India vs Papua New Guinea: Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita

India
0.805 SIPRI trend indicator values per person
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
0.8663 SIPRI trend indicator values per person
in 2023
India rank
112th
Papua New Guinea rank
109th

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita over time

  • India
  • Papua New Guinea
02.557.51012.5196019922024

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.8663 SIPRI trend indicator values per person against 0.805 SIPRI trend indicator values per person in India, a difference of 0.0613 SIPRI trend indicator values per person.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times India's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 21 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

India ranks 112th and Papua New Guinea ranks 109th of 172 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, India averaged higher in 4 and Papua New Guinea in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade India Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1970s 2.46 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 4.35 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 1.89 SIPRI trend indicator values per person Papua New Guinea
1980s 4.16 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 1.6 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 2.56 SIPRI trend indicator values per person India
1990s 1.69 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 1.29 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 0.4027 SIPRI trend indicator values per person India
2010s 1.95 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 0.4012 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 1.55 SIPRI trend indicator values per person India
2020s 1.91 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 1.13 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 0.7803 SIPRI trend indicator values per person India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per capita, India or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 0.8663 SIPRI trend indicator values per person against 0.805 SIPRI trend indicator values per person in India as of 2023.
What is the difference in arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per capita between India and Papua New Guinea?
0.0613 SIPRI trend indicator values per person, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Papua New Guinea?
21 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2023.
How do India and Papua New Guinea rank globally for arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per capita?
India ranks 112th and Papua New Guinea ranks 109th of 172 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

India vs Papua New Guinea: Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 06 September 2026, from https://public-sector.statizoid.com/compare/arms-imports-sipri-trend-indicator-values-per-capita/india/papua-new-guinea/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://public-sector.statizoid.com/compare/arms-imports-sipri-trend-indicator-values-per-capita/india/papua-new-guinea/">India vs Papua New Guinea: Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita
Unit
SIPRI trend indicator values per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
217 places, 9,420 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.