350 times that in Syria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Pakistan has been higher since 1991, when it overtook Syria.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Pakistan	Syria	World
2025	706 million	2 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.07 billion	–	30.6 billion
2023	2.2 billion	–	29.5 billion
2022	1.53 billion	–	33 billion
2021	984 million	7 million	26.8 billion
2020	624 million	80 million	23.4 billion
2019	654 million	104 million	26.9 billion
2018	893 million	199 million	27.3 billion
2017	870 million	52 million	31.2 billion
2016	872 million	18 million	31.4 billion
2015	771 million	16 million	28.7 billion
2014	877 million	7 million	27 billion
2013	1.11 billion	498 million	27.4 billion
2012	1.02 billion	532 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.18 billion	485 million	29.9 billion
2010	2.23 billion	420 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.2 billion	253 million	24 billion
2008	1.07 billion	326 million	24.1 billion
2007	693 million	15 million	26.5 billion
2006	324 million	95 million	24.4 billion
2005	427 million	30 million	21.3 billion
2004	471 million	20 million	21.3 billion
2003	645 million	64 million	19.2 billion
2002	566 million	40 million	17.7 billion
2001	412 million	23 million	18.3 billion
2000	175 million	49 million	20.5 billion
1999	867 million	48 million	25.3 billion
1998	699 million	45 million	27.9 billion
1997	691 million	25 million	28.9 billion
1996	506 million	25 million	23.7 billion
1995	368 million	25 million	22.9 billion
1994	862 million	14 million	22.8 billion
1993	992 million	166 million	25.8 billion
1992	352 million	277 million	24.3 billion
1991	511 million	315 million	27.8 billion
1990	635 million	739 million	28.6 billion
1989	974 million	663 million	31.7 billion
1988	412 million	1.31 billion	32.9 billion
1987	617 million	1.45 billion	36.2 billion
1986	280 million	1.27 billion	35.5 billion
1985	751 million	1.58 billion	33.2 billion
1984	863 million	1.82 billion	36.8 billion
1983	784 million	2.24 billion	39.1 billion
1982	544 million	1.99 billion	41.4 billion
1981	491 million	1.35 billion	42 billion
1980	900 million	1.87 billion	37.4 billion
1979	697 million	2.05 billion	33.3 billion
1978	655 million	871 million	39.2 billion
1977	271 million	931 million	37 billion
1976	276 million	527 million	33 billion
1975	223 million	1.41 billion	34.2 billion
1974	225 million	3.41 billion	32.9 billion
1973	177 million	3.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	664 million	1.52 billion	28.7 billion
1971	553 million	735 million	29.3 billion
1970	422 million	870 million	22.1 billion
1969	542 million	875 million	24.7 billion
1968	415 million	829 million	22.4 billion
1967	151 million	905 million	22.1 billion
1966	592 million	525 million	22.4 billion
1965	222 million	100 million	23.1 billion
1964	96 million	65 million	24.2 billion
1963	225 million	89 million	18.1 billion
1962	84 million	35 million	15.5 billion
1961	41 million	27 million	15 billion
1960	46 million	38 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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