Spain vs Switzerland: Arms imports

Arms imports: 237 million TIV in Spain in 2025 and 33 million TIV in Switzerland in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Spain, by 126 million TIV, or 4.82 times that in Switzerland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Spain has been higher since 2000, when it overtook Switzerland.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Spain	Switzerland	World
2025	237 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	159 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	159 million	33 million	29.5 billion
2022	198 million	15 million	33 billion
2021	134 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	70 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	35 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	149 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	82 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	104 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	152 million	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	109 million	5 million	27 billion
2013	155 million	–	27.4 billion
2012	219 million	2 million	27.9 billion
2011	166 million	24 million	29.9 billion
2010	272 million	38 million	25.8 billion
2009	228 million	36 million	24 billion
2008	347 million	15 million	24.1 billion
2007	343 million	108 million	26.5 billion
2006	312 million	83 million	24.4 billion
2005	358 million	168 million	21.3 billion
2004	288 million	203 million	21.3 billion
2003	239 million	117 million	19.2 billion
2002	266 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	140 million	60 million	18.3 billion
2000	315 million	15 million	20.5 billion
1999	357 million	499 million	25.3 billion
1998	82 million	428 million	27.9 billion
1997	192 million	375 million	28.9 billion
1996	395 million	187 million	23.7 billion
1995	355 million	93 million	22.9 billion
1994	838 million	114 million	22.8 billion
1993	299 million	98 million	25.8 billion
1992	207 million	381 million	24.3 billion
1991	109 million	469 million	27.8 billion
1990	691 million	433 million	28.6 billion
1989	835 million	318 million	31.7 billion
1988	1.95 billion	179 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.08 billion	151 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.08 billion	108 million	35.5 billion
1985	327 million	341 million	33.2 billion
1984	81 million	404 million	36.8 billion
1983	614 million	442 million	39.1 billion
1982	512 million	175 million	41.4 billion
1981	636 million	289 million	42 billion
1980	689 million	272 million	37.4 billion
1979	650 million	226 million	33.3 billion
1978	432 million	217 million	39.2 billion
1977	312 million	4 million	37 billion
1976	831 million	142 million	33 billion
1975	1.16 billion	136 million	34.2 billion
1974	557 million	64 million	32.9 billion
1973	895 million	123 million	32.6 billion
1972	793 million	192 million	28.7 billion
1971	637 million	153 million	29.3 billion
1970	234 million	142 million	22.1 billion
1969	181 million	166 million	24.7 billion
1968	133 million	199 million	22.4 billion
1967	303 million	177 million	22.1 billion
1966	307 million	373 million	22.4 billion
1965	382 million	228 million	23.1 billion
1964	51 million	263 million	24.2 billion
1963	15 million	52 million	18.1 billion
1962	55 million	4 million	15.5 billion
1961	103 million	37 million	15 billion
1960	214 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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