Norway vs Sweden: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 407 million TIV in Norway and 146 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Norway, by 261 million TIV, or 2.79 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 2015, when it overtook Sweden.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Norway	Sweden	World
2025	407 million	146 million	33.3 billion
2024	379 million	56 million	30.6 billion
2023	200 million	98 million	29.5 billion
2022	700 million	318 million	33 billion
2021	503 million	110 million	26.8 billion
2020	459 million	3 million	23.4 billion
2019	389 million	7 million	26.9 billion
2018	520 million	7 million	27.3 billion
2017	353 million	32 million	31.2 billion
2016	142 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	143 million	24 million	28.7 billion
2014	16 million	48 million	27 billion
2013	51 million	58 million	27.4 billion
2012	147 million	202 million	27.9 billion
2011	607 million	185 million	29.9 billion
2010	150 million	–	25.8 billion
2009	569 million	15 million	24 billion
2008	602 million	52 million	24.1 billion
2007	598 million	51 million	26.5 billion
2006	559 million	121 million	24.4 billion
2005	14 million	78 million	21.3 billion
2004	6 million	47 million	21.3 billion
2003	9 million	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	95 million	74 million	17.7 billion
2001	99 million	165 million	18.3 billion
2000	234 million	196 million	20.5 billion
1999	151 million	224 million	25.3 billion
1998	158 million	294 million	27.9 billion
1997	164 million	196 million	28.9 billion
1996	151 million	98 million	23.7 billion
1995	66 million	106 million	22.9 billion
1994	93 million	307 million	22.8 billion
1993	180 million	46 million	25.8 billion
1992	253 million	60 million	24.3 billion
1991	321 million	55 million	27.8 billion
1990	435 million	94 million	28.6 billion
1989	600 million	127 million	31.7 billion
1988	308 million	152 million	32.9 billion
1987	192 million	125 million	36.2 billion
1986	141 million	118 million	35.5 billion
1985	122 million	84 million	33.2 billion
1984	337 million	108 million	36.8 billion
1983	441 million	106 million	39.1 billion
1982	457 million	153 million	41.4 billion
1981	435 million	495 million	42 billion
1980	254 million	291 million	37.4 billion
1979	47 million	233 million	33.3 billion
1978	24 million	229 million	39.2 billion
1977	27 million	114 million	37 billion
1976	35 million	214 million	33 billion
1975	49 million	292 million	34.2 billion
1974	55 million	256 million	32.9 billion
1973	63 million	231 million	32.6 billion
1972	68 million	196 million	28.7 billion
1971	82 million	160 million	29.3 billion
1970	154 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1969	538 million	172 million	24.7 billion
1968	289 million	189 million	22.4 billion
1967	685 million	318 million	22.1 billion
1966	759 million	299 million	22.4 billion
1965	368 million	324 million	23.1 billion
1964	260 million	400 million	24.2 billion
1963	227 million	335 million	18.1 billion
1962	60 million	177 million	15.5 billion
1961	93 million	165 million	15 billion
1960	153 million	227 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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