India vs Ukraine: Arms imports

India
1.17 billion SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2024
Ukraine
5.23 billion SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2024
India rank
4th
Ukraine rank
1st

Arms imports over time

  • India
  • Ukraine
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How they compare

Ukraine currently reports 5.23 billion SIPRI trend indicator values against 1.17 billion SIPRI trend indicator values in India, a difference of 4.06 billion SIPRI trend indicator values.

That makes Ukraine's figure about 4.5 times India's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 11 shared years of data; in 2014 it was India ahead.

Globally, India ranks 4th and Ukraine ranks 1st of 172 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Arms imports (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
217 places, 9,420 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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.