Pakistan vs United Kingdom
Pakistan vs United Kingdom: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 127 million TIV in Pakistan and 702 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 575 million TIV, or 5.53 times that in Pakistan.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- United Kingdom has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1967.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Pakistan | United Kingdom | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 127 million | 702 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 6 million | 884 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 5 million | 1.32 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1 million | 1.74 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 72 million | 639 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 652 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 1 million | 886 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 3 million | 682 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 3 million | 1.1 billion | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 1 million | 1.34 billion | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 1.18 billion | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 1.66 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 1.51 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 813 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 1 billion | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 1.15 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 1.07 billion | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 1 million | 931 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 924 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 4 million | 957 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 26 million | 990 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 9 million | 1.23 billion | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 8 million | 769 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 9 million | 1.08 billion | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 1.35 billion | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 4 million | 1.62 billion | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 1.32 billion | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 1.4 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 2.36 billion | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 1.62 billion | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 1.46 billion | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 2 million | 1.53 billion | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 1.38 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 1.09 billion | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 3 million | 1.53 billion | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 82 million | 1.84 billion | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 1 million | 3.5 billion | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 2.53 billion | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 3.6 billion | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 1.99 billion | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 12 million | 2.14 billion | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 2.53 billion | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 2.54 billion | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 30 million | 2.52 billion | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 30 million | 2.36 billion | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 15 million | 1.57 billion | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 1.54 billion | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 2.21 billion | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 2.2 billion | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | 2.52 billion | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 2.23 billion | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 2.25 billion | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 2.79 billion | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 2.68 billion | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 3 million | 2.35 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | 982 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | 1.62 billion | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | 1.68 billion | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 6 million | 1.88 billion | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | 1.42 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | 1.5 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | 1.41 billion | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | 1.24 billion | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | 1.07 billion | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 1.4 billion | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | 2.19 billion | 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 United Kingdom
Health
- Life expectancyPakistan: 67.7 years in 2023United Kingdom: 81.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPakistan: 5.6 per 100 live births in 2024United Kingdom: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPakistan: 49.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023United Kingdom: 3.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterPakistan: 50.6% in 2022United Kingdom: 99.8% in 2022
- DepressionPakistan: 3.33% in 2017United Kingdom: 4.12% in 2017
- Suicide ratePakistan: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017United Kingdom: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPakistan: 248 million people in 2023United Kingdom: 68.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthPakistan: 1.48% a year in 2023United Kingdom: 0.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePakistan: 3.61 births per woman in 2023United Kingdom: 1.56 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPakistan: 39.5% in 2025United Kingdom: 83.3% in 2025
- Median agePakistan: 20.3 years in 2023United Kingdom: 39.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPakistan: 4.2% in 2023United Kingdom: 19.2% in 2023
- Net migration ratePakistan: -6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023United Kingdom: 6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPakistan: 2.91% of GDP in 2025United Kingdom: 2.35% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsPakistan: $11.5B in 2025United Kingdom: $88B in 2025
- Military spending per personPakistan: $47 in 2025United Kingdom: $1,283 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingPakistan: 13.8% of government spending in 2025United Kingdom: 5.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelPakistan: 943,000 people in 2020United Kingdom: 153,000 people in 2020
- National powerPakistan: 1.77% of world capability in 2022United Kingdom: 1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPakistan: 1.25% of the labour force in 2020United Kingdom: 0.45% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsPakistan: 706 million TIV in 2025United Kingdom: 609 million TIV in 2025