Canada vs Switzerland: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 312 million TIV in Canada and 129 million TIV in Switzerland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 183 million TIV, or 2.42 times that in Switzerland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Canada has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Switzerland.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Canada	Switzerland	World
2025	312 million	129 million	33.5 billion
2024	237 million	11 million	30.7 billion
2023	276 million	63 million	29.5 billion
2022	147 million	181 million	33.3 billion
2021	144 million	107 million	27.1 billion
2020	123 million	145 million	24.1 billion
2019	223 million	222 million	27 billion
2018	108 million	244 million	27.4 billion
2017	63 million	175 million	31.3 billion
2016	96 million	220 million	31.5 billion
2015	298 million	491 million	28.7 billion
2014	189 million	352 million	27.1 billion
2013	170 million	213 million	27.4 billion
2012	258 million	257 million	27.9 billion
2011	277 million	349 million	29.9 billion
2010	196 million	285 million	25.8 billion
2009	198 million	260 million	24.4 billion
2008	252 million	506 million	24.1 billion
2007	334 million	325 million	26.5 billion
2006	254 million	320 million	24.5 billion
2005	234 million	274 million	21.4 billion
2004	289 million	293 million	21.3 billion
2003	302 million	207 million	19.2 billion
2002	177 million	178 million	17.7 billion
2001	124 million	219 million	18.5 billion
2000	69 million	140 million	20.5 billion
1999	80 million	227 million	25.4 billion
1998	39 million	198 million	27.9 billion
1997	97 million	131 million	28.9 billion
1996	168 million	204 million	23.7 billion
1995	248 million	144 million	22.9 billion
1994	165 million	176 million	23 billion
1993	152 million	232 million	25.8 billion
1992	147 million	457 million	24.3 billion
1991	93 million	508 million	28.2 billion
1990	79 million	475 million	30.2 billion
1989	33 million	318 million	34.9 billion
1988	124 million	375 million	36.8 billion
1987	250 million	319 million	39.4 billion
1986	240 million	340 million	39 billion
1985	83 million	347 million	38.2 billion
1984	77 million	529 million	41.6 billion
1983	97 million	331 million	43.9 billion
1982	237 million	413 million	46.2 billion
1981	105 million	559 million	45.8 billion
1980	116 million	566 million	42.2 billion
1979	163 million	488 million	38.4 billion
1978	177 million	223 million	42.4 billion
1977	138 million	339 million	40 billion
1976	259 million	592 million	36 billion
1975	59 million	484 million	37.2 billion
1974	90 million	89 million	36.6 billion
1973	118 million	54 million	36.3 billion
1972	323 million	34 million	34.5 billion
1971	290 million	42 million	32.9 billion
1970	198 million	18 million	25.3 billion
1969	183 million	106 million	28.1 billion
1968	198 million	88 million	26.1 billion
1967	73 million	261 million	25.6 billion
1966	112 million	367 million	25.8 billion
1965	121 million	484 million	25.8 billion
1964	273 million	394 million	26.7 billion
1963	245 million	351 million	20.3 billion
1962	188 million	534 million	17.5 billion
1961	300 million	493 million	16.4 billion
1960	66 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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