South Africa vs Switzerland: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 115 million TIV in South Africa and 129 million TIV in Switzerland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 14 million TIV, or 1.12 times that in South Africa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Switzerland has been higher since 2025, when it overtook South Africa.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	South Africa	Switzerland	World
2025	115 million	129 million	33.5 billion
2024	96 million	11 million	30.7 billion
2023	105 million	63 million	29.5 billion
2022	113 million	181 million	33.3 billion
2021	143 million	107 million	27.1 billion
2020	150 million	145 million	24.1 billion
2019	129 million	222 million	27 billion
2018	118 million	244 million	27.4 billion
2017	100 million	175 million	31.3 billion
2016	118 million	220 million	31.5 billion
2015	76 million	491 million	28.7 billion
2014	89 million	352 million	27.1 billion
2013	109 million	213 million	27.4 billion
2012	193 million	257 million	27.9 billion
2011	76 million	349 million	29.9 billion
2010	250 million	285 million	25.8 billion
2009	108 million	260 million	24.4 billion
2008	142 million	506 million	24.1 billion
2007	137 million	325 million	26.5 billion
2006	200 million	320 million	24.5 billion
2005	36 million	274 million	21.4 billion
2004	74 million	293 million	21.3 billion
2003	47 million	207 million	19.2 billion
2002	22 million	178 million	17.7 billion
2001	32 million	219 million	18.5 billion
2000	21 million	140 million	20.5 billion
1999	24 million	227 million	25.4 billion
1998	14 million	198 million	27.9 billion
1997	7 million	131 million	28.9 billion
1996	31 million	204 million	23.7 billion
1995	17 million	144 million	22.9 billion
1994	13 million	176 million	23 billion
1993	54 million	232 million	25.8 billion
1992	85 million	457 million	24.3 billion
1991	54 million	508 million	28.2 billion
1990	–	475 million	30.2 billion
1989	0	318 million	34.9 billion
1988	25 million	375 million	36.8 billion
1987	28 million	319 million	39.4 billion
1986	25 million	340 million	39 billion
1985	25 million	347 million	38.2 billion
1984	–	529 million	41.6 billion
1983	–	331 million	43.9 billion
1982	1 million	413 million	46.2 billion
1981	49 million	559 million	45.8 billion
1980	49 million	566 million	42.2 billion
1979	–	488 million	38.4 billion
1978	–	223 million	42.4 billion
1977	0	339 million	40 billion
1976	20 million	592 million	36 billion
1975	29 million	484 million	37.2 billion
1974	2 million	89 million	36.6 billion
1973	1 million	54 million	36.3 billion
1972	22 million	34 million	34.5 billion
1971	7 million	42 million	32.9 billion
1970	2 million	18 million	25.3 billion
1969	13 million	106 million	28.1 billion
1968	9 million	88 million	26.1 billion
1967	8 million	261 million	25.6 billion
1966	–	367 million	25.8 billion
1965	–	484 million	25.8 billion
1964	–	394 million	26.7 billion
1963	–	351 million	20.3 billion
1962	–	534 million	17.5 billion
1961	33 million	493 million	16.4 billion
1960	27 million	435 million	17.6 billion

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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.

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