Austria vs Switzerland: Arms imports

Arms imports: 29 million TIV in Austria in 2025 and 33 million TIV in Switzerland in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 16 million TIV, or 1.94 times that in Austria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Switzerland has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Austria.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Austria	Switzerland	World
2025	29 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	13 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	17 million	33 million	29.5 billion
2022	5 million	15 million	33 billion
2021	34 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	14 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	6 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	10 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	13 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	1 million	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	2 million	5 million	27 billion
2013	5 million	–	27.4 billion
2012	6 million	2 million	27.9 billion
2011	6 million	24 million	29.9 billion
2010	5 million	38 million	25.8 billion
2009	286 million	36 million	24 billion
2008	190 million	15 million	24.1 billion
2007	269 million	108 million	26.5 billion
2006	5 million	83 million	24.4 billion
2005	26 million	168 million	21.3 billion
2004	56 million	203 million	21.3 billion
2003	41 million	117 million	19.2 billion
2002	81 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	15 million	60 million	18.3 billion
2000	25 million	15 million	20.5 billion
1999	48 million	499 million	25.3 billion
1998	247 million	428 million	27.9 billion
1997	190 million	375 million	28.9 billion
1996	9 million	187 million	23.7 billion
1995	30 million	93 million	22.9 billion
1994	52 million	114 million	22.8 billion
1993	8 million	98 million	25.8 billion
1992	5 million	381 million	24.3 billion
1991	6 million	469 million	27.8 billion
1990	5 million	433 million	28.6 billion
1989	84 million	318 million	31.7 billion
1988	117 million	179 million	32.9 billion
1987	7 million	151 million	36.2 billion
1986	19 million	108 million	35.5 billion
1985	28 million	341 million	33.2 billion
1984	13 million	404 million	36.8 billion
1983	145 million	442 million	39.1 billion
1982	97 million	175 million	41.4 billion
1981	73 million	289 million	42 billion
1980	177 million	272 million	37.4 billion
1979	72 million	226 million	33.3 billion
1978	8 million	217 million	39.2 billion
1977	–	4 million	37 billion
1976	12 million	142 million	33 billion
1975	12 million	136 million	34.2 billion
1974	32 million	64 million	32.9 billion
1973	38 million	123 million	32.6 billion
1972	93 million	192 million	28.7 billion
1971	123 million	153 million	29.3 billion
1970	99 million	142 million	22.1 billion
1969	12 million	166 million	24.7 billion
1968	1 million	199 million	22.4 billion
1967	48 million	177 million	22.1 billion
1966	61 million	373 million	22.4 billion
1965	78 million	228 million	23.1 billion
1964	74 million	263 million	24.2 billion
1963	201 million	52 million	18.1 billion
1962	56 million	4 million	15.5 billion
1961	27 million	37 million	15 billion
1960	16 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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