Pakistan vs United Kingdom: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 706 million TIV in Pakistan and 609 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 97 million TIV, or 1.16 times that in United Kingdom.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Pakistan has been higher since 2021, when it overtook United Kingdom.
In 2025, Pakistan ranked 14 and United Kingdom ranked 16 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

Year	Pakistan	United Kingdom	World
2025	706 million	609 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.07 billion	486 million	30.6 billion
2023	2.2 billion	469 million	29.5 billion
2022	1.53 billion	859 million	33 billion
2021	984 million	886 million	26.8 billion
2020	624 million	635 million	23.4 billion
2019	654 million	402 million	26.9 billion
2018	893 million	463 million	27.3 billion
2017	870 million	1 billion	31.2 billion
2016	872 million	288 million	31.4 billion
2015	771 million	424 million	28.7 billion
2014	877 million	217 million	27 billion
2013	1.11 billion	509 million	27.4 billion
2012	1.02 billion	566 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.18 billion	347 million	29.9 billion
2010	2.23 billion	461 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.2 billion	381 million	24 billion
2008	1.07 billion	575 million	24.1 billion
2007	693 million	817 million	26.5 billion
2006	324 million	375 million	24.4 billion
2005	427 million	31 million	21.3 billion
2004	471 million	212 million	21.3 billion
2003	645 million	770 million	19.2 billion
2002	566 million	721 million	17.7 billion
2001	412 million	1.29 billion	18.3 billion
2000	175 million	937 million	20.5 billion
1999	867 million	132 million	25.3 billion
1998	699 million	770 million	27.9 billion
1997	691 million	513 million	28.9 billion
1996	506 million	568 million	23.7 billion
1995	368 million	496 million	22.9 billion
1994	862 million	421 million	22.8 billion
1993	992 million	796 million	25.8 billion
1992	352 million	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	511 million	953 million	27.8 billion
1990	635 million	130 million	28.6 billion
1989	974 million	209 million	31.7 billion
1988	412 million	285 million	32.9 billion
1987	617 million	207 million	36.2 billion
1986	280 million	273 million	35.5 billion
1985	751 million	355 million	33.2 billion
1984	863 million	682 million	36.8 billion
1983	784 million	292 million	39.1 billion
1982	544 million	766 million	41.4 billion
1981	491 million	812 million	42 billion
1980	900 million	557 million	37.4 billion
1979	697 million	232 million	33.3 billion
1978	655 million	191 million	39.2 billion
1977	271 million	262 million	37 billion
1976	276 million	251 million	33 billion
1975	223 million	337 million	34.2 billion
1974	225 million	319 million	32.9 billion
1973	177 million	239 million	32.6 billion
1972	664 million	222 million	28.7 billion
1971	553 million	176 million	29.3 billion
1970	422 million	70 million	22.1 billion
1969	542 million	2.7 billion	24.7 billion
1968	415 million	2.35 billion	22.4 billion
1967	151 million	1.44 billion	22.1 billion
1966	592 million	242 million	22.4 billion
1965	222 million	166 million	23.1 billion
1964	96 million	133 million	24.2 billion
1963	225 million	159 million	18.1 billion
1962	84 million	38 million	15.5 billion
1961	41 million	34 million	15 billion
1960	46 million	26 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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