Philippines vs Sweden: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 846 million TIV in Philippines and 146 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Philippines, by 700 million TIV, or 5.79 times that in Sweden.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Philippines has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Sweden.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Philippines	Sweden	World
2025	846 million	146 million	33.3 billion
2024	305 million	56 million	30.6 billion
2023	108 million	98 million	29.5 billion
2022	280 million	318 million	33 billion
2021	365 million	110 million	26.8 billion
2020	385 million	3 million	23.4 billion
2019	191 million	7 million	26.9 billion
2018	17 million	7 million	27.3 billion
2017	278 million	32 million	31.2 billion
2016	228 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	153 million	24 million	28.7 billion
2014	12 million	48 million	27 billion
2013	83 million	58 million	27.4 billion
2012	21 million	202 million	27.9 billion
2011	63 million	185 million	29.9 billion
2010	3 million	–	25.8 billion
2009	1 million	15 million	24 billion
2008	10 million	52 million	24.1 billion
2007	16 million	51 million	26.5 billion
2006	23 million	121 million	24.4 billion
2005	12 million	78 million	21.3 billion
2004	34 million	47 million	21.3 billion
2003	10 million	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	5 million	74 million	17.7 billion
2001	10 million	165 million	18.3 billion
2000	–	196 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	224 million	25.3 billion
1998	64 million	294 million	27.9 billion
1997	72 million	196 million	28.9 billion
1996	43 million	98 million	23.7 billion
1995	30 million	106 million	22.9 billion
1994	72 million	307 million	22.8 billion
1993	62 million	46 million	25.8 billion
1992	43 million	60 million	24.3 billion
1991	34 million	55 million	27.8 billion
1990	33 million	94 million	28.6 billion
1989	19 million	127 million	31.7 billion
1988	12 million	152 million	32.9 billion
1987	26 million	125 million	36.2 billion
1986	–	118 million	35.5 billion
1985	23 million	84 million	33.2 billion
1984	38 million	108 million	36.8 billion
1983	116 million	106 million	39.1 billion
1982	17 million	153 million	41.4 billion
1981	39 million	495 million	42 billion
1980	75 million	291 million	37.4 billion
1979	92 million	233 million	33.3 billion
1978	143 million	229 million	39.2 billion
1977	198 million	114 million	37 billion
1976	256 million	214 million	33 billion
1975	133 million	292 million	34.2 billion
1974	60 million	256 million	32.9 billion
1973	106 million	231 million	32.6 billion
1972	50 million	196 million	28.7 billion
1971	90 million	160 million	29.3 billion
1970	9 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1969	26 million	172 million	24.7 billion
1968	16 million	189 million	22.4 billion
1967	43 million	318 million	22.1 billion
1966	86 million	299 million	22.4 billion
1965	99 million	324 million	23.1 billion
1964	2 million	400 million	24.2 billion
1963	4 million	335 million	18.1 billion
1962	11 million	177 million	15.5 billion
1961	44 million	165 million	15 billion
1960	50 million	227 million	15.7 billion

Each country on its own

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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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