India vs Japan: Arms exports

India
25.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2024
Japan
21.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2024
India rank
38th
Japan rank
40th

Arms exports over time

  • India
  • Japan
050.0M100.0M150.0M196019922024

How they compare

India currently reports 25.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values against 21.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values in Japan, a difference of 4.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values.

That makes India's figure about 1.2 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 20 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Japan ahead.

Globally, India ranks 38th and Japan ranks 40th of 70 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values)
Unit
SIPRI trend indicator values
Source
Arms Transfers Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
106 places, 3,345 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Arms transfers (exports) cover the volume of transfers of major arms through sales and gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships. Figures are SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIVs). A '0' indicates that the volume of deliveries is between 0 and 0.5 million SIPRI TIV.