Italy vs Sweden
Italy vs Sweden: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 1.92 billion TIV in Italy and 235 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Italy, by 1.69 billion TIV, or 8.18 times that in Sweden.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Italy has been higher since 2011, when it overtook Sweden.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Italy | Sweden | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.92 billion | 235 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 1.21 billion | 405 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 1.37 billion | 373 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1.71 billion | 83 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 1.63 billion | 236 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 821 million | 263 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 372 million | 121 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 535 million | 135 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 703 million | 75 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 616 million | 248 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 671 million | 178 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 688 million | 340 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 884 million | 383 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 789 million | 436 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 964 million | 658 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 577 million | 612 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 512 million | 389 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 433 million | 461 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 700 million | 332 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 538 million | 384 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 832 million | 536 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 261 million | 297 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 359 million | 516 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 474 million | 164 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 267 million | 892 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 205 million | 355 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 516 million | 383 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 423 million | 332 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 447 million | 99 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 287 million | 344 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 301 million | 226 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 208 million | 111 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 342 million | 103 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 249 million | 147 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 354 million | 155 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 200 million | 224 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 316 million | 401 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 389 million | 512 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 626 million | 230 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 223 million | 320 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 868 million | 215 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 1.23 billion | 227 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 1.11 billion | 118 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 1.67 billion | 120 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 1.7 billion | 127 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 1.16 billion | 157 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 1.31 billion | 261 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 665 million | 55 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 505 million | 75 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 523 million | 101 million | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 520 million | 69 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 409 million | 75 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 328 million | 15 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 284 million | 163 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 383 million | 547 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 280 million | 158 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 325 million | 36 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 197 million | 60 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 144 million | 55 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 243 million | 56 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 296 million | 32 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 385 million | 22 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 241 million | 13 million | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 262 million | 44 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | 246 million | 46 million | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 105 million | 38 million | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Italy vs Sweden
Health
- Life expectancyItaly: 83.7 years in 2023Sweden: 83.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityItaly: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Sweden: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityItaly: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterItaly: 92.7% in 2022Sweden: 99.7% in 2022
- DepressionItaly: 3.46% in 2017Sweden: 4.49% in 2017
- Suicide rateItaly: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Sweden: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationItaly: 59.5 million people in 2023Sweden: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthItaly: -0.22% a year in 2023Sweden: 0.56% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateItaly: 1.2 births per woman in 2023Sweden: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationItaly: 69.7% in 2025Sweden: 89.1% in 2025
- Median ageItaly: 47.5 years in 2023Sweden: 39.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overItaly: 24.2% in 2023Sweden: 20.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateItaly: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Sweden: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingItaly: 1.89% of GDP in 2025Sweden: 2.47% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsItaly: $45.4B in 2025Sweden: $15B in 2025
- Military spending per personItaly: $813 in 2025Sweden: $1,549 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingItaly: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Sweden: 5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelItaly: 338,000 people in 2020Sweden: 15,000 people in 2020
- National powerItaly: 0.96% of world capability in 2022Sweden: 0.19% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersItaly: 1.35% of the labour force in 2020Sweden: 0.27% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsItaly: 566 million TIV in 2025Sweden: 146 million TIV in 2025