Sweden vs Netherlands: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 146 million TIV in Sweden and 824 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 678 million TIV, or 5.64 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 2017, when it overtook Sweden.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Sweden	Netherlands	World
2025	146 million	824 million	33.3 billion
2024	56 million	333 million	30.6 billion
2023	98 million	374 million	29.5 billion
2022	318 million	725 million	33 billion
2021	110 million	512 million	26.8 billion
2020	3 million	575 million	23.4 billion
2019	7 million	494 million	26.9 billion
2018	7 million	139 million	27.3 billion
2017	32 million	33 million	31.2 billion
2016	70 million	69 million	31.4 billion
2015	24 million	51 million	28.7 billion
2014	48 million	8 million	27 billion
2013	58 million	488 million	27.4 billion
2012	202 million	190 million	27.9 billion
2011	185 million	115 million	29.9 billion
2010	–	171 million	25.8 billion
2009	15 million	262 million	24 billion
2008	52 million	147 million	24.1 billion
2007	51 million	221 million	26.5 billion
2006	121 million	304 million	24.4 billion
2005	78 million	86 million	21.3 billion
2004	47 million	130 million	21.3 billion
2003	66 million	128 million	19.2 billion
2002	74 million	247 million	17.7 billion
2001	165 million	164 million	18.3 billion
2000	196 million	123 million	20.5 billion
1999	224 million	278 million	25.3 billion
1998	294 million	269 million	27.9 billion
1997	196 million	126 million	28.9 billion
1996	98 million	203 million	23.7 billion
1995	106 million	84 million	22.9 billion
1994	307 million	205 million	22.8 billion
1993	46 million	140 million	25.8 billion
1992	60 million	237 million	24.3 billion
1991	55 million	322 million	27.8 billion
1990	94 million	273 million	28.6 billion
1989	127 million	705 million	31.7 billion
1988	152 million	393 million	32.9 billion
1987	125 million	614 million	36.2 billion
1986	118 million	792 million	35.5 billion
1985	84 million	892 million	33.2 billion
1984	108 million	1.17 billion	36.8 billion
1983	106 million	1.33 billion	39.1 billion
1982	153 million	1.24 billion	41.4 billion
1981	495 million	755 million	42 billion
1980	291 million	645 million	37.4 billion
1979	233 million	792 million	33.3 billion
1978	229 million	717 million	39.2 billion
1977	114 million	606 million	37 billion
1976	214 million	285 million	33 billion
1975	292 million	108 million	34.2 billion
1974	256 million	40 million	32.9 billion
1973	231 million	21 million	32.6 billion
1972	196 million	650 million	28.7 billion
1971	160 million	698 million	29.3 billion
1970	137 million	699 million	22.1 billion
1969	172 million	569 million	24.7 billion
1968	189 million	288 million	22.4 billion
1967	318 million	751 million	22.1 billion
1966	299 million	204 million	22.4 billion
1965	324 million	815 million	23.1 billion
1964	400 million	1.01 billion	24.2 billion
1963	335 million	767 million	18.1 billion
1962	177 million	294 million	15.5 billion
1961	165 million	227 million	15 billion
1960	227 million	255 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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