Spain vs Sweden: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 237 million TIV in Spain and 146 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 91 million TIV, or 1.62 times that in Sweden.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Spain has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Sweden.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Spain	Sweden	World
2025	237 million	146 million	33.3 billion
2024	159 million	56 million	30.6 billion
2023	159 million	98 million	29.5 billion
2022	198 million	318 million	33 billion
2021	134 million	110 million	26.8 billion
2020	70 million	3 million	23.4 billion
2019	35 million	7 million	26.9 billion
2018	149 million	7 million	27.3 billion
2017	82 million	32 million	31.2 billion
2016	104 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	152 million	24 million	28.7 billion
2014	109 million	48 million	27 billion
2013	155 million	58 million	27.4 billion
2012	219 million	202 million	27.9 billion
2011	166 million	185 million	29.9 billion
2010	272 million	–	25.8 billion
2009	228 million	15 million	24 billion
2008	347 million	52 million	24.1 billion
2007	343 million	51 million	26.5 billion
2006	312 million	121 million	24.4 billion
2005	358 million	78 million	21.3 billion
2004	288 million	47 million	21.3 billion
2003	239 million	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	266 million	74 million	17.7 billion
2001	140 million	165 million	18.3 billion
2000	315 million	196 million	20.5 billion
1999	357 million	224 million	25.3 billion
1998	82 million	294 million	27.9 billion
1997	192 million	196 million	28.9 billion
1996	395 million	98 million	23.7 billion
1995	355 million	106 million	22.9 billion
1994	838 million	307 million	22.8 billion
1993	299 million	46 million	25.8 billion
1992	207 million	60 million	24.3 billion
1991	109 million	55 million	27.8 billion
1990	691 million	94 million	28.6 billion
1989	835 million	127 million	31.7 billion
1988	1.95 billion	152 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.08 billion	125 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.08 billion	118 million	35.5 billion
1985	327 million	84 million	33.2 billion
1984	81 million	108 million	36.8 billion
1983	614 million	106 million	39.1 billion
1982	512 million	153 million	41.4 billion
1981	636 million	495 million	42 billion
1980	689 million	291 million	37.4 billion
1979	650 million	233 million	33.3 billion
1978	432 million	229 million	39.2 billion
1977	312 million	114 million	37 billion
1976	831 million	214 million	33 billion
1975	1.16 billion	292 million	34.2 billion
1974	557 million	256 million	32.9 billion
1973	895 million	231 million	32.6 billion
1972	793 million	196 million	28.7 billion
1971	637 million	160 million	29.3 billion
1970	234 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1969	181 million	172 million	24.7 billion
1968	133 million	189 million	22.4 billion
1967	303 million	318 million	22.1 billion
1966	307 million	299 million	22.4 billion
1965	382 million	324 million	23.1 billion
1964	51 million	400 million	24.2 billion
1963	15 million	335 million	18.1 billion
1962	55 million	177 million	15.5 billion
1961	103 million	165 million	15 billion
1960	214 million	227 million	15.7 billion

Each country on its own

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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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