Italy vs Switzerland: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 1.92 billion TIV in Italy and 129 million TIV in Switzerland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Italy, by 1.79 billion TIV, or 15 times that in Switzerland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Italy has been higher since 2009, when it overtook Switzerland.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Italy	Switzerland	World
2025	1.92 billion	129 million	33.5 billion
2024	1.21 billion	11 million	30.7 billion
2023	1.37 billion	63 million	29.5 billion
2022	1.71 billion	181 million	33.3 billion
2021	1.63 billion	107 million	27.1 billion
2020	821 million	145 million	24.1 billion
2019	372 million	222 million	27 billion
2018	535 million	244 million	27.4 billion
2017	703 million	175 million	31.3 billion
2016	616 million	220 million	31.5 billion
2015	671 million	491 million	28.7 billion
2014	688 million	352 million	27.1 billion
2013	884 million	213 million	27.4 billion
2012	789 million	257 million	27.9 billion
2011	964 million	349 million	29.9 billion
2010	577 million	285 million	25.8 billion
2009	512 million	260 million	24.4 billion
2008	433 million	506 million	24.1 billion
2007	700 million	325 million	26.5 billion
2006	538 million	320 million	24.5 billion
2005	832 million	274 million	21.4 billion
2004	261 million	293 million	21.3 billion
2003	359 million	207 million	19.2 billion
2002	474 million	178 million	17.7 billion
2001	267 million	219 million	18.5 billion
2000	205 million	140 million	20.5 billion
1999	516 million	227 million	25.4 billion
1998	423 million	198 million	27.9 billion
1997	447 million	131 million	28.9 billion
1996	287 million	204 million	23.7 billion
1995	301 million	144 million	22.9 billion
1994	208 million	176 million	23 billion
1993	342 million	232 million	25.8 billion
1992	249 million	457 million	24.3 billion
1991	354 million	508 million	28.2 billion
1990	200 million	475 million	30.2 billion
1989	316 million	318 million	34.9 billion
1988	389 million	375 million	36.8 billion
1987	626 million	319 million	39.4 billion
1986	223 million	340 million	39 billion
1985	868 million	347 million	38.2 billion
1984	1.23 billion	529 million	41.6 billion
1983	1.11 billion	331 million	43.9 billion
1982	1.67 billion	413 million	46.2 billion
1981	1.7 billion	559 million	45.8 billion
1980	1.16 billion	566 million	42.2 billion
1979	1.31 billion	488 million	38.4 billion
1978	665 million	223 million	42.4 billion
1977	505 million	339 million	40 billion
1976	523 million	592 million	36 billion
1975	520 million	484 million	37.2 billion
1974	409 million	89 million	36.6 billion
1973	328 million	54 million	36.3 billion
1972	284 million	34 million	34.5 billion
1971	383 million	42 million	32.9 billion
1970	280 million	18 million	25.3 billion
1969	325 million	106 million	28.1 billion
1968	197 million	88 million	26.1 billion
1967	144 million	261 million	25.6 billion
1966	243 million	367 million	25.8 billion
1965	296 million	484 million	25.8 billion
1964	385 million	394 million	26.7 billion
1963	241 million	351 million	20.3 billion
1962	262 million	534 million	17.5 billion
1961	246 million	493 million	16.4 billion
1960	105 million	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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