India vs Saudi Arabia: Arms imports
Arms imports over time
- India
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
India currently reports 1.17 billion SIPRI trend indicator values against 1.11 billion SIPRI trend indicator values in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 57.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values.
That makes India's figure about 1.1 times Saudi Arabia's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was India ahead.
Globally, India ranks 4th and Saudi Arabia ranks 6th of 172 countries.
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About this data
Arms transfers (imports) 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.