Finland vs Sweden: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 115 million TIV in Finland and 235 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by 120 million TIV, or 2.04 times that in Finland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Sweden has been higher since 1979, when it overtook Finland.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Finland	Sweden	World
2025	115 million	235 million	33.5 billion
2024	20 million	405 million	30.7 billion
2023	51 million	373 million	29.5 billion
2022	42 million	83 million	33.3 billion
2021	18 million	236 million	27.1 billion
2020	16 million	263 million	24.1 billion
2019	29 million	121 million	27 billion
2018	43 million	135 million	27.4 billion
2017	32 million	75 million	31.3 billion
2016	61 million	248 million	31.5 billion
2015	29 million	178 million	28.7 billion
2014	104 million	340 million	27.1 billion
2013	76 million	383 million	27.4 billion
2012	105 million	436 million	27.9 billion
2011	70 million	658 million	29.9 billion
2010	73 million	612 million	25.8 billion
2009	68 million	389 million	24.4 billion
2008	100 million	461 million	24.1 billion
2007	63 million	332 million	26.5 billion
2006	124 million	384 million	24.5 billion
2005	41 million	536 million	21.4 billion
2004	28 million	297 million	21.3 billion
2003	35 million	516 million	19.2 billion
2002	35 million	164 million	17.7 billion
2001	29 million	892 million	18.5 billion
2000	12 million	355 million	20.5 billion
1999	18 million	383 million	25.4 billion
1998	17 million	332 million	27.9 billion
1997	1 million	99 million	28.9 billion
1996	3 million	344 million	23.7 billion
1995	25 million	226 million	22.9 billion
1994	20 million	111 million	23 billion
1993	12 million	103 million	25.8 billion
1992	9 million	147 million	24.3 billion
1991	18 million	155 million	28.2 billion
1990	–	224 million	30.2 billion
1989	–	401 million	34.9 billion
1988	1 million	512 million	36.8 billion
1987	–	230 million	39.4 billion
1986	–	320 million	39 billion
1985	–	215 million	38.2 billion
1984	–	227 million	41.6 billion
1983	–	118 million	43.9 billion
1982	15 million	120 million	46.2 billion
1981	–	127 million	45.8 billion
1980	–	157 million	42.2 billion
1979	63 million	261 million	38.4 billion
1978	63 million	55 million	42.4 billion
1977	–	75 million	40 billion
1976	–	101 million	36 billion
1975	63 million	69 million	37.2 billion
1974	63 million	75 million	36.6 billion
1973	–	15 million	36.3 billion
1972	30 million	163 million	34.5 billion
1971	40 million	547 million	32.9 billion
1970	37 million	158 million	25.3 billion
1969	39 million	36 million	28.1 billion
1968	39 million	60 million	26.1 billion
1967	39 million	55 million	25.6 billion
1966	67 million	56 million	25.8 billion
1965	3 million	32 million	25.8 billion
1964	–	22 million	26.7 billion
1963	–	13 million	20.3 billion
1962	5 million	44 million	17.5 billion
1961	5 million	46 million	16.4 billion
1960	75 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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