Philippines vs Switzerland: Arms imports

Arms imports: 846 million TIV in Philippines in 2025 and 33 million TIV in Switzerland in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Philippines, by 75 million TIV, or 3.27 times that in Switzerland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Philippines has been higher since 2011, when it overtook Switzerland.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Philippines	Switzerland	World
2025	846 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	305 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	108 million	33 million	29.5 billion
2022	280 million	15 million	33 billion
2021	365 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	385 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	191 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	17 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	278 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	228 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	153 million	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	12 million	5 million	27 billion
2013	83 million	–	27.4 billion
2012	21 million	2 million	27.9 billion
2011	63 million	24 million	29.9 billion
2010	3 million	38 million	25.8 billion
2009	1 million	36 million	24 billion
2008	10 million	15 million	24.1 billion
2007	16 million	108 million	26.5 billion
2006	23 million	83 million	24.4 billion
2005	12 million	168 million	21.3 billion
2004	34 million	203 million	21.3 billion
2003	10 million	117 million	19.2 billion
2002	5 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	10 million	60 million	18.3 billion
2000	–	15 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	499 million	25.3 billion
1998	64 million	428 million	27.9 billion
1997	72 million	375 million	28.9 billion
1996	43 million	187 million	23.7 billion
1995	30 million	93 million	22.9 billion
1994	72 million	114 million	22.8 billion
1993	62 million	98 million	25.8 billion
1992	43 million	381 million	24.3 billion
1991	34 million	469 million	27.8 billion
1990	33 million	433 million	28.6 billion
1989	19 million	318 million	31.7 billion
1988	12 million	179 million	32.9 billion
1987	26 million	151 million	36.2 billion
1986	–	108 million	35.5 billion
1985	23 million	341 million	33.2 billion
1984	38 million	404 million	36.8 billion
1983	116 million	442 million	39.1 billion
1982	17 million	175 million	41.4 billion
1981	39 million	289 million	42 billion
1980	75 million	272 million	37.4 billion
1979	92 million	226 million	33.3 billion
1978	143 million	217 million	39.2 billion
1977	198 million	4 million	37 billion
1976	256 million	142 million	33 billion
1975	133 million	136 million	34.2 billion
1974	60 million	64 million	32.9 billion
1973	106 million	123 million	32.6 billion
1972	50 million	192 million	28.7 billion
1971	90 million	153 million	29.3 billion
1970	9 million	142 million	22.1 billion
1969	26 million	166 million	24.7 billion
1968	16 million	199 million	22.4 billion
1967	43 million	177 million	22.1 billion
1966	86 million	373 million	22.4 billion
1965	99 million	228 million	23.1 billion
1964	2 million	263 million	24.2 billion
1963	4 million	52 million	18.1 billion
1962	11 million	4 million	15.5 billion
1961	44 million	37 million	15 billion
1960	50 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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