China vs Switzerland: Arms imports

Arms imports: 207 million TIV in China in 2025 and 33 million TIV in Switzerland in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in China, by 395 million TIV, or 13 times that in Switzerland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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China has been higher since 1999, when it overtook Switzerland.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	China	Switzerland	World
2025	207 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	71 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	428 million	33 million	29.5 billion
2022	646 million	15 million	33 billion
2021	685 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	775 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	1.57 billion	–	26.9 billion
2018	2.25 billion	–	27.3 billion
2017	1.55 billion	–	31.2 billion
2016	1.21 billion	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.19 billion	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	1.03 billion	5 million	27 billion
2013	1.22 billion	–	27.4 billion
2012	1.54 billion	2 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.03 billion	24 million	29.9 billion
2010	940 million	38 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.38 billion	36 million	24 billion
2008	1.78 billion	15 million	24.1 billion
2007	1.7 billion	108 million	26.5 billion
2006	2.83 billion	83 million	24.4 billion
2005	3.47 billion	168 million	21.3 billion
2004	3.24 billion	203 million	21.3 billion
2003	2.33 billion	117 million	19.2 billion
2002	2.83 billion	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	2.76 billion	60 million	18.3 billion
2000	2.47 billion	15 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.72 billion	499 million	25.3 billion
1998	375 million	428 million	27.9 billion
1997	940 million	375 million	28.9 billion
1996	1.5 billion	187 million	23.7 billion
1995	701 million	93 million	22.9 billion
1994	304 million	114 million	22.8 billion
1993	1.23 billion	98 million	25.8 billion
1992	1.18 billion	381 million	24.3 billion
1991	439 million	469 million	27.8 billion
1990	267 million	433 million	28.6 billion
1989	163 million	318 million	31.7 billion
1988	97 million	179 million	32.9 billion
1987	47 million	151 million	36.2 billion
1986	11 million	108 million	35.5 billion
1985	104 million	341 million	33.2 billion
1984	62 million	404 million	36.8 billion
1983	16 million	442 million	39.1 billion
1982	5 million	175 million	41.4 billion
1981	–	289 million	42 billion
1980	4 million	272 million	37.4 billion
1979	8 million	226 million	33.3 billion
1978	83 million	217 million	39.2 billion
1977	72 million	4 million	37 billion
1976	1 million	142 million	33 billion
1975	1 million	136 million	34.2 billion
1974	1 million	64 million	32.9 billion
1973	1 million	123 million	32.6 billion
1972	1 million	192 million	28.7 billion
1971	1 million	153 million	29.3 billion
1970	1 million	142 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	166 million	24.7 billion
1968	180 million	199 million	22.4 billion
1967	144 million	177 million	22.1 billion
1966	225 million	373 million	22.4 billion
1965	257 million	228 million	23.1 billion
1964	485 million	263 million	24.2 billion
1963	450 million	52 million	18.1 billion
1962	415 million	4 million	15.5 billion
1961	952 million	37 million	15 billion
1960	2.36 billion	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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