Poland vs Sweden: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 59 million TIV in Poland and 235 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by 176 million TIV, or 3.98 times that in Poland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Sweden has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Poland.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Poland	Sweden	World
2025	59 million	235 million	33.5 billion
2024	145 million	405 million	30.7 billion
2023	576 million	373 million	29.5 billion
2022	707 million	83 million	33.3 billion
2021	3 million	236 million	27.1 billion
2020	0	263 million	24.1 billion
2019	10 million	121 million	27 billion
2018	11 million	135 million	27.4 billion
2017	8 million	75 million	31.3 billion
2016	5 million	248 million	31.5 billion
2015	2 million	178 million	28.7 billion
2014	33 million	340 million	27.1 billion
2013	147 million	383 million	27.4 billion
2012	31 million	436 million	27.9 billion
2011	8 million	658 million	29.9 billion
2010	28 million	612 million	25.8 billion
2009	75 million	389 million	24.4 billion
2008	73 million	461 million	24.1 billion
2007	163 million	332 million	26.5 billion
2006	282 million	384 million	24.5 billion
2005	18 million	536 million	21.4 billion
2004	47 million	297 million	21.3 billion
2003	83 million	516 million	19.2 billion
2002	56 million	164 million	17.7 billion
2001	81 million	892 million	18.5 billion
2000	47 million	355 million	20.5 billion
1999	65 million	383 million	25.4 billion
1998	1 million	332 million	27.9 billion
1997	23 million	99 million	28.9 billion
1996	57 million	344 million	23.7 billion
1995	179 million	226 million	22.9 billion
1994	133 million	111 million	23 billion
1993	–	103 million	25.8 billion
1992	57 million	147 million	24.3 billion
1991	62 million	155 million	28.2 billion
1990	112 million	224 million	30.2 billion
1989	20 million	401 million	34.9 billion
1988	232 million	512 million	36.8 billion
1987	222 million	230 million	39.4 billion
1986	265 million	320 million	39 billion
1985	131 million	215 million	38.2 billion
1984	91 million	227 million	41.6 billion
1983	134 million	118 million	43.9 billion
1982	230 million	120 million	46.2 billion
1981	365 million	127 million	45.8 billion
1980	226 million	157 million	42.2 billion
1979	247 million	261 million	38.4 billion
1978	336 million	55 million	42.4 billion
1977	400 million	75 million	40 billion
1976	425 million	101 million	36 billion
1975	316 million	69 million	37.2 billion
1974	249 million	75 million	36.6 billion
1973	158 million	15 million	36.3 billion
1972	276 million	163 million	34.5 billion
1971	278 million	547 million	32.9 billion
1970	268 million	158 million	25.3 billion
1969	323 million	36 million	28.1 billion
1968	288 million	60 million	26.1 billion
1967	309 million	55 million	25.6 billion
1966	319 million	56 million	25.8 billion
1965	234 million	32 million	25.8 billion
1964	237 million	22 million	26.7 billion
1963	111 million	13 million	20.3 billion
1962	7 million	44 million	17.5 billion
1961	–	46 million	16.4 billion
1960	0	38 million	17.6 billion

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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.

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