China vs Sweden: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 207 million TIV in China and 146 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in China, by 61 million TIV, or 1.42 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 1995, when it overtook Sweden.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	China	Sweden	World
2025	207 million	146 million	33.3 billion
2024	71 million	56 million	30.6 billion
2023	428 million	98 million	29.5 billion
2022	646 million	318 million	33 billion
2021	685 million	110 million	26.8 billion
2020	775 million	3 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.57 billion	7 million	26.9 billion
2018	2.25 billion	7 million	27.3 billion
2017	1.55 billion	32 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.21 billion	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.19 billion	24 million	28.7 billion
2014	1.03 billion	48 million	27 billion
2013	1.22 billion	58 million	27.4 billion
2012	1.54 billion	202 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.03 billion	185 million	29.9 billion
2010	940 million	–	25.8 billion
2009	1.38 billion	15 million	24 billion
2008	1.78 billion	52 million	24.1 billion
2007	1.7 billion	51 million	26.5 billion
2006	2.83 billion	121 million	24.4 billion
2005	3.47 billion	78 million	21.3 billion
2004	3.24 billion	47 million	21.3 billion
2003	2.33 billion	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	2.83 billion	74 million	17.7 billion
2001	2.76 billion	165 million	18.3 billion
2000	2.47 billion	196 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.72 billion	224 million	25.3 billion
1998	375 million	294 million	27.9 billion
1997	940 million	196 million	28.9 billion
1996	1.5 billion	98 million	23.7 billion
1995	701 million	106 million	22.9 billion
1994	304 million	307 million	22.8 billion
1993	1.23 billion	46 million	25.8 billion
1992	1.18 billion	60 million	24.3 billion
1991	439 million	55 million	27.8 billion
1990	267 million	94 million	28.6 billion
1989	163 million	127 million	31.7 billion
1988	97 million	152 million	32.9 billion
1987	47 million	125 million	36.2 billion
1986	11 million	118 million	35.5 billion
1985	104 million	84 million	33.2 billion
1984	62 million	108 million	36.8 billion
1983	16 million	106 million	39.1 billion
1982	5 million	153 million	41.4 billion
1981	–	495 million	42 billion
1980	4 million	291 million	37.4 billion
1979	8 million	233 million	33.3 billion
1978	83 million	229 million	39.2 billion
1977	72 million	114 million	37 billion
1976	1 million	214 million	33 billion
1975	1 million	292 million	34.2 billion
1974	1 million	256 million	32.9 billion
1973	1 million	231 million	32.6 billion
1972	1 million	196 million	28.7 billion
1971	1 million	160 million	29.3 billion
1970	1 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	172 million	24.7 billion
1968	180 million	189 million	22.4 billion
1967	144 million	318 million	22.1 billion
1966	225 million	299 million	22.4 billion
1965	257 million	324 million	23.1 billion
1964	485 million	400 million	24.2 billion
1963	450 million	335 million	18.1 billion
1962	415 million	177 million	15.5 billion
1961	952 million	165 million	15 billion
1960	2.36 billion	227 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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