Poland vs Sweden: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 2.17 billion TIV in Poland and 146 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 2.02 billion TIV, or 15 times that in Sweden.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Poland has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Sweden.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Poland	Sweden	World
2025	2.17 billion	146 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.54 billion	56 million	30.6 billion
2023	1.39 billion	98 million	29.5 billion
2022	414 million	318 million	33 billion
2021	68 million	110 million	26.8 billion
2020	153 million	3 million	23.4 billion
2019	213 million	7 million	26.9 billion
2018	50 million	7 million	27.3 billion
2017	126 million	32 million	31.2 billion
2016	45 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	127 million	24 million	28.7 billion
2014	275 million	48 million	27 billion
2013	146 million	58 million	27.4 billion
2012	227 million	202 million	27.9 billion
2011	141 million	185 million	29.9 billion
2010	174 million	–	25.8 billion
2009	193 million	15 million	24 billion
2008	633 million	52 million	24.1 billion
2007	969 million	51 million	26.5 billion
2006	442 million	121 million	24.4 billion
2005	105 million	78 million	21.3 billion
2004	223 million	47 million	21.3 billion
2003	347 million	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	253 million	74 million	17.7 billion
2001	31 million	165 million	18.3 billion
2000	146 million	196 million	20.5 billion
1999	23 million	224 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	294 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	196 million	28.9 billion
1996	101 million	98 million	23.7 billion
1995	250 million	106 million	22.9 billion
1994	74 million	307 million	22.8 billion
1993	4 million	46 million	25.8 billion
1992	100 million	60 million	24.3 billion
1991	76 million	55 million	27.8 billion
1990	226 million	94 million	28.6 billion
1989	501 million	127 million	31.7 billion
1988	903 million	152 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.04 billion	125 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.39 billion	118 million	35.5 billion
1985	925 million	84 million	33.2 billion
1984	466 million	108 million	36.8 billion
1983	536 million	106 million	39.1 billion
1982	709 million	153 million	41.4 billion
1981	804 million	495 million	42 billion
1980	1.12 billion	291 million	37.4 billion
1979	1.19 billion	233 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.19 billion	229 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.02 billion	114 million	37 billion
1976	1.1 billion	214 million	33 billion
1975	887 million	292 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.06 billion	256 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.11 billion	231 million	32.6 billion
1972	958 million	196 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.01 billion	160 million	29.3 billion
1970	859 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1969	992 million	172 million	24.7 billion
1968	927 million	189 million	22.4 billion
1967	781 million	318 million	22.1 billion
1966	1 billion	299 million	22.4 billion
1965	1.16 billion	324 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.57 billion	400 million	24.2 billion
1963	1.02 billion	335 million	18.1 billion
1962	685 million	177 million	15.5 billion
1961	864 million	165 million	15 billion
1960	889 million	227 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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