Poland vs Switzerland: Arms imports

Arms imports: 2.17 billion TIV in Poland in 2025 and 33 million TIV in Switzerland in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Poland, by 1.36 billion TIV, or 42 times that in Switzerland.

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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 Switzerland.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Poland	Switzerland	World
2025	2.17 billion	–	33.3 billion
2024	1.54 billion	–	30.6 billion
2023	1.39 billion	33 million	29.5 billion
2022	414 million	15 million	33 billion
2021	68 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	153 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	213 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	50 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	126 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	45 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	127 million	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	275 million	5 million	27 billion
2013	146 million	–	27.4 billion
2012	227 million	2 million	27.9 billion
2011	141 million	24 million	29.9 billion
2010	174 million	38 million	25.8 billion
2009	193 million	36 million	24 billion
2008	633 million	15 million	24.1 billion
2007	969 million	108 million	26.5 billion
2006	442 million	83 million	24.4 billion
2005	105 million	168 million	21.3 billion
2004	223 million	203 million	21.3 billion
2003	347 million	117 million	19.2 billion
2002	253 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	31 million	60 million	18.3 billion
2000	146 million	15 million	20.5 billion
1999	23 million	499 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	428 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	375 million	28.9 billion
1996	101 million	187 million	23.7 billion
1995	250 million	93 million	22.9 billion
1994	74 million	114 million	22.8 billion
1993	4 million	98 million	25.8 billion
1992	100 million	381 million	24.3 billion
1991	76 million	469 million	27.8 billion
1990	226 million	433 million	28.6 billion
1989	501 million	318 million	31.7 billion
1988	903 million	179 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.04 billion	151 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.39 billion	108 million	35.5 billion
1985	925 million	341 million	33.2 billion
1984	466 million	404 million	36.8 billion
1983	536 million	442 million	39.1 billion
1982	709 million	175 million	41.4 billion
1981	804 million	289 million	42 billion
1980	1.12 billion	272 million	37.4 billion
1979	1.19 billion	226 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.19 billion	217 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.02 billion	4 million	37 billion
1976	1.1 billion	142 million	33 billion
1975	887 million	136 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.06 billion	64 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.11 billion	123 million	32.6 billion
1972	958 million	192 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.01 billion	153 million	29.3 billion
1970	859 million	142 million	22.1 billion
1969	992 million	166 million	24.7 billion
1968	927 million	199 million	22.4 billion
1967	781 million	177 million	22.1 billion
1966	1 billion	373 million	22.4 billion
1965	1.16 billion	228 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.57 billion	263 million	24.2 billion
1963	1.02 billion	52 million	18.1 billion
1962	685 million	4 million	15.5 billion
1961	864 million	37 million	15 billion
1960	889 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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