India
Military spending in US dollars in India
Military spending in US dollars in India: $3.05B in 1956 and $93.3B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $93.3B
- Since 1956
- +$90.2B
- Rank, 2025
- 5 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | India |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $93.3B |
| 2024 | $85.6B |
| 2023 | $85.2B |
| 2022 | $83.2B |
| 2021 | $79.7B |
| 2020 | $80.2B |
| 2019 | $79.7B |
| 2018 | $74.5B |
| 2017 | $71.9B |
| 2016 | $67.2B |
| 2015 | $61B |
| 2014 | $60.4B |
| 2013 | $57.6B |
| 2012 | $57.6B |
| 2011 | $57.9B |
| 2010 | $57.3B |
| 2009 | $57.1B |
| 2008 | $48.5B |
| 2007 | $42.8B |
| 2006 | $42.3B |
| 2005 | $41.9B |
| 2004 | $39.4B |
| 2003 | $33.9B |
| 2002 | $33.2B |
| 2001 | $33.3B |
| 2000 | $32.1B |
| 1999 | $31.2B |
| 1998 | $26.8B |
| 1997 | $25.7B |
| 1996 | $23.2B |
| 1995 | $22.8B |
| 1994 | $22.1B |
| 1993 | $22B |
| 1992 | $19.5B |
| 1991 | $20.4B |
| 1990 | $21.9B |
| 1989 | $22.2B |
| 1988 | $21.1B |
| 1987 | $20.6B |
| 1986 | $19.1B |
| 1985 | $16.2B |
| 1984 | $14.4B |
| 1983 | $13.6B |
| 1982 | $13.2B |
| 1981 | $12.1B |
| 1980 | $11.5B |
| 1979 | $11.2B |
| 1978 | $10.4B |
| 1977 | $9.93B |
| 1976 | $10.5B |
| 1975 | $9.1B |
| 1974 | $8.11B |
| 1973 | $8.71B |
| 1972 | $9.86B |
| 1971 | $9.35B |
| 1970 | $7.84B |
| 1969 | $7.61B |
| 1968 | $7.18B |
| 1967 | $6.93B |
| 1966 | $7.42B |
| 1965 | $7.88B |
| 1964 | $8.06B |
| 1963 | $8.26B |
| 1962 | $5.04B |
| 1961 | $3.67B |
| 1960 | $3.4B |
| 1959 | $3.37B |
| 1958 | $3.65B |
| 1957 | $3.64B |
| 1956 | $3.05B |
- Estimate
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending2.3% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$63 in 2025
- Military share of state spending8.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel3.07 million people in 2020
- National power9.94% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports2.86 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exports81 million TIV in 2025