Japan vs Switzerland: Arms imports

Arms imports: 1.72 billion TIV in Japan in 2025 and 33 million TIV in Switzerland in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Japan, by 819 million TIV, or 26 times that in Switzerland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Japan has been higher since 1967, when it overtook Switzerland.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Japan	Switzerland	World
2025	1.72 billion	–	33.3 billion
2024	1.04 billion	–	30.6 billion
2023	852 million	33 million	29.5 billion
2022	1.47 billion	15 million	33 billion
2021	1.01 billion	–	26.8 billion
2020	929 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	992 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	764 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	446 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	332 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	343 million	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	316 million	5 million	27 billion
2013	341 million	–	27.4 billion
2012	239 million	2 million	27.9 billion
2011	300 million	24 million	29.9 billion
2010	658 million	38 million	25.8 billion
2009	990 million	36 million	24 billion
2008	990 million	15 million	24.1 billion
2007	553 million	108 million	26.5 billion
2006	469 million	83 million	24.4 billion
2005	375 million	168 million	21.3 billion
2004	399 million	203 million	21.3 billion
2003	458 million	117 million	19.2 billion
2002	442 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	427 million	60 million	18.3 billion
2000	497 million	15 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.26 billion	499 million	25.3 billion
1998	1.49 billion	428 million	27.9 billion
1997	843 million	375 million	28.9 billion
1996	876 million	187 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.26 billion	93 million	22.9 billion
1994	1.02 billion	114 million	22.8 billion
1993	2.13 billion	98 million	25.8 billion
1992	2.52 billion	381 million	24.3 billion
1991	2.94 billion	469 million	27.8 billion
1990	2.68 billion	433 million	28.6 billion
1989	2.28 billion	318 million	31.7 billion
1988	2 billion	179 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.94 billion	151 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.89 billion	108 million	35.5 billion
1985	1.97 billion	341 million	33.2 billion
1984	2.05 billion	404 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.69 billion	442 million	39.1 billion
1982	1.44 billion	175 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.31 billion	289 million	42 billion
1980	1.03 billion	272 million	37.4 billion
1979	920 million	226 million	33.3 billion
1978	901 million	217 million	39.2 billion
1977	788 million	4 million	37 billion
1976	1.48 billion	142 million	33 billion
1975	1.6 billion	136 million	34.2 billion
1974	733 million	64 million	32.9 billion
1973	468 million	123 million	32.6 billion
1972	493 million	192 million	28.7 billion
1971	605 million	153 million	29.3 billion
1970	502 million	142 million	22.1 billion
1969	488 million	166 million	24.7 billion
1968	557 million	199 million	22.4 billion
1967	610 million	177 million	22.1 billion
1966	324 million	373 million	22.4 billion
1965	1.16 billion	228 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.72 billion	263 million	24.2 billion
1963	239 million	52 million	18.1 billion
1962	263 million	4 million	15.5 billion
1961	335 million	37 million	15 billion
1960	790 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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