Argentina vs Switzerland: Arms imports

Arms imports: 108 million TIV in Argentina in 2025 and 33 million TIV in Switzerland in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 11 million TIV, or 1.5 times that in Argentina.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Switzerland has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Argentina.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Argentina	Switzerland	World
2025	108 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	45 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	22 million	33 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	15 million	33 billion
2021	77 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	7 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	51 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	19 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	47 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	17 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	18 million	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	6 million	5 million	27 billion
2013	13 million	–	27.4 billion
2012	5 million	2 million	27.9 billion
2011	16 million	24 million	29.9 billion
2010	11 million	38 million	25.8 billion
2009	15 million	36 million	24 billion
2008	21 million	15 million	24.1 billion
2007	24 million	108 million	26.5 billion
2006	9 million	83 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	168 million	21.3 billion
2004	161 million	203 million	21.3 billion
2003	11 million	117 million	19.2 billion
2002	15 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	6 million	60 million	18.3 billion
2000	208 million	15 million	20.5 billion
1999	276 million	499 million	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	428 million	27.9 billion
1997	105 million	375 million	28.9 billion
1996	21 million	187 million	23.7 billion
1995	43 million	93 million	22.9 billion
1994	209 million	114 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	98 million	25.8 billion
1992	27 million	381 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	469 million	27.8 billion
1990	159 million	433 million	28.6 billion
1989	6 million	318 million	31.7 billion
1988	71 million	179 million	32.9 billion
1987	217 million	151 million	36.2 billion
1986	219 million	108 million	35.5 billion
1985	485 million	341 million	33.2 billion
1984	724 million	404 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.31 billion	442 million	39.1 billion
1982	406 million	175 million	41.4 billion
1981	833 million	289 million	42 billion
1980	445 million	272 million	37.4 billion
1979	451 million	226 million	33.3 billion
1978	434 million	217 million	39.2 billion
1977	204 million	4 million	37 billion
1976	499 million	142 million	33 billion
1975	268 million	136 million	34.2 billion
1974	450 million	64 million	32.9 billion
1973	248 million	123 million	32.6 billion
1972	402 million	192 million	28.7 billion
1971	363 million	153 million	29.3 billion
1970	257 million	142 million	22.1 billion
1969	230 million	166 million	24.7 billion
1968	430 million	199 million	22.4 billion
1967	143 million	177 million	22.1 billion
1966	93 million	373 million	22.4 billion
1965	7 million	228 million	23.1 billion
1964	19 million	263 million	24.2 billion
1963	29 million	52 million	18.1 billion
1962	47 million	4 million	15.5 billion
1961	205 million	37 million	15 billion
1960	111 million	218 million	15.7 billion

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Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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