France vs Sweden: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 236 million TIV in France and 146 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in France, by 90 million TIV, or 1.62 times that in Sweden.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

France has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Sweden.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	France	Sweden	World
2025	236 million	146 million	33.3 billion
2024	183 million	56 million	30.6 billion
2023	114 million	98 million	29.5 billion
2022	130 million	318 million	33 billion
2021	105 million	110 million	26.8 billion
2020	225 million	3 million	23.4 billion
2019	104 million	7 million	26.9 billion
2018	201 million	7 million	27.3 billion
2017	84 million	32 million	31.2 billion
2016	38 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	36 million	24 million	28.7 billion
2014	17 million	48 million	27 billion
2013	104 million	58 million	27.4 billion
2012	86 million	202 million	27.9 billion
2011	41 million	185 million	29.9 billion
2010	103 million	–	25.8 billion
2009	72 million	15 million	24 billion
2008	2 million	52 million	24.1 billion
2007	75 million	51 million	26.5 billion
2006	68 million	121 million	24.4 billion
2005	2 million	78 million	21.3 billion
2004	93 million	47 million	21.3 billion
2003	55 million	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	38 million	74 million	17.7 billion
2001	61 million	165 million	18.3 billion
2000	98 million	196 million	20.5 billion
1999	105 million	224 million	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	294 million	27.9 billion
1997	223 million	196 million	28.9 billion
1996	64 million	98 million	23.7 billion
1995	99 million	106 million	22.9 billion
1994	84 million	307 million	22.8 billion
1993	102 million	46 million	25.8 billion
1992	439 million	60 million	24.3 billion
1991	963 million	55 million	27.8 billion
1990	77 million	94 million	28.6 billion
1989	107 million	127 million	31.7 billion
1988	134 million	152 million	32.9 billion
1987	84 million	125 million	36.2 billion
1986	100 million	118 million	35.5 billion
1985	20 million	84 million	33.2 billion
1984	73 million	108 million	36.8 billion
1983	108 million	106 million	39.1 billion
1982	142 million	153 million	41.4 billion
1981	106 million	495 million	42 billion
1980	70 million	291 million	37.4 billion
1979	107 million	233 million	33.3 billion
1978	231 million	229 million	39.2 billion
1977	194 million	114 million	37 billion
1976	186 million	214 million	33 billion
1975	45 million	292 million	34.2 billion
1974	46 million	256 million	32.9 billion
1973	51 million	231 million	32.6 billion
1972	33 million	196 million	28.7 billion
1971	57 million	160 million	29.3 billion
1970	44 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1969	64 million	172 million	24.7 billion
1968	123 million	189 million	22.4 billion
1967	98 million	318 million	22.1 billion
1966	106 million	299 million	22.4 billion
1965	378 million	324 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.3 billion	400 million	24.2 billion
1963	162 million	335 million	18.1 billion
1962	122 million	177 million	15.5 billion
1961	321 million	165 million	15 billion
1960	526 million	227 million	15.7 billion

Each country on its own

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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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