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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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 574 million 2025 | 728 million | 17 of 110 |
| Sweden | 146 million 2025 | 24 million | 39 of 110 |
| World | 33.3 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
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 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
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