Sweden vs Netherlands: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 235 million TIV in Sweden and 601 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 366 million TIV, or 2.56 times that in Sweden.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

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

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Sweden	Netherlands	World
2025	235 million	601 million	33.5 billion
2024	405 million	370 million	30.7 billion
2023	373 million	250 million	29.5 billion
2022	83 million	324 million	33.3 billion
2021	236 million	357 million	27.1 billion
2020	263 million	497 million	24.1 billion
2019	121 million	304 million	27 billion
2018	135 million	468 million	27.4 billion
2017	75 million	1.14 billion	31.3 billion
2016	248 million	487 million	31.5 billion
2015	178 million	469 million	28.7 billion
2014	340 million	643 million	27.1 billion
2013	383 million	384 million	27.4 billion
2012	436 million	906 million	27.9 billion
2011	658 million	541 million	29.9 billion
2010	612 million	366 million	25.8 billion
2009	389 million	504 million	24.4 billion
2008	461 million	452 million	24.1 billion
2007	332 million	1.23 billion	26.5 billion
2006	384 million	1.15 billion	24.5 billion
2005	536 million	496 million	21.4 billion
2004	297 million	202 million	21.3 billion
2003	516 million	331 million	19.2 billion
2002	164 million	233 million	17.7 billion
2001	892 million	199 million	18.5 billion
2000	355 million	281 million	20.5 billion
1999	383 million	355 million	25.4 billion
1998	332 million	642 million	27.9 billion
1997	99 million	619 million	28.9 billion
1996	344 million	484 million	23.7 billion
1995	226 million	458 million	22.9 billion
1994	111 million	628 million	23 billion
1993	103 million	458 million	25.8 billion
1992	147 million	383 million	24.3 billion
1991	155 million	455 million	28.2 billion
1990	224 million	416 million	30.2 billion
1989	401 million	558 million	34.9 billion
1988	512 million	776 million	36.8 billion
1987	230 million	506 million	39.4 billion
1986	320 million	357 million	39 billion
1985	215 million	180 million	38.2 billion
1984	227 million	364 million	41.6 billion
1983	118 million	457 million	43.9 billion
1982	120 million	661 million	46.2 billion
1981	127 million	801 million	45.8 billion
1980	157 million	612 million	42.2 billion
1979	261 million	243 million	38.4 billion
1978	55 million	235 million	42.4 billion
1977	75 million	444 million	40 billion
1976	101 million	293 million	36 billion
1975	69 million	148 million	37.2 billion
1974	75 million	83 million	36.6 billion
1973	15 million	203 million	36.3 billion
1972	163 million	133 million	34.5 billion
1971	547 million	155 million	32.9 billion
1970	158 million	5 million	25.3 billion
1969	36 million	107 million	28.1 billion
1968	60 million	352 million	26.1 billion
1967	55 million	95 million	25.6 billion
1966	56 million	144 million	25.8 billion
1965	32 million	40 million	25.8 billion
1964	22 million	95 million	26.7 billion
1963	13 million	43 million	20.3 billion
1962	44 million	69 million	17.5 billion
1961	46 million	105 million	16.4 billion
1960	38 million	38 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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