France vs Switzerland: Arms imports

Arms imports: 236 million TIV in France in 2025 and 33 million TIV in Switzerland in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in France, by 81 million TIV, or 3.45 times that in Switzerland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

France has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Switzerland.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	France	Switzerland	World
2025	236 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	183 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	114 million	33 million	29.5 billion
2022	130 million	15 million	33 billion
2021	105 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	225 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	104 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	201 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	84 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	38 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	36 million	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	17 million	5 million	27 billion
2013	104 million	–	27.4 billion
2012	86 million	2 million	27.9 billion
2011	41 million	24 million	29.9 billion
2010	103 million	38 million	25.8 billion
2009	72 million	36 million	24 billion
2008	2 million	15 million	24.1 billion
2007	75 million	108 million	26.5 billion
2006	68 million	83 million	24.4 billion
2005	2 million	168 million	21.3 billion
2004	93 million	203 million	21.3 billion
2003	55 million	117 million	19.2 billion
2002	38 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	61 million	60 million	18.3 billion
2000	98 million	15 million	20.5 billion
1999	105 million	499 million	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	428 million	27.9 billion
1997	223 million	375 million	28.9 billion
1996	64 million	187 million	23.7 billion
1995	99 million	93 million	22.9 billion
1994	84 million	114 million	22.8 billion
1993	102 million	98 million	25.8 billion
1992	439 million	381 million	24.3 billion
1991	963 million	469 million	27.8 billion
1990	77 million	433 million	28.6 billion
1989	107 million	318 million	31.7 billion
1988	134 million	179 million	32.9 billion
1987	84 million	151 million	36.2 billion
1986	100 million	108 million	35.5 billion
1985	20 million	341 million	33.2 billion
1984	73 million	404 million	36.8 billion
1983	108 million	442 million	39.1 billion
1982	142 million	175 million	41.4 billion
1981	106 million	289 million	42 billion
1980	70 million	272 million	37.4 billion
1979	107 million	226 million	33.3 billion
1978	231 million	217 million	39.2 billion
1977	194 million	4 million	37 billion
1976	186 million	142 million	33 billion
1975	45 million	136 million	34.2 billion
1974	46 million	64 million	32.9 billion
1973	51 million	123 million	32.6 billion
1972	33 million	192 million	28.7 billion
1971	57 million	153 million	29.3 billion
1970	44 million	142 million	22.1 billion
1969	64 million	166 million	24.7 billion
1968	123 million	199 million	22.4 billion
1967	98 million	177 million	22.1 billion
1966	106 million	373 million	22.4 billion
1965	378 million	228 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.3 billion	263 million	24.2 billion
1963	162 million	52 million	18.1 billion
1962	122 million	4 million	15.5 billion
1961	321 million	37 million	15 billion
1960	526 million	218 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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