China vs Switzerland: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 880 million TIV in China and 129 million TIV in Switzerland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in China, by 751 million TIV, or 6.82 times that in Switzerland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

China has been higher since 1978, when it overtook Switzerland.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	China	Switzerland	World
2025	880 million	129 million	33.5 billion
2024	1.29 billion	11 million	30.7 billion
2023	2.75 billion	63 million	29.5 billion
2022	2.32 billion	181 million	33.3 billion
2021	1.34 billion	107 million	27.1 billion
2020	645 million	145 million	24.1 billion
2019	1.6 billion	222 million	27 billion
2018	1.39 billion	244 million	27.4 billion
2017	1.64 billion	175 million	31.3 billion
2016	2.48 billion	220 million	31.5 billion
2015	1.84 billion	491 million	28.7 billion
2014	1.35 billion	352 million	27.1 billion
2013	2.1 billion	213 million	27.4 billion
2012	1.5 billion	257 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.31 billion	349 million	29.9 billion
2010	1.53 billion	285 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.14 billion	260 million	24.4 billion
2008	598 million	506 million	24.1 billion
2007	520 million	325 million	26.5 billion
2006	769 million	320 million	24.5 billion
2005	341 million	274 million	21.4 billion
2004	408 million	293 million	21.3 billion
2003	701 million	207 million	19.2 billion
2002	524 million	178 million	17.7 billion
2001	510 million	219 million	18.5 billion
2000	309 million	140 million	20.5 billion
1999	334 million	227 million	25.4 billion
1998	349 million	198 million	27.9 billion
1997	427 million	131 million	28.9 billion
1996	764 million	204 million	23.7 billion
1995	981 million	144 million	22.9 billion
1994	1.06 billion	176 million	23 billion
1993	1.44 billion	232 million	25.8 billion
1992	672 million	457 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.32 billion	508 million	28.2 billion
1990	955 million	475 million	30.2 billion
1989	1.06 billion	318 million	34.9 billion
1988	1.43 billion	375 million	36.8 billion
1987	2.6 billion	319 million	39.4 billion
1986	1.86 billion	340 million	39 billion
1985	1.29 billion	347 million	38.2 billion
1984	1.94 billion	529 million	41.6 billion
1983	1.76 billion	331 million	43.9 billion
1982	1.56 billion	413 million	46.2 billion
1981	707 million	559 million	45.8 billion
1980	943 million	566 million	42.2 billion
1979	553 million	488 million	38.4 billion
1978	611 million	223 million	42.4 billion
1977	224 million	339 million	40 billion
1976	580 million	592 million	36 billion
1975	661 million	484 million	37.2 billion
1974	508 million	89 million	36.6 billion
1973	658 million	54 million	36.3 billion
1972	1.25 billion	34 million	34.5 billion
1971	1.31 billion	42 million	32.9 billion
1970	905 million	18 million	25.3 billion
1969	669 million	106 million	28.1 billion
1968	746 million	88 million	26.1 billion
1967	426 million	261 million	25.6 billion
1966	628 million	367 million	25.8 billion
1965	387 million	484 million	25.8 billion
1964	75 million	394 million	26.7 billion
1963	12 million	351 million	20.3 billion
1962	47 million	534 million	17.5 billion
1961	35 million	493 million	16.4 billion
1960	285 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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