Pakistan vs Switzerland
Pakistan vs Switzerland: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 127 million TIV in Pakistan and 129 million TIV in Switzerland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 2 million TIV, or 1.02 times that in Pakistan.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Switzerland has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1967.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Pakistan | Switzerland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 127 million | 129 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 6 million | 11 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 5 million | 63 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1 million | 181 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 72 million | 107 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 145 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 1 million | 222 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 3 million | 244 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 3 million | 175 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 1 million | 220 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 491 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 352 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 213 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 257 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 349 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 285 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 260 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 1 million | 506 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 325 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 4 million | 320 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 26 million | 274 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 9 million | 293 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 8 million | 207 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 9 million | 178 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 219 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 4 million | 140 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 227 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 198 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 131 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 204 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 144 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 2 million | 176 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 232 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 457 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 3 million | 508 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 82 million | 475 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 1 million | 318 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 375 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 319 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 340 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 12 million | 347 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 529 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 331 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 30 million | 413 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 30 million | 559 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 15 million | 566 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 488 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 223 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 339 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | 592 million | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 484 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 89 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 54 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 34 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 3 million | 42 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | 18 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | 106 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | 88 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 6 million | 261 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | 367 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | 484 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | 394 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | 351 million | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | 534 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 493 million | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | 435 million | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Pakistan vs Switzerland
Health
- Life expectancyPakistan: 67.7 years in 2023Switzerland: 84 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPakistan: 5.6 per 100 live births in 2024Switzerland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPakistan: 49.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Switzerland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterPakistan: 50.6% in 2022Switzerland: 96.7% in 2022
- DepressionPakistan: 3.33% in 2017Switzerland: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide ratePakistan: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Switzerland: 9.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPakistan: 248 million people in 2023Switzerland: 8.87 million people in 2023
- Population growthPakistan: 1.48% a year in 2023Switzerland: 0.62% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePakistan: 3.61 births per woman in 2023Switzerland: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPakistan: 39.5% in 2025Switzerland: 85.7% in 2025
- Median agePakistan: 20.3 years in 2023Switzerland: 42.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPakistan: 4.2% in 2023Switzerland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration ratePakistan: -6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Switzerland: 5.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPakistan: 2.91% of GDP in 2025Switzerland: 0.76% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsPakistan: $11.5B in 2025Switzerland: $7.15B in 2025
- Military spending per personPakistan: $47 in 2025Switzerland: $849 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingPakistan: 13.8% of government spending in 2025Switzerland: 2.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelPakistan: 943,000 people in 2020Switzerland: 20,000 people in 2020
- National powerPakistan: 1.77% of world capability in 2022Switzerland: 0.12% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPakistan: 1.25% of the labour force in 2020Switzerland: 0.4% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsPakistan: 706 million TIV in 2025Switzerland: 33 million TIV in 2023