Pakistan vs Thailand

Pakistan vs Thailand: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 706 million TIV in Pakistan and 33 million TIV in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 673 million TIV, or 21 times that in Thailand.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Pakistan vs Thailand: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 706 million TIV in Pakistan and 33 million TIV in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 673 million TIV, or 21 times that in Thailand.
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What the numbers say

  • Pakistan has been higher since 1998, when it overtook Thailand.
  • In 2025, Pakistan ranked 14 and Thailand ranked 60 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

YearPakistanThailandWorld
2025706 million33 million33.3 billion
20241.07 billion73 million30.6 billion
20232.2 billion290 million29.5 billion
20221.53 billion271 million33 billion
2021984 million151 million26.8 billion
2020624 million141 million23.4 billion
2019654 million293 million26.9 billion
2018893 million636 million27.3 billion
2017870 million317 million31.2 billion
2016872 million346 million31.4 billion
2015771 million184 million28.7 billion
2014877 million107 million27 billion
20131.11 billion383 million27.4 billion
20121.02 billion278 million27.9 billion
20111.18 billion252 million29.9 billion
20102.23 billion60 million25.8 billion
20091.2 billion63 million24 billion
20081.07 billion16 million24.1 billion
2007693 million8 million26.5 billion
2006324 million99 million24.4 billion
2005427 million115 million21.3 billion
2004471 million138 million21.3 billion
2003645 million131 million19.2 billion
2002566 million152 million17.7 billion
2001412 million109 million18.3 billion
2000175 million77 million20.5 billion
1999867 million160 million25.3 billion
1998699 million62 million27.9 billion
1997691 million910 million28.9 billion
1996506 million741 million23.7 billion
1995368 million530 million22.9 billion
1994862 million608 million22.8 billion
1993992 million182 million25.8 billion
1992352 million429 million24.3 billion
1991511 million575 million27.8 billion
1990635 million235 million28.6 billion
1989974 million284 million31.7 billion
1988412 million623 million32.9 billion
1987617 million539 million36.2 billion
1986280 million162 million35.5 billion
1985751 million185 million33.2 billion
1984863 million360 million36.8 billion
1983784 million247 million39.1 billion
1982544 million81 million41.4 billion
1981491 million350 million42 billion
1980900 million318 million37.4 billion
1979697 million326 million33.3 billion
1978655 million192 million39.2 billion
1977271 million111 million37 billion
1976276 million154 million33 billion
1975223 million90 million34.2 billion
1974225 million114 million32.9 billion
1973177 million321 million32.6 billion
1972664 million147 million28.7 billion
1971553 million243 million29.3 billion
1970422 million258 million22.1 billion
1969542 million121 million24.7 billion
1968415 million88 million22.4 billion
1967151 million140 million22.1 billion
1966592 million58 million22.4 billion
1965222 million87 million23.1 billion
196496 million84 million24.2 billion
1963225 million111 million18.1 billion
196284 million113 million15.5 billion
196141 million52 million15 billion
196046 million28 million15.7 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.

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