Sweden vs Thailand: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 146 million TIV in Sweden and 33 million TIV in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by 113 million TIV, or 4.42 times that in Thailand.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

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

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Sweden	Thailand	World
2025	146 million	33 million	33.3 billion
2024	56 million	73 million	30.6 billion
2023	98 million	290 million	29.5 billion
2022	318 million	271 million	33 billion
2021	110 million	151 million	26.8 billion
2020	3 million	141 million	23.4 billion
2019	7 million	293 million	26.9 billion
2018	7 million	636 million	27.3 billion
2017	32 million	317 million	31.2 billion
2016	70 million	346 million	31.4 billion
2015	24 million	184 million	28.7 billion
2014	48 million	107 million	27 billion
2013	58 million	383 million	27.4 billion
2012	202 million	278 million	27.9 billion
2011	185 million	252 million	29.9 billion
2010	–	60 million	25.8 billion
2009	15 million	63 million	24 billion
2008	52 million	16 million	24.1 billion
2007	51 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	121 million	99 million	24.4 billion
2005	78 million	115 million	21.3 billion
2004	47 million	138 million	21.3 billion
2003	66 million	131 million	19.2 billion
2002	74 million	152 million	17.7 billion
2001	165 million	109 million	18.3 billion
2000	196 million	77 million	20.5 billion
1999	224 million	160 million	25.3 billion
1998	294 million	62 million	27.9 billion
1997	196 million	910 million	28.9 billion
1996	98 million	741 million	23.7 billion
1995	106 million	530 million	22.9 billion
1994	307 million	608 million	22.8 billion
1993	46 million	182 million	25.8 billion
1992	60 million	429 million	24.3 billion
1991	55 million	575 million	27.8 billion
1990	94 million	235 million	28.6 billion
1989	127 million	284 million	31.7 billion
1988	152 million	623 million	32.9 billion
1987	125 million	539 million	36.2 billion
1986	118 million	162 million	35.5 billion
1985	84 million	185 million	33.2 billion
1984	108 million	360 million	36.8 billion
1983	106 million	247 million	39.1 billion
1982	153 million	81 million	41.4 billion
1981	495 million	350 million	42 billion
1980	291 million	318 million	37.4 billion
1979	233 million	326 million	33.3 billion
1978	229 million	192 million	39.2 billion
1977	114 million	111 million	37 billion
1976	214 million	154 million	33 billion
1975	292 million	90 million	34.2 billion
1974	256 million	114 million	32.9 billion
1973	231 million	321 million	32.6 billion
1972	196 million	147 million	28.7 billion
1971	160 million	243 million	29.3 billion
1970	137 million	258 million	22.1 billion
1969	172 million	121 million	24.7 billion
1968	189 million	88 million	22.4 billion
1967	318 million	140 million	22.1 billion
1966	299 million	58 million	22.4 billion
1965	324 million	87 million	23.1 billion
1964	400 million	84 million	24.2 billion
1963	335 million	111 million	18.1 billion
1962	177 million	113 million	15.5 billion
1961	165 million	52 million	15 billion
1960	227 million	28 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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