Pakistan vs United States

Pakistan vs United States: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 706 million TIV in Pakistan and 745 million TIV in United States, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by 39 million TIV, or 1.06 times that in Pakistan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Pakistan vs United States: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 706 million TIV in Pakistan and 745 million TIV in United States, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by 39 million TIV, or 1.06 times that in Pakistan.
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What the numbers say

  • United States has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Pakistan.
  • In 2025, Pakistan ranked 14 and United States ranked 13 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

YearPakistanUnited StatesWorld
2025706 million745 million33.3 billion
20241.07 billion1.05 billion30.6 billion
20232.2 billion891 million29.5 billion
20221.53 billion846 million33 billion
2021984 million922 million26.8 billion
2020624 million806 million23.4 billion
2019654 million882 million26.9 billion
2018893 million379 million27.3 billion
2017870 million504 million31.2 billion
2016872 million447 million31.4 billion
2015771 million482 million28.7 billion
2014877 million568 million27 billion
20131.11 billion767 million27.4 billion
20121.02 billion1.14 billion27.9 billion
20111.18 billion937 million29.9 billion
20102.23 billion969 million25.8 billion
20091.2 billion939 million24 billion
20081.07 billion936 million24.1 billion
2007693 million842 million26.5 billion
2006324 million706 million24.4 billion
2005427 million582 million21.3 billion
2004471 million596 million21.3 billion
2003645 million630 million19.2 billion
2002566 million515 million17.7 billion
2001412 million508 million18.3 billion
2000175 million333 million20.5 billion
1999867 million220 million25.3 billion
1998699 million262 million27.9 billion
1997691 million610 million28.9 billion
1996506 million601 million23.7 billion
1995368 million809 million22.9 billion
1994862 million951 million22.8 billion
1993992 million968 million25.8 billion
1992352 million540 million24.3 billion
1991511 million515 million27.8 billion
1990635 million363 million28.6 billion
1989974 million1.78 billion31.7 billion
1988412 million1.79 billion32.9 billion
1987617 million2 billion36.2 billion
1986280 million424 million35.5 billion
1985751 million655 million33.2 billion
1984863 million381 million36.8 billion
1983784 million463 million39.1 billion
1982544 million248 million41.4 billion
1981491 million531 million42 billion
1980900 million380 million37.4 billion
1979697 million253 million33.3 billion
1978655 million369 million39.2 billion
1977271 million384 million37 billion
1976276 million499 million33 billion
1975223 million388 million34.2 billion
1974225 million586 million32.9 billion
1973177 million656 million32.6 billion
1972664 million769 million28.7 billion
1971553 million578 million29.3 billion
1970422 million38 million22.1 billion
1969542 million50 million24.7 billion
1968415 million62 million22.4 billion
1967151 million88 million22.1 billion
1966592 million89 million22.4 billion
1965222 million170 million23.1 billion
196496 million358 million24.2 billion
1963225 million283 million18.1 billion
196284 million236 million15.5 billion
196141 million198 million15 billion
196046 million181 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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