Finland vs Sweden: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 51 million TIV in Finland and 146 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by 95 million TIV, or 2.86 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 2025, when it overtook Finland.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Finland	Sweden	World
2025	51 million	146 million	33.3 billion
2024	105 million	56 million	30.6 billion
2023	37 million	98 million	29.5 billion
2022	12 million	318 million	33 billion
2021	20 million	110 million	26.8 billion
2020	96 million	3 million	23.4 billion
2019	86 million	7 million	26.9 billion
2018	82 million	7 million	27.3 billion
2017	47 million	32 million	31.2 billion
2016	122 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	268 million	24 million	28.7 billion
2014	182 million	48 million	27 billion
2013	254 million	58 million	27.4 billion
2012	87 million	202 million	27.9 billion
2011	60 million	185 million	29.9 billion
2010	41 million	–	25.8 billion
2009	37 million	15 million	24 billion
2008	134 million	52 million	24.1 billion
2007	149 million	51 million	26.5 billion
2006	132 million	121 million	24.4 billion
2005	93 million	78 million	21.3 billion
2004	67 million	47 million	21.3 billion
2003	242 million	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	15 million	74 million	17.7 billion
2001	7 million	165 million	18.3 billion
2000	472 million	196 million	20.5 billion
1999	768 million	224 million	25.3 billion
1998	560 million	294 million	27.9 billion
1997	397 million	196 million	28.9 billion
1996	552 million	98 million	23.7 billion
1995	195 million	106 million	22.9 billion
1994	234 million	307 million	22.8 billion
1993	406 million	46 million	25.8 billion
1992	442 million	60 million	24.3 billion
1991	65 million	55 million	27.8 billion
1990	88 million	94 million	28.6 billion
1989	86 million	127 million	31.7 billion
1988	141 million	152 million	32.9 billion
1987	66 million	125 million	36.2 billion
1986	98 million	118 million	35.5 billion
1985	203 million	84 million	33.2 billion
1984	127 million	108 million	36.8 billion
1983	112 million	106 million	39.1 billion
1982	132 million	153 million	41.4 billion
1981	118 million	495 million	42 billion
1980	328 million	291 million	37.4 billion
1979	47 million	233 million	33.3 billion
1978	105 million	229 million	39.2 billion
1977	12 million	114 million	37 billion
1976	74 million	214 million	33 billion
1975	129 million	292 million	34.2 billion
1974	172 million	256 million	32.9 billion
1973	13 million	231 million	32.6 billion
1972	26 million	196 million	28.7 billion
1971	4 million	160 million	29.3 billion
1970	15 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1969	21 million	172 million	24.7 billion
1968	23 million	189 million	22.4 billion
1967	76 million	318 million	22.1 billion
1966	42 million	299 million	22.4 billion
1965	81 million	324 million	23.1 billion
1964	103 million	400 million	24.2 billion
1963	252 million	335 million	18.1 billion
1962	48 million	177 million	15.5 billion
1961	52 million	165 million	15 billion
1960	60 million	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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