Greece vs Sweden: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 574 million TIV in Greece and 146 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Greece, by 428 million TIV, or 3.93 times that in Sweden.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Greece has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Sweden.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Greece	Sweden	World
2025	574 million	146 million	33.3 billion
2024	631 million	56 million	30.6 billion
2023	404 million	98 million	29.5 billion
2022	441 million	318 million	33 billion
2021	231 million	110 million	26.8 billion
2020	92 million	3 million	23.4 billion
2019	93 million	7 million	26.9 billion
2018	39 million	7 million	27.3 billion
2017	51 million	32 million	31.2 billion
2016	302 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	728 million	24 million	28.7 billion
2014	204 million	48 million	27 billion
2013	28 million	58 million	27.4 billion
2012	19 million	202 million	27.9 billion
2011	70 million	185 million	29.9 billion
2010	630 million	–	25.8 billion
2009	1.22 billion	15 million	24 billion
2008	482 million	52 million	24.1 billion
2007	1.67 billion	51 million	26.5 billion
2006	719 million	121 million	24.4 billion
2005	406 million	78 million	21.3 billion
2004	1.1 billion	47 million	21.3 billion
2003	2.16 billion	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	402 million	74 million	17.7 billion
2001	793 million	165 million	18.3 billion
2000	731 million	196 million	20.5 billion
1999	837 million	224 million	25.3 billion
1998	1.72 billion	294 million	27.9 billion
1997	807 million	196 million	28.9 billion
1996	380 million	98 million	23.7 billion
1995	874 million	106 million	22.9 billion
1994	1.23 billion	307 million	22.8 billion
1993	892 million	46 million	25.8 billion
1992	2.15 billion	60 million	24.3 billion
1991	487 million	55 million	27.8 billion
1990	907 million	94 million	28.6 billion
1989	1.25 billion	127 million	31.7 billion
1988	561 million	152 million	32.9 billion
1987	36 million	125 million	36.2 billion
1986	202 million	118 million	35.5 billion
1985	189 million	84 million	33.2 billion
1984	366 million	108 million	36.8 billion
1983	403 million	106 million	39.1 billion
1982	462 million	153 million	41.4 billion
1981	951 million	495 million	42 billion
1980	660 million	291 million	37.4 billion
1979	734 million	233 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.28 billion	229 million	39.2 billion
1977	980 million	114 million	37 billion
1976	1.29 billion	214 million	33 billion
1975	912 million	292 million	34.2 billion
1974	428 million	256 million	32.9 billion
1973	246 million	231 million	32.6 billion
1972	689 million	196 million	28.7 billion
1971	581 million	160 million	29.3 billion
1970	305 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1969	292 million	172 million	24.7 billion
1968	107 million	189 million	22.4 billion
1967	373 million	318 million	22.1 billion
1966	212 million	299 million	22.4 billion
1965	497 million	324 million	23.1 billion
1964	639 million	400 million	24.2 billion
1963	106 million	335 million	18.1 billion
1962	340 million	177 million	15.5 billion
1961	148 million	165 million	15 billion
1960	261 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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