Canada vs Switzerland: Arms imports

Arms imports: 83 million TIV in Canada in 2025 and 33 million TIV in Switzerland in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Canada, by 40 million TIV, or 2.21 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 2006, when it overtook Switzerland.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Canada	Switzerland	World
2025	83 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	198 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	73 million	33 million	29.5 billion
2022	214 million	15 million	33 billion
2021	357 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	248 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	187 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	185 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	354 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	246 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	408 million	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	316 million	5 million	27 billion
2013	202 million	–	27.4 billion
2012	207 million	2 million	27.9 billion
2011	356 million	24 million	29.9 billion
2010	242 million	38 million	25.8 billion
2009	104 million	36 million	24 billion
2008	423 million	15 million	24.1 billion
2007	478 million	108 million	26.5 billion
2006	97 million	83 million	24.4 billion
2005	106 million	168 million	21.3 billion
2004	341 million	203 million	21.3 billion
2003	140 million	117 million	19.2 billion
2002	418 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	520 million	60 million	18.3 billion
2000	529 million	15 million	20.5 billion
1999	143 million	499 million	25.3 billion
1998	111 million	428 million	27.9 billion
1997	353 million	375 million	28.9 billion
1996	419 million	187 million	23.7 billion
1995	405 million	93 million	22.9 billion
1994	473 million	114 million	22.8 billion
1993	196 million	98 million	25.8 billion
1992	407 million	381 million	24.3 billion
1991	767 million	469 million	27.8 billion
1990	157 million	433 million	28.6 billion
1989	37 million	318 million	31.7 billion
1988	712 million	179 million	32.9 billion
1987	787 million	151 million	36.2 billion
1986	849 million	108 million	35.5 billion
1985	848 million	341 million	33.2 billion
1984	654 million	404 million	36.8 billion
1983	649 million	442 million	39.1 billion
1982	277 million	175 million	41.4 billion
1981	453 million	289 million	42 billion
1980	442 million	272 million	37.4 billion
1979	193 million	226 million	33.3 billion
1978	130 million	217 million	39.2 billion
1977	90 million	4 million	37 billion
1976	53 million	142 million	33 billion
1975	195 million	136 million	34.2 billion
1974	229 million	64 million	32.9 billion
1973	78 million	123 million	32.6 billion
1972	376 million	192 million	28.7 billion
1971	457 million	153 million	29.3 billion
1970	623 million	142 million	22.1 billion
1969	516 million	166 million	24.7 billion
1968	336 million	199 million	22.4 billion
1967	237 million	177 million	22.1 billion
1966	306 million	373 million	22.4 billion
1965	563 million	228 million	23.1 billion
1964	742 million	263 million	24.2 billion
1963	1.01 billion	52 million	18.1 billion
1962	1.22 billion	4 million	15.5 billion
1961	1.58 billion	37 million	15 billion
1960	171 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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