Norway vs Sweden: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 415 million TIV in Norway and 235 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Norway, by 180 million TIV, or 1.77 times that in Sweden.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Norway has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Sweden.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Norway	Sweden	World
2025	415 million	235 million	33.5 billion
2024	569 million	405 million	30.7 billion
2023	327 million	373 million	29.5 billion
2022	120 million	83 million	33.3 billion
2021	102 million	236 million	27.1 billion
2020	60 million	263 million	24.1 billion
2019	27 million	121 million	27 billion
2018	71 million	135 million	27.4 billion
2017	98 million	75 million	31.3 billion
2016	85 million	248 million	31.5 billion
2015	117 million	178 million	28.7 billion
2014	87 million	340 million	27.1 billion
2013	97 million	383 million	27.4 billion
2012	52 million	436 million	27.9 billion
2011	62 million	658 million	29.9 billion
2010	–	612 million	25.8 billion
2009	31 million	389 million	24.4 billion
2008	8 million	461 million	24.1 billion
2007	3 million	332 million	26.5 billion
2006	14 million	384 million	24.5 billion
2005	6 million	536 million	21.4 billion
2004	59 million	297 million	21.3 billion
2003	91 million	516 million	19.2 billion
2002	78 million	164 million	17.7 billion
2001	31 million	892 million	18.5 billion
2000	2 million	355 million	20.5 billion
1999	3 million	383 million	25.4 billion
1998	3 million	332 million	27.9 billion
1997	10 million	99 million	28.9 billion
1996	4 million	344 million	23.7 billion
1995	15 million	226 million	22.9 billion
1994	39 million	111 million	23 billion
1993	37 million	103 million	25.8 billion
1992	78 million	147 million	24.3 billion
1991	166 million	155 million	28.2 billion
1990	85 million	224 million	30.2 billion
1989	127 million	401 million	34.9 billion
1988	34 million	512 million	36.8 billion
1987	54 million	230 million	39.4 billion
1986	29 million	320 million	39 billion
1985	42 million	215 million	38.2 billion
1984	–	227 million	41.6 billion
1983	35 million	118 million	43.9 billion
1982	49 million	120 million	46.2 billion
1981	238 million	127 million	45.8 billion
1980	121 million	157 million	42.2 billion
1979	135 million	261 million	38.4 billion
1978	87 million	55 million	42.4 billion
1977	6 million	75 million	40 billion
1976	6 million	101 million	36 billion
1975	6 million	69 million	37.2 billion
1974	–	75 million	36.6 billion
1973	10 million	15 million	36.3 billion
1972	29 million	163 million	34.5 billion
1971	4 million	547 million	32.9 billion
1970	–	158 million	25.3 billion
1969	40 million	36 million	28.1 billion
1968	77 million	60 million	26.1 billion
1967	164 million	55 million	25.6 billion
1966	80 million	56 million	25.8 billion
1965	65 million	32 million	25.8 billion
1964	139 million	22 million	26.7 billion
1963	55 million	13 million	20.3 billion
1962	37 million	44 million	17.5 billion
1961	–	46 million	16.4 billion
1960	38 million	38 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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