Sweden vs Switzerland: Arms imports

Arms imports: 146 million TIV in Sweden in 2025 and 33 million TIV in Switzerland in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Sweden, by 65 million TIV, or 2.97 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 2022.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Sweden	Switzerland	World
2025	146 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	56 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	98 million	33 million	29.5 billion
2022	318 million	15 million	33 billion
2021	110 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	3 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	7 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	7 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	32 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	70 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	24 million	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	48 million	5 million	27 billion
2013	58 million	–	27.4 billion
2012	202 million	2 million	27.9 billion
2011	185 million	24 million	29.9 billion
2010	–	38 million	25.8 billion
2009	15 million	36 million	24 billion
2008	52 million	15 million	24.1 billion
2007	51 million	108 million	26.5 billion
2006	121 million	83 million	24.4 billion
2005	78 million	168 million	21.3 billion
2004	47 million	203 million	21.3 billion
2003	66 million	117 million	19.2 billion
2002	74 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	165 million	60 million	18.3 billion
2000	196 million	15 million	20.5 billion
1999	224 million	499 million	25.3 billion
1998	294 million	428 million	27.9 billion
1997	196 million	375 million	28.9 billion
1996	98 million	187 million	23.7 billion
1995	106 million	93 million	22.9 billion
1994	307 million	114 million	22.8 billion
1993	46 million	98 million	25.8 billion
1992	60 million	381 million	24.3 billion
1991	55 million	469 million	27.8 billion
1990	94 million	433 million	28.6 billion
1989	127 million	318 million	31.7 billion
1988	152 million	179 million	32.9 billion
1987	125 million	151 million	36.2 billion
1986	118 million	108 million	35.5 billion
1985	84 million	341 million	33.2 billion
1984	108 million	404 million	36.8 billion
1983	106 million	442 million	39.1 billion
1982	153 million	175 million	41.4 billion
1981	495 million	289 million	42 billion
1980	291 million	272 million	37.4 billion
1979	233 million	226 million	33.3 billion
1978	229 million	217 million	39.2 billion
1977	114 million	4 million	37 billion
1976	214 million	142 million	33 billion
1975	292 million	136 million	34.2 billion
1974	256 million	64 million	32.9 billion
1973	231 million	123 million	32.6 billion
1972	196 million	192 million	28.7 billion
1971	160 million	153 million	29.3 billion
1970	137 million	142 million	22.1 billion
1969	172 million	166 million	24.7 billion
1968	189 million	199 million	22.4 billion
1967	318 million	177 million	22.1 billion
1966	299 million	373 million	22.4 billion
1965	324 million	228 million	23.1 billion
1964	400 million	263 million	24.2 billion
1963	335 million	52 million	18.1 billion
1962	177 million	4 million	15.5 billion
1961	165 million	37 million	15 billion
1960	227 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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