Canada vs Sweden: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 83 million TIV in Canada and 146 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by 63 million TIV, or 1.76 times that in Canada.
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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 83 million 2025 | 408 million | 49 of 110 |
| Sweden | 146 million 2025 | 24 million | 39 of 110 |
| World | 33.3 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
What the numbers say
- Sweden has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Canada.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Canada | Sweden | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83 million | 146 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 198 million | 56 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 73 million | 98 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 214 million | 318 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 357 million | 110 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 248 million | 3 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 187 million | 7 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 185 million | 7 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 354 million | 32 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 246 million | 70 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 408 million | 24 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 316 million | 48 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 202 million | 58 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 207 million | 202 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 356 million | 185 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 242 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 104 million | 15 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 423 million | 52 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 478 million | 51 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 97 million | 121 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 106 million | 78 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 341 million | 47 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 140 million | 66 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 418 million | 74 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 520 million | 165 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 529 million | 196 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 143 million | 224 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 111 million | 294 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 353 million | 196 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 419 million | 98 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 405 million | 106 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 473 million | 307 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 196 million | 46 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 407 million | 60 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 767 million | 55 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 157 million | 94 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 37 million | 127 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 712 million | 152 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 787 million | 125 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 849 million | 118 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 848 million | 84 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 654 million | 108 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 649 million | 106 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 277 million | 153 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 453 million | 495 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 442 million | 291 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 193 million | 233 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 130 million | 229 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 90 million | 114 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 53 million | 214 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 195 million | 292 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 229 million | 256 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 78 million | 231 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 376 million | 196 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 457 million | 160 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 623 million | 137 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 516 million | 172 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 336 million | 189 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 237 million | 318 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 306 million | 299 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 563 million | 324 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 742 million | 400 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 1.01 billion | 335 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 1.22 billion | 177 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 1.58 billion | 165 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 171 million | 227 million | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
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