Spain vs Switzerland
Spain vs Switzerland: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 341 million TIV in Spain and 129 million TIV in Switzerland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 212 million TIV, or 2.64 times that in Switzerland.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Spain has been higher since 2011, when it overtook Switzerland.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Spain | Switzerland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 341 million | 129 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 606 million | 11 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 912 million | 63 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1.01 billion | 181 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 676 million | 107 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 1.01 billion | 145 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 318 million | 222 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 705 million | 244 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 820 million | 175 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 481 million | 220 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 982 million | 491 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 962 million | 352 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 450 million | 213 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 266 million | 257 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 997 million | 349 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 273 million | 285 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 984 million | 260 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 626 million | 506 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 628 million | 325 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 898 million | 320 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 113 million | 274 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 54 million | 293 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 99 million | 207 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 18 million | 178 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 8 million | 219 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 47 million | 140 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 46 million | 227 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 174 million | 198 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 605 million | 131 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 112 million | 204 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 88 million | 144 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 253 million | 176 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 103 million | 232 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 70 million | 457 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 103 million | 508 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 116 million | 475 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 167 million | 318 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 136 million | 375 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 152 million | 319 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 197 million | 340 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 92 million | 347 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 244 million | 529 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 367 million | 331 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 263 million | 413 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 135 million | 559 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 10 million | 566 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 18 million | 488 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 38 million | 223 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 25 million | 339 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 46 million | 592 million | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 272 million | 484 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 82 million | 89 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 18 million | 54 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 18 million | 34 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 140 million | 42 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 70 million | 18 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 10 million | 106 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 12 million | 88 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 12 million | 261 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 26 million | 367 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 33 million | 484 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 12 million | 394 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 10 million | 351 million | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 10 million | 534 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | 8 million | 493 million | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 2 million | 435 million | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Spain vs Switzerland
Health
- Life expectancySpain: 83.7 years in 2023Switzerland: 84 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySpain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Switzerland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySpain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Switzerland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSpain: 99.6% in 2022Switzerland: 96.7% in 2022
- DepressionSpain: 3.54% in 2017Switzerland: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide rateSpain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Switzerland: 9.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSpain: 47.9 million people in 2023Switzerland: 8.87 million people in 2023
- Population growthSpain: 0.02% a year in 2023Switzerland: 0.62% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSpain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023Switzerland: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSpain: 80.5% in 2025Switzerland: 85.7% in 2025
- Median ageSpain: 44.9 years in 2023Switzerland: 42.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSpain: 20.7% in 2023Switzerland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateSpain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Switzerland: 5.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSpain: 2.13% of GDP in 2025Switzerland: 0.76% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSpain: $37.7B in 2025Switzerland: $7.15B in 2025
- Military spending per personSpain: $839 in 2025Switzerland: $849 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSpain: 4.7% of government spending in 2025Switzerland: 2.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSpain: 199,000 people in 2020Switzerland: 20,000 people in 2020
- National powerSpain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022Switzerland: 0.12% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSpain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020Switzerland: 0.4% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSpain: 237 million TIV in 2025Switzerland: 33 million TIV in 2023