Poland vs Switzerland
Poland vs Switzerland: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 59 million TIV in Poland and 129 million TIV in Switzerland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 70 million TIV, or 2.19 times that in Poland.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Switzerland has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Poland.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Poland | Switzerland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 million | 129 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 145 million | 11 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 576 million | 63 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 707 million | 181 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 3 million | 107 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 0 | 145 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 10 million | 222 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 11 million | 244 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 8 million | 175 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 5 million | 220 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 2 million | 491 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 33 million | 352 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 147 million | 213 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 31 million | 257 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 8 million | 349 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 28 million | 285 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 75 million | 260 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 73 million | 506 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 163 million | 325 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 282 million | 320 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 18 million | 274 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 47 million | 293 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 83 million | 207 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 56 million | 178 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 81 million | 219 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 47 million | 140 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 65 million | 227 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 1 million | 198 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 23 million | 131 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 57 million | 204 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 179 million | 144 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 133 million | 176 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 232 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 57 million | 457 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 62 million | 508 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 112 million | 475 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 20 million | 318 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 232 million | 375 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 222 million | 319 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 265 million | 340 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 131 million | 347 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 91 million | 529 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 134 million | 331 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 230 million | 413 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 365 million | 559 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 226 million | 566 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 247 million | 488 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 336 million | 223 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 400 million | 339 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 425 million | 592 million | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 316 million | 484 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 249 million | 89 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 158 million | 54 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 276 million | 34 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 278 million | 42 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 268 million | 18 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 323 million | 106 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 288 million | 88 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 309 million | 261 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 319 million | 367 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 234 million | 484 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 237 million | 394 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 111 million | 351 million | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 7 million | 534 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 493 million | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 0 | 435 million | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Poland vs Switzerland
Health
- Life expectancyPoland: 78.6 years in 2023Switzerland: 84 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPoland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Switzerland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPoland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Switzerland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterPoland: 88.9% in 2022Switzerland: 96.7% in 2022
- DepressionPoland: 2.25% in 2017Switzerland: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide ratePoland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017Switzerland: 9.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPoland: 38.8 million people in 2023Switzerland: 8.87 million people in 2023
- Population growthPoland: -0.26% a year in 2023Switzerland: 0.62% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePoland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023Switzerland: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPoland: 60.1% in 2025Switzerland: 85.7% in 2025
- Median agePoland: 41.3 years in 2023Switzerland: 42.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPoland: 19.6% in 2023Switzerland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration ratePoland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Switzerland: 5.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPoland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025Switzerland: 0.76% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsPoland: $42.5B in 2025Switzerland: $7.15B in 2025
- Military spending per personPoland: $1,219 in 2025Switzerland: $849 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingPoland: 9% of government spending in 2025Switzerland: 2.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelPoland: 189,000 people in 2020Switzerland: 20,000 people in 2020
- National powerPoland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022Switzerland: 0.12% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPoland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020Switzerland: 0.4% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsPoland: 2.17 billion TIV in 2025Switzerland: 33 million TIV in 2023