China vs Sweden: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 880 million TIV in China and 235 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in China, by 645 million TIV, or 3.74 times that in Sweden.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

China has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Sweden.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	China	Sweden	World
2025	880 million	235 million	33.5 billion
2024	1.29 billion	405 million	30.7 billion
2023	2.75 billion	373 million	29.5 billion
2022	2.32 billion	83 million	33.3 billion
2021	1.34 billion	236 million	27.1 billion
2020	645 million	263 million	24.1 billion
2019	1.6 billion	121 million	27 billion
2018	1.39 billion	135 million	27.4 billion
2017	1.64 billion	75 million	31.3 billion
2016	2.48 billion	248 million	31.5 billion
2015	1.84 billion	178 million	28.7 billion
2014	1.35 billion	340 million	27.1 billion
2013	2.1 billion	383 million	27.4 billion
2012	1.5 billion	436 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.31 billion	658 million	29.9 billion
2010	1.53 billion	612 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.14 billion	389 million	24.4 billion
2008	598 million	461 million	24.1 billion
2007	520 million	332 million	26.5 billion
2006	769 million	384 million	24.5 billion
2005	341 million	536 million	21.4 billion
2004	408 million	297 million	21.3 billion
2003	701 million	516 million	19.2 billion
2002	524 million	164 million	17.7 billion
2001	510 million	892 million	18.5 billion
2000	309 million	355 million	20.5 billion
1999	334 million	383 million	25.4 billion
1998	349 million	332 million	27.9 billion
1997	427 million	99 million	28.9 billion
1996	764 million	344 million	23.7 billion
1995	981 million	226 million	22.9 billion
1994	1.06 billion	111 million	23 billion
1993	1.44 billion	103 million	25.8 billion
1992	672 million	147 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.32 billion	155 million	28.2 billion
1990	955 million	224 million	30.2 billion
1989	1.06 billion	401 million	34.9 billion
1988	1.43 billion	512 million	36.8 billion
1987	2.6 billion	230 million	39.4 billion
1986	1.86 billion	320 million	39 billion
1985	1.29 billion	215 million	38.2 billion
1984	1.94 billion	227 million	41.6 billion
1983	1.76 billion	118 million	43.9 billion
1982	1.56 billion	120 million	46.2 billion
1981	707 million	127 million	45.8 billion
1980	943 million	157 million	42.2 billion
1979	553 million	261 million	38.4 billion
1978	611 million	55 million	42.4 billion
1977	224 million	75 million	40 billion
1976	580 million	101 million	36 billion
1975	661 million	69 million	37.2 billion
1974	508 million	75 million	36.6 billion
1973	658 million	15 million	36.3 billion
1972	1.25 billion	163 million	34.5 billion
1971	1.31 billion	547 million	32.9 billion
1970	905 million	158 million	25.3 billion
1969	669 million	36 million	28.1 billion
1968	746 million	60 million	26.1 billion
1967	426 million	55 million	25.6 billion
1966	628 million	56 million	25.8 billion
1965	387 million	32 million	25.8 billion
1964	75 million	22 million	26.7 billion
1963	12 million	13 million	20.3 billion
1962	47 million	44 million	17.5 billion
1961	35 million	46 million	16.4 billion
1960	285 million	38 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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