Pakistan vs Vietnam: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 706 million TIV in Pakistan and 177 million TIV in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 529 million TIV, or 3.99 times that in Vietnam.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Pakistan has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Vietnam.
In 2025, Pakistan ranked 14 and Vietnam ranked 38 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	Vietnam	World
2025	706 million	177 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.07 billion	58 million	30.6 billion
2023	2.2 billion	45 million	29.5 billion
2022	1.53 billion	86 million	33 billion
2021	984 million	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	624 million	38 million	23.4 billion
2019	654 million	166 million	26.9 billion
2018	893 million	604 million	27.3 billion
2017	870 million	783 million	31.2 billion
2016	872 million	924 million	31.4 billion
2015	771 million	869 million	28.7 billion
2014	877 million	1.23 billion	27 billion
2013	1.11 billion	360 million	27.4 billion
2012	1.02 billion	782 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.18 billion	1.02 billion	29.9 billion
2010	2.23 billion	161 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.2 billion	61 million	24 billion
2008	1.07 billion	186 million	24.1 billion
2007	693 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	324 million	42 million	24.4 billion
2005	427 million	221 million	21.3 billion
2004	471 million	299 million	21.3 billion
2003	645 million	22 million	19.2 billion
2002	566 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	412 million	97 million	18.3 billion
2000	175 million	11 million	20.5 billion
1999	867 million	168 million	25.3 billion
1998	699 million	209 million	27.9 billion
1997	691 million	111 million	28.9 billion
1996	506 million	214 million	23.7 billion
1995	368 million	273 million	22.9 billion
1994	862 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	992 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	352 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	511 million	–	27.8 billion
1990	635 million	116 million	28.6 billion
1989	974 million	128 million	31.7 billion
1988	412 million	65 million	32.9 billion
1987	617 million	50 million	36.2 billion
1986	280 million	78 million	35.5 billion
1985	751 million	28 million	33.2 billion
1984	863 million	557 million	36.8 billion
1983	784 million	916 million	39.1 billion
1982	544 million	532 million	41.4 billion
1981	491 million	1.07 billion	42 billion
1980	900 million	1.02 billion	37.4 billion
1979	697 million	1.25 billion	33.3 billion
1978	655 million	227 million	39.2 billion
1977	271 million	42 million	37 billion
1976	276 million	42 million	33 billion
1975	223 million	493 million	34.2 billion
1974	225 million	859 million	32.9 billion
1973	177 million	1.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	664 million	1.32 billion	28.7 billion
1971	553 million	1.2 billion	29.3 billion
1970	422 million	1.21 billion	22.1 billion
1969	542 million	909 million	24.7 billion
1968	415 million	1.18 billion	22.4 billion
1967	151 million	1.1 billion	22.1 billion
1966	592 million	1.14 billion	22.4 billion
1965	222 million	651 million	23.1 billion
1964	96 million	266 million	24.2 billion
1963	225 million	107 million	18.1 billion
1962	84 million	47 million	15.5 billion
1961	41 million	95 million	15 billion
1960	46 million	103 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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