Germany vs Sweden: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 1.63 billion TIV in Germany and 146 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.49 billion TIV, or 11 times that in Sweden.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Germany 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	Germany	Sweden	World
2025	1.63 billion	146 million	33.3 billion
2024	240 million	56 million	30.6 billion
2023	203 million	98 million	29.5 billion
2022	269 million	318 million	33 billion
2021	235 million	110 million	26.8 billion
2020	105 million	3 million	23.4 billion
2019	38 million	7 million	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	7 million	27.3 billion
2017	43 million	32 million	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	119 million	24 million	28.7 billion
2014	77 million	48 million	27 billion
2013	103 million	58 million	27.4 billion
2012	140 million	202 million	27.9 billion
2011	79 million	185 million	29.9 billion
2010	301 million	–	25.8 billion
2009	329 million	15 million	24 billion
2008	277 million	52 million	24.1 billion
2007	46 million	51 million	26.5 billion
2006	413 million	121 million	24.4 billion
2005	206 million	78 million	21.3 billion
2004	245 million	47 million	21.3 billion
2003	70 million	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	71 million	74 million	17.7 billion
2001	133 million	165 million	18.3 billion
2000	113 million	196 million	20.5 billion
1999	129 million	224 million	25.3 billion
1998	618 million	294 million	27.9 billion
1997	60 million	196 million	28.9 billion
1996	244 million	98 million	23.7 billion
1995	222 million	106 million	22.9 billion
1994	417 million	307 million	22.8 billion
1993	529 million	46 million	25.8 billion
1992	716 million	60 million	24.3 billion
1991	750 million	55 million	27.8 billion
1990	757 million	94 million	28.6 billion
1989	701 million	127 million	31.7 billion
1988	447 million	152 million	32.9 billion
1987	340 million	125 million	36.2 billion
1986	322 million	118 million	35.5 billion
1985	130 million	84 million	33.2 billion
1984	412 million	108 million	36.8 billion
1983	434 million	106 million	39.1 billion
1982	453 million	153 million	41.4 billion
1981	261 million	495 million	42 billion
1980	150 million	291 million	37.4 billion
1979	65 million	233 million	33.3 billion
1978	661 million	229 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.01 billion	114 million	37 billion
1976	1.36 billion	214 million	33 billion
1975	1.83 billion	292 million	34.2 billion
1974	2.14 billion	256 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.72 billion	231 million	32.6 billion
1972	796 million	196 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.24 billion	160 million	29.3 billion
1970	1.26 billion	137 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.23 billion	172 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.25 billion	189 million	22.4 billion
1967	1.39 billion	318 million	22.1 billion
1966	3.39 billion	299 million	22.4 billion
1965	3.52 billion	324 million	23.1 billion
1964	3.83 billion	400 million	24.2 billion
1963	3.31 billion	335 million	18.1 billion
1962	2.5 billion	177 million	15.5 billion
1961	2.09 billion	165 million	15 billion
1960	2.04 billion	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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