Saudi Arabia vs Sweden: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 3.04 billion TIV in Saudi Arabia and 146 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 2.9 billion TIV, or 21 times that in Sweden.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Saudi Arabia has been higher since 2002, when it overtook Sweden.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Saudi Arabia	Sweden	World
2025	3.04 billion	146 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.24 billion	56 million	30.6 billion
2023	1.33 billion	98 million	29.5 billion
2022	3.05 billion	318 million	33 billion
2021	1.75 billion	110 million	26.8 billion
2020	2.24 billion	3 million	23.4 billion
2019	3.03 billion	7 million	26.9 billion
2018	2.94 billion	7 million	27.3 billion
2017	3.85 billion	32 million	31.2 billion
2016	2.91 billion	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	3.47 billion	24 million	28.7 billion
2014	2.72 billion	48 million	27 billion
2013	1.69 billion	58 million	27.4 billion
2012	835 million	202 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.18 billion	185 million	29.9 billion
2010	1.11 billion	–	25.8 billion
2009	828 million	15 million	24 billion
2008	389 million	52 million	24.1 billion
2007	229 million	51 million	26.5 billion
2006	207 million	121 million	24.4 billion
2005	166 million	78 million	21.3 billion
2004	1.16 billion	47 million	21.3 billion
2003	158 million	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	559 million	74 million	17.7 billion
2001	59 million	165 million	18.3 billion
2000	104 million	196 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.58 billion	224 million	25.3 billion
1998	2.89 billion	294 million	27.9 billion
1997	2.79 billion	196 million	28.9 billion
1996	1.73 billion	98 million	23.7 billion
1995	985 million	106 million	22.9 billion
1994	981 million	307 million	22.8 billion
1993	2.35 billion	46 million	25.8 billion
1992	1.15 billion	60 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.04 billion	55 million	27.8 billion
1990	2.04 billion	94 million	28.6 billion
1989	1.38 billion	127 million	31.7 billion
1988	784 million	152 million	32.9 billion
1987	2.01 billion	125 million	36.2 billion
1986	2.84 billion	118 million	35.5 billion
1985	1.31 billion	84 million	33.2 billion
1984	824 million	108 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.82 billion	106 million	39.1 billion
1982	2.22 billion	153 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.82 billion	495 million	42 billion
1980	1.09 billion	291 million	37.4 billion
1979	767 million	233 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.01 billion	229 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.02 billion	114 million	37 billion
1976	702 million	214 million	33 billion
1975	372 million	292 million	34.2 billion
1974	547 million	256 million	32.9 billion
1973	202 million	231 million	32.6 billion
1972	130 million	196 million	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	160 million	29.3 billion
1970	87 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1969	416 million	172 million	24.7 billion
1968	448 million	189 million	22.4 billion
1967	222 million	318 million	22.1 billion
1966	227 million	299 million	22.4 billion
1965	48 million	324 million	23.1 billion
1964	5 million	400 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	335 million	18.1 billion
1962	22 million	177 million	15.5 billion
1961	8 million	165 million	15 billion
1960	6 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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