Austria vs Sweden: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 29 million TIV in Austria and 146 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by 117 million TIV, or 5.03 times that in Austria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Sweden has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Austria.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Austria	Sweden	World
2025	29 million	146 million	33.3 billion
2024	13 million	56 million	30.6 billion
2023	17 million	98 million	29.5 billion
2022	5 million	318 million	33 billion
2021	34 million	110 million	26.8 billion
2020	14 million	3 million	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	7 million	26.9 billion
2018	6 million	7 million	27.3 billion
2017	10 million	32 million	31.2 billion
2016	13 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	1 million	24 million	28.7 billion
2014	2 million	48 million	27 billion
2013	5 million	58 million	27.4 billion
2012	6 million	202 million	27.9 billion
2011	6 million	185 million	29.9 billion
2010	5 million	–	25.8 billion
2009	286 million	15 million	24 billion
2008	190 million	52 million	24.1 billion
2007	269 million	51 million	26.5 billion
2006	5 million	121 million	24.4 billion
2005	26 million	78 million	21.3 billion
2004	56 million	47 million	21.3 billion
2003	41 million	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	81 million	74 million	17.7 billion
2001	15 million	165 million	18.3 billion
2000	25 million	196 million	20.5 billion
1999	48 million	224 million	25.3 billion
1998	247 million	294 million	27.9 billion
1997	190 million	196 million	28.9 billion
1996	9 million	98 million	23.7 billion
1995	30 million	106 million	22.9 billion
1994	52 million	307 million	22.8 billion
1993	8 million	46 million	25.8 billion
1992	5 million	60 million	24.3 billion
1991	6 million	55 million	27.8 billion
1990	5 million	94 million	28.6 billion
1989	84 million	127 million	31.7 billion
1988	117 million	152 million	32.9 billion
1987	7 million	125 million	36.2 billion
1986	19 million	118 million	35.5 billion
1985	28 million	84 million	33.2 billion
1984	13 million	108 million	36.8 billion
1983	145 million	106 million	39.1 billion
1982	97 million	153 million	41.4 billion
1981	73 million	495 million	42 billion
1980	177 million	291 million	37.4 billion
1979	72 million	233 million	33.3 billion
1978	8 million	229 million	39.2 billion
1977	–	114 million	37 billion
1976	12 million	214 million	33 billion
1975	12 million	292 million	34.2 billion
1974	32 million	256 million	32.9 billion
1973	38 million	231 million	32.6 billion
1972	93 million	196 million	28.7 billion
1971	123 million	160 million	29.3 billion
1970	99 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1969	12 million	172 million	24.7 billion
1968	1 million	189 million	22.4 billion
1967	48 million	318 million	22.1 billion
1966	61 million	299 million	22.4 billion
1965	78 million	324 million	23.1 billion
1964	74 million	400 million	24.2 billion
1963	201 million	335 million	18.1 billion
1962	56 million	177 million	15.5 billion
1961	27 million	165 million	15 billion
1960	16 million	227 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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