India vs United States: Arms imports
Arms imports over time
- India
- United States
How they compare
United States currently reports 1.21 billion SIPRI trend indicator values against 1.17 billion SIPRI trend indicator values in India, a difference of 41.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was India ahead.
Globally, India ranks 4th and United States ranks 3rd 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.