Australia vs Switzerland: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Australia and 129 million TIV in Switzerland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 21 million TIV, or 1.19 times that in Australia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Switzerland has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Australia.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Australia	Switzerland	World
2025	108 million	129 million	33.5 billion
2024	73 million	11 million	30.7 billion
2023	81 million	63 million	29.5 billion
2022	19 million	181 million	33.3 billion
2021	175 million	107 million	27.1 billion
2020	406 million	145 million	24.1 billion
2019	129 million	222 million	27 billion
2018	39 million	244 million	27.4 billion
2017	101 million	175 million	31.3 billion
2016	136 million	220 million	31.5 billion
2015	79 million	491 million	28.7 billion
2014	94 million	352 million	27.1 billion
2013	54 million	213 million	27.4 billion
2012	45 million	257 million	27.9 billion
2011	143 million	349 million	29.9 billion
2010	137 million	285 million	25.8 billion
2009	86 million	260 million	24.4 billion
2008	57 million	506 million	24.1 billion
2007	53 million	325 million	26.5 billion
2006	26 million	320 million	24.5 billion
2005	49 million	274 million	21.4 billion
2004	2 million	293 million	21.3 billion
2003	44 million	207 million	19.2 billion
2002	47 million	178 million	17.7 billion
2001	43 million	219 million	18.5 billion
2000	–	140 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	227 million	25.4 billion
1998	4 million	198 million	27.9 billion
1997	14 million	131 million	28.9 billion
1996	10 million	204 million	23.7 billion
1995	36 million	144 million	22.9 billion
1994	24 million	176 million	23 billion
1993	30 million	232 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	457 million	24.3 billion
1991	84 million	508 million	28.2 billion
1990	156 million	475 million	30.2 billion
1989	18 million	318 million	34.9 billion
1988	12 million	375 million	36.8 billion
1987	89 million	319 million	39.4 billion
1986	57 million	340 million	39 billion
1985	10 million	347 million	38.2 billion
1984	62 million	529 million	41.6 billion
1983	31 million	331 million	43.9 billion
1982	26 million	413 million	46.2 billion
1981	17 million	559 million	45.8 billion
1980	15 million	566 million	42.2 billion
1979	22 million	488 million	38.4 billion
1978	21 million	223 million	42.4 billion
1977	62 million	339 million	40 billion
1976	113 million	592 million	36 billion
1975	131 million	484 million	37.2 billion
1974	92 million	89 million	36.6 billion
1973	72 million	54 million	36.3 billion
1972	6 million	34 million	34.5 billion
1971	36 million	42 million	32.9 billion
1970	17 million	18 million	25.3 billion
1969	26 million	106 million	28.1 billion
1968	–	88 million	26.1 billion
1967	–	261 million	25.6 billion
1966	–	367 million	25.8 billion
1965	–	484 million	25.8 billion
1964	–	394 million	26.7 billion
1963	–	351 million	20.3 billion
1962	4 million	534 million	17.5 billion
1961	2 million	493 million	16.4 billion
1960	–	435 million	17.6 billion

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Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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