South Africa vs Switzerland: Arms imports

Arms imports: 30 million TIV in South Africa in 2025 and 33 million TIV in Switzerland in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 3 million TIV, or 1.1 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 2023, when it overtook South Africa.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	South Africa	Switzerland	World
2025	30 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	–	–	30.6 billion
2023	30 million	33 million	29.5 billion
2022	30 million	15 million	33 billion
2021	–	–	26.8 billion
2020	–	–	23.4 billion
2019	–	–	26.9 billion
2018	–	–	27.3 billion
2017	–	–	31.2 billion
2016	–	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	2 million	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	50 million	5 million	27 billion
2013	1 million	–	27.4 billion
2012	127 million	2 million	27.9 billion
2011	208 million	24 million	29.9 billion
2010	178 million	38 million	25.8 billion
2009	134 million	36 million	24 billion
2008	493 million	15 million	24.1 billion
2007	910 million	108 million	26.5 billion
2006	741 million	83 million	24.4 billion
2005	262 million	168 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	203 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	117 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	18 million	60 million	18.3 billion
2000	6 million	15 million	20.5 billion
1999	21 million	499 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	428 million	27.9 billion
1997	11 million	375 million	28.9 billion
1996	38 million	187 million	23.7 billion
1995	38 million	93 million	22.9 billion
1994	239 million	114 million	22.8 billion
1993	238 million	98 million	25.8 billion
1992	361 million	381 million	24.3 billion
1991	26 million	469 million	27.8 billion
1990	10 million	433 million	28.6 billion
1989	11 million	318 million	31.7 billion
1988	17 million	179 million	32.9 billion
1987	20 million	151 million	36.2 billion
1986	191 million	108 million	35.5 billion
1985	25 million	341 million	33.2 billion
1984	100 million	404 million	36.8 billion
1983	192 million	442 million	39.1 billion
1982	44 million	175 million	41.4 billion
1981	122 million	289 million	42 billion
1980	192 million	272 million	37.4 billion
1979	125 million	226 million	33.3 billion
1978	389 million	217 million	39.2 billion
1977	500 million	4 million	37 billion
1976	419 million	142 million	33 billion
1975	235 million	136 million	34.2 billion
1974	177 million	64 million	32.9 billion
1973	369 million	123 million	32.6 billion
1972	291 million	192 million	28.7 billion
1971	309 million	153 million	29.3 billion
1970	511 million	142 million	22.1 billion
1969	211 million	166 million	24.7 billion
1968	217 million	199 million	22.4 billion
1967	299 million	177 million	22.1 billion
1966	496 million	373 million	22.4 billion
1965	386 million	228 million	23.1 billion
1964	302 million	263 million	24.2 billion
1963	520 million	52 million	18.1 billion
1962	232 million	4 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	37 million	15 billion
1960	13 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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