Saudi Arabia vs Switzerland: Arms imports

Arms imports: 3.04 billion TIV in Saudi Arabia in 2025 and 33 million TIV in Switzerland in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 1.29 billion TIV, or 40 times that in Switzerland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Saudi Arabia has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Switzerland.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Saudi Arabia	Switzerland	World
2025	3.04 billion	–	33.3 billion
2024	1.24 billion	–	30.6 billion
2023	1.33 billion	33 million	29.5 billion
2022	3.05 billion	15 million	33 billion
2021	1.75 billion	–	26.8 billion
2020	2.24 billion	–	23.4 billion
2019	3.03 billion	–	26.9 billion
2018	2.94 billion	–	27.3 billion
2017	3.85 billion	–	31.2 billion
2016	2.91 billion	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	3.47 billion	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	2.72 billion	5 million	27 billion
2013	1.69 billion	–	27.4 billion
2012	835 million	2 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.18 billion	24 million	29.9 billion
2010	1.11 billion	38 million	25.8 billion
2009	828 million	36 million	24 billion
2008	389 million	15 million	24.1 billion
2007	229 million	108 million	26.5 billion
2006	207 million	83 million	24.4 billion
2005	166 million	168 million	21.3 billion
2004	1.16 billion	203 million	21.3 billion
2003	158 million	117 million	19.2 billion
2002	559 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	59 million	60 million	18.3 billion
2000	104 million	15 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.58 billion	499 million	25.3 billion
1998	2.89 billion	428 million	27.9 billion
1997	2.79 billion	375 million	28.9 billion
1996	1.73 billion	187 million	23.7 billion
1995	985 million	93 million	22.9 billion
1994	981 million	114 million	22.8 billion
1993	2.35 billion	98 million	25.8 billion
1992	1.15 billion	381 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.04 billion	469 million	27.8 billion
1990	2.04 billion	433 million	28.6 billion
1989	1.38 billion	318 million	31.7 billion
1988	784 million	179 million	32.9 billion
1987	2.01 billion	151 million	36.2 billion
1986	2.84 billion	108 million	35.5 billion
1985	1.31 billion	341 million	33.2 billion
1984	824 million	404 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.82 billion	442 million	39.1 billion
1982	2.22 billion	175 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.82 billion	289 million	42 billion
1980	1.09 billion	272 million	37.4 billion
1979	767 million	226 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.01 billion	217 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.02 billion	4 million	37 billion
1976	702 million	142 million	33 billion
1975	372 million	136 million	34.2 billion
1974	547 million	64 million	32.9 billion
1973	202 million	123 million	32.6 billion
1972	130 million	192 million	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	153 million	29.3 billion
1970	87 million	142 million	22.1 billion
1969	416 million	166 million	24.7 billion
1968	448 million	199 million	22.4 billion
1967	222 million	177 million	22.1 billion
1966	227 million	373 million	22.4 billion
1965	48 million	228 million	23.1 billion
1964	5 million	263 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	52 million	18.1 billion
1962	22 million	4 million	15.5 billion
1961	8 million	37 million	15 billion
1960	6 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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