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India Ranks 5th in Global Military Spending 2025

Published on 10 Jun 2026

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India Ranks 5th in Global Military Spending 2025
  • India remained the world’s fifth-largest military spender in 2025 with $92.1 billion expenditure, behind the US, China, Russia, and Germany. Spending rose 8.9% from the previous year. India was also the second-largest importer of major arms during 2021–25, accounting for 8.2% of global imports, though imports declined 4% due to growing domestic production capacity.
  • Russia remained the top supplier (40% share, down from 70% earlier), followed by France (29%) and Israel (15%). SIPRI noted increasing global arms transfers and Ukraine as the largest recipient in the period.
Source: SarkariPariksha