Pakistan vs Switzerland: Arms imports

Arms imports: 706 million TIV in Pakistan in 2025 and 33 million TIV in Switzerland in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 2.17 billion TIV, or 67 times that in Switzerland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Pakistan has been higher since 1993, when it overtook Switzerland.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Pakistan	Switzerland	World
2025	706 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	1.07 billion	–	30.6 billion
2023	2.2 billion	33 million	29.5 billion
2022	1.53 billion	15 million	33 billion
2021	984 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	624 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	654 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	893 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	870 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	872 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	771 million	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	877 million	5 million	27 billion
2013	1.11 billion	–	27.4 billion
2012	1.02 billion	2 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.18 billion	24 million	29.9 billion
2010	2.23 billion	38 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.2 billion	36 million	24 billion
2008	1.07 billion	15 million	24.1 billion
2007	693 million	108 million	26.5 billion
2006	324 million	83 million	24.4 billion
2005	427 million	168 million	21.3 billion
2004	471 million	203 million	21.3 billion
2003	645 million	117 million	19.2 billion
2002	566 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	412 million	60 million	18.3 billion
2000	175 million	15 million	20.5 billion
1999	867 million	499 million	25.3 billion
1998	699 million	428 million	27.9 billion
1997	691 million	375 million	28.9 billion
1996	506 million	187 million	23.7 billion
1995	368 million	93 million	22.9 billion
1994	862 million	114 million	22.8 billion
1993	992 million	98 million	25.8 billion
1992	352 million	381 million	24.3 billion
1991	511 million	469 million	27.8 billion
1990	635 million	433 million	28.6 billion
1989	974 million	318 million	31.7 billion
1988	412 million	179 million	32.9 billion
1987	617 million	151 million	36.2 billion
1986	280 million	108 million	35.5 billion
1985	751 million	341 million	33.2 billion
1984	863 million	404 million	36.8 billion
1983	784 million	442 million	39.1 billion
1982	544 million	175 million	41.4 billion
1981	491 million	289 million	42 billion
1980	900 million	272 million	37.4 billion
1979	697 million	226 million	33.3 billion
1978	655 million	217 million	39.2 billion
1977	271 million	4 million	37 billion
1976	276 million	142 million	33 billion
1975	223 million	136 million	34.2 billion
1974	225 million	64 million	32.9 billion
1973	177 million	123 million	32.6 billion
1972	664 million	192 million	28.7 billion
1971	553 million	153 million	29.3 billion
1970	422 million	142 million	22.1 billion
1969	542 million	166 million	24.7 billion
1968	415 million	199 million	22.4 billion
1967	151 million	177 million	22.1 billion
1966	592 million	373 million	22.4 billion
1965	222 million	228 million	23.1 billion
1964	96 million	263 million	24.2 billion
1963	225 million	52 million	18.1 billion
1962	84 million	4 million	15.5 billion
1961	41 million	37 million	15 billion
1960	46 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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