Italy vs Switzerland: Arms imports

Arms imports: 566 million TIV in Italy in 2025 and 33 million TIV in Switzerland in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Italy, by 392 million TIV, or 13 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 2006, when it overtook Switzerland.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Italy	Switzerland	World
2025	566 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	494 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	425 million	33 million	29.5 billion
2022	237 million	15 million	33 billion
2021	211 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	201 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	178 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	275 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	709 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	734 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	237 million	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	127 million	5 million	27 billion
2013	71 million	–	27.4 billion
2012	189 million	2 million	27.9 billion
2011	286 million	24 million	29.9 billion
2010	98 million	38 million	25.8 billion
2009	94 million	36 million	24 billion
2008	159 million	15 million	24.1 billion
2007	467 million	108 million	26.5 billion
2006	384 million	83 million	24.4 billion
2005	136 million	168 million	21.3 billion
2004	490 million	203 million	21.3 billion
2003	617 million	117 million	19.2 billion
2002	240 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	234 million	60 million	18.3 billion
2000	278 million	15 million	20.5 billion
1999	25 million	499 million	25.3 billion
1998	56 million	428 million	27.9 billion
1997	474 million	375 million	28.9 billion
1996	265 million	187 million	23.7 billion
1995	322 million	93 million	22.9 billion
1994	180 million	114 million	22.8 billion
1993	205 million	98 million	25.8 billion
1992	192 million	381 million	24.3 billion
1991	210 million	469 million	27.8 billion
1990	155 million	433 million	28.6 billion
1989	196 million	318 million	31.7 billion
1988	179 million	179 million	32.9 billion
1987	183 million	151 million	36.2 billion
1986	198 million	108 million	35.5 billion
1985	205 million	341 million	33.2 billion
1984	273 million	404 million	36.8 billion
1983	303 million	442 million	39.1 billion
1982	241 million	175 million	41.4 billion
1981	129 million	289 million	42 billion
1980	468 million	272 million	37.4 billion
1979	591 million	226 million	33.3 billion
1978	682 million	217 million	39.2 billion
1977	517 million	4 million	37 billion
1976	711 million	142 million	33 billion
1975	1.02 billion	136 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.12 billion	64 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.02 billion	123 million	32.6 billion
1972	1.77 billion	192 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.1 billion	153 million	29.3 billion
1970	685 million	142 million	22.1 billion
1969	611 million	166 million	24.7 billion
1968	196 million	199 million	22.4 billion
1967	107 million	177 million	22.1 billion
1966	412 million	373 million	22.4 billion
1965	736 million	228 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.14 billion	263 million	24.2 billion
1963	1.22 billion	52 million	18.1 billion
1962	886 million	4 million	15.5 billion
1961	427 million	37 million	15 billion
1960	409 million	218 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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