India vs Switzerland: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 81 million TIV in India and 129 million TIV in Switzerland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 48 million TIV, or 1.59 times that in India.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Switzerland has been higher since 2025, when it overtook India.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	India	Switzerland	World
2025	81 million	129 million	33.5 billion
2024	94 million	11 million	30.7 billion
2023	41 million	63 million	29.5 billion
2022	7 million	181 million	33.3 billion
2021	54 million	107 million	27.1 billion
2020	153 million	145 million	24.1 billion
2019	20 million	222 million	27 billion
2018	47 million	244 million	27.4 billion
2017	56 million	175 million	31.3 billion
2016	49 million	220 million	31.5 billion
2015	42 million	491 million	28.7 billion
2014	40 million	352 million	27.1 billion
2013	18 million	213 million	27.4 billion
2012	–	257 million	27.9 billion
2011	3 million	349 million	29.9 billion
2010	5 million	285 million	25.8 billion
2009	27 million	260 million	24.4 billion
2008	15 million	506 million	24.1 billion
2007	23 million	325 million	26.5 billion
2006	33 million	320 million	24.5 billion
2005	19 million	274 million	21.4 billion
2004	31 million	293 million	21.3 billion
2003	4 million	207 million	19.2 billion
2002	0	178 million	17.7 billion
2001	2 million	219 million	18.5 billion
2000	21 million	140 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	227 million	25.4 billion
1998	–	198 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	131 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	204 million	23.7 billion
1995	2 million	144 million	22.9 billion
1994	2 million	176 million	23 billion
1993	9 million	232 million	25.8 billion
1992	7 million	457 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	508 million	28.2 billion
1990	7 million	475 million	30.2 billion
1989	–	318 million	34.9 billion
1988	1 million	375 million	36.8 billion
1987	–	319 million	39.4 billion
1986	–	340 million	39 billion
1985	–	347 million	38.2 billion
1984	–	529 million	41.6 billion
1983	–	331 million	43.9 billion
1982	2 million	413 million	46.2 billion
1981	–	559 million	45.8 billion
1980	–	566 million	42.2 billion
1979	22 million	488 million	38.4 billion
1978	27 million	223 million	42.4 billion
1977	–	339 million	40 billion
1976	–	592 million	36 billion
1975	31 million	484 million	37.2 billion
1974	24 million	89 million	36.6 billion
1973	21 million	54 million	36.3 billion
1972	2 million	34 million	34.5 billion
1971	7 million	42 million	32.9 billion
1970	–	18 million	25.3 billion
1969	–	106 million	28.1 billion
1968	1 million	88 million	26.1 billion
1967	–	261 million	25.6 billion
1966	–	367 million	25.8 billion
1965	–	484 million	25.8 billion
1964	–	394 million	26.7 billion
1963	–	351 million	20.3 billion
1962	–	534 million	17.5 billion
1961	–	493 million	16.4 billion
1960	–	435 million	17.6 billion

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Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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