Israel vs Sweden: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 537 million TIV in Israel and 146 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 391 million TIV, or 3.68 times that in Sweden.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Israel has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Sweden.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Israel	Sweden	World
2025	537 million	146 million	33.3 billion
2024	237 million	56 million	30.6 billion
2023	863 million	98 million	29.5 billion
2022	833 million	318 million	33 billion
2021	458 million	110 million	26.8 billion
2020	379 million	3 million	23.4 billion
2019	516 million	7 million	26.9 billion
2018	491 million	7 million	27.3 billion
2017	565 million	32 million	31.2 billion
2016	652 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	694 million	24 million	28.7 billion
2014	549 million	48 million	27 billion
2013	160 million	58 million	27.4 billion
2012	137 million	202 million	27.9 billion
2011	86 million	185 million	29.9 billion
2010	76 million	–	25.8 billion
2009	162 million	15 million	24 billion
2008	680 million	52 million	24.1 billion
2007	840 million	51 million	26.5 billion
2006	1.13 billion	121 million	24.4 billion
2005	1.1 billion	78 million	21.3 billion
2004	846 million	47 million	21.3 billion
2003	189 million	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	350 million	74 million	17.7 billion
2001	116 million	165 million	18.3 billion
2000	389 million	196 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.28 billion	224 million	25.3 billion
1998	1.3 billion	294 million	27.9 billion
1997	67 million	196 million	28.9 billion
1996	105 million	98 million	23.7 billion
1995	372 million	106 million	22.9 billion
1994	767 million	307 million	22.8 billion
1993	716 million	46 million	25.8 billion
1992	1.34 billion	60 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.21 billion	55 million	27.8 billion
1990	81 million	94 million	28.6 billion
1989	24 million	127 million	31.7 billion
1988	582 million	152 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.08 billion	125 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.18 billion	118 million	35.5 billion
1985	295 million	84 million	33.2 billion
1984	270 million	108 million	36.8 billion
1983	475 million	106 million	39.1 billion
1982	866 million	153 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.66 billion	495 million	42 billion
1980	1.25 billion	291 million	37.4 billion
1979	709 million	233 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.22 billion	229 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.23 billion	114 million	37 billion
1976	2 billion	214 million	33 billion
1975	1.18 billion	292 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.03 billion	256 million	32.9 billion
1973	2.18 billion	231 million	32.6 billion
1972	963 million	196 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.41 billion	160 million	29.3 billion
1970	1.19 billion	137 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.37 billion	172 million	24.7 billion
1968	926 million	189 million	22.4 billion
1967	229 million	318 million	22.1 billion
1966	460 million	299 million	22.4 billion
1965	447 million	324 million	23.1 billion
1964	415 million	400 million	24.2 billion
1963	368 million	335 million	18.1 billion
1962	279 million	177 million	15.5 billion
1961	88 million	165 million	15 billion
1960	164 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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