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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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 312 million 2025 | 298 million |
| Switzerland | 129 million 2025 | 491 million |
| World | 33.5 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
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 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
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