Brazil vs Switzerland: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 153 million TIV in Brazil and 129 million TIV in Switzerland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 24 million TIV, or 1.19 times that in Switzerland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Brazil has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Switzerland.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Brazil	Switzerland	World
2025	153 million	129 million	33.5 billion
2024	112 million	11 million	30.7 billion
2023	54 million	63 million	29.5 billion
2022	10 million	181 million	33.3 billion
2021	86 million	107 million	27.1 billion
2020	164 million	145 million	24.1 billion
2019	21 million	222 million	27 billion
2018	102 million	244 million	27.4 billion
2017	36 million	175 million	31.3 billion
2016	134 million	220 million	31.5 billion
2015	53 million	491 million	28.7 billion
2014	31 million	352 million	27.1 billion
2013	31 million	213 million	27.4 billion
2012	33 million	257 million	27.9 billion
2011	32 million	349 million	29.9 billion
2010	147 million	285 million	25.8 billion
2009	44 million	260 million	24.4 billion
2008	93 million	506 million	24.1 billion
2007	54 million	325 million	26.5 billion
2006	44 million	320 million	24.5 billion
2005	1 million	274 million	21.4 billion
2004	46 million	293 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	207 million	19.2 billion
2002	21 million	178 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	219 million	18.5 billion
2000	–	140 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	227 million	25.4 billion
1998	18 million	198 million	27.9 billion
1997	27 million	131 million	28.9 billion
1996	27 million	204 million	23.7 billion
1995	38 million	144 million	22.9 billion
1994	54 million	176 million	23 billion
1993	40 million	232 million	25.8 billion
1992	99 million	457 million	24.3 billion
1991	129 million	508 million	28.2 billion
1990	108 million	475 million	30.2 billion
1989	53 million	318 million	34.9 billion
1988	208 million	375 million	36.8 billion
1987	216 million	319 million	39.4 billion
1986	140 million	340 million	39 billion
1985	209 million	347 million	38.2 billion
1984	280 million	529 million	41.6 billion
1983	204 million	331 million	43.9 billion
1982	128 million	413 million	46.2 billion
1981	71 million	559 million	45.8 billion
1980	160 million	566 million	42.2 billion
1979	80 million	488 million	38.4 billion
1978	204 million	223 million	42.4 billion
1977	156 million	339 million	40 billion
1976	76 million	592 million	36 billion
1975	69 million	484 million	37.2 billion
1974	12 million	89 million	36.6 billion
1973	–	54 million	36.3 billion
1972	–	34 million	34.5 billion
1971	0	42 million	32.9 billion
1970	–	18 million	25.3 billion
1969	18 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	–	534 million	17.5 billion
1961	12 million	493 million	16.4 billion
1960	2 million	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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