Sweden vs Switzerland: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 235 million TIV in Sweden and 129 million TIV in Switzerland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by 106 million TIV, or 1.82 times that in Switzerland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Sweden has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Switzerland.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Sweden	Switzerland	World
2025	235 million	129 million	33.5 billion
2024	405 million	11 million	30.7 billion
2023	373 million	63 million	29.5 billion
2022	83 million	181 million	33.3 billion
2021	236 million	107 million	27.1 billion
2020	263 million	145 million	24.1 billion
2019	121 million	222 million	27 billion
2018	135 million	244 million	27.4 billion
2017	75 million	175 million	31.3 billion
2016	248 million	220 million	31.5 billion
2015	178 million	491 million	28.7 billion
2014	340 million	352 million	27.1 billion
2013	383 million	213 million	27.4 billion
2012	436 million	257 million	27.9 billion
2011	658 million	349 million	29.9 billion
2010	612 million	285 million	25.8 billion
2009	389 million	260 million	24.4 billion
2008	461 million	506 million	24.1 billion
2007	332 million	325 million	26.5 billion
2006	384 million	320 million	24.5 billion
2005	536 million	274 million	21.4 billion
2004	297 million	293 million	21.3 billion
2003	516 million	207 million	19.2 billion
2002	164 million	178 million	17.7 billion
2001	892 million	219 million	18.5 billion
2000	355 million	140 million	20.5 billion
1999	383 million	227 million	25.4 billion
1998	332 million	198 million	27.9 billion
1997	99 million	131 million	28.9 billion
1996	344 million	204 million	23.7 billion
1995	226 million	144 million	22.9 billion
1994	111 million	176 million	23 billion
1993	103 million	232 million	25.8 billion
1992	147 million	457 million	24.3 billion
1991	155 million	508 million	28.2 billion
1990	224 million	475 million	30.2 billion
1989	401 million	318 million	34.9 billion
1988	512 million	375 million	36.8 billion
1987	230 million	319 million	39.4 billion
1986	320 million	340 million	39 billion
1985	215 million	347 million	38.2 billion
1984	227 million	529 million	41.6 billion
1983	118 million	331 million	43.9 billion
1982	120 million	413 million	46.2 billion
1981	127 million	559 million	45.8 billion
1980	157 million	566 million	42.2 billion
1979	261 million	488 million	38.4 billion
1978	55 million	223 million	42.4 billion
1977	75 million	339 million	40 billion
1976	101 million	592 million	36 billion
1975	69 million	484 million	37.2 billion
1974	75 million	89 million	36.6 billion
1973	15 million	54 million	36.3 billion
1972	163 million	34 million	34.5 billion
1971	547 million	42 million	32.9 billion
1970	158 million	18 million	25.3 billion
1969	36 million	106 million	28.1 billion
1968	60 million	88 million	26.1 billion
1967	55 million	261 million	25.6 billion
1966	56 million	367 million	25.8 billion
1965	32 million	484 million	25.8 billion
1964	22 million	394 million	26.7 billion
1963	13 million	351 million	20.3 billion
1962	44 million	534 million	17.5 billion
1961	46 million	493 million	16.4 billion
1960	38 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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