Sweden vs United Arab Emirates: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 235 million TIV in Sweden and 33 million TIV in United Arab Emirates, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by 202 million TIV, or 7.12 times that in United Arab Emirates.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Sweden has been higher since 2020, when it overtook United Arab Emirates.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Sweden	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	235 million	33 million	33.5 billion
2024	405 million	119 million	30.7 billion
2023	373 million	64 million	29.5 billion
2022	83 million	17 million	33.3 billion
2021	236 million	57 million	27.1 billion
2020	263 million	209 million	24.1 billion
2019	121 million	131 million	27 billion
2018	135 million	120 million	27.4 billion
2017	75 million	106 million	31.3 billion
2016	248 million	111 million	31.5 billion
2015	178 million	143 million	28.7 billion
2014	340 million	100 million	27.1 billion
2013	383 million	115 million	27.4 billion
2012	436 million	75 million	27.9 billion
2011	658 million	3 million	29.9 billion
2010	612 million	39 million	25.8 billion
2009	389 million	34 million	24.4 billion
2008	461 million	–	24.1 billion
2007	332 million	3 million	26.5 billion
2006	384 million	17 million	24.5 billion
2005	536 million	15 million	21.4 billion
2004	297 million	3 million	21.3 billion
2003	516 million	–	19.2 billion
2002	164 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	892 million	–	18.5 billion
2000	355 million	–	20.5 billion
1999	383 million	–	25.4 billion
1998	332 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	99 million	37 million	28.9 billion
1996	344 million	6 million	23.7 billion
1995	226 million	28 million	22.9 billion
1994	111 million	–	23 billion
1993	103 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	147 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	155 million	–	28.2 billion
1990	224 million	2 million	30.2 billion
1989	401 million	–	34.9 billion
1988	512 million	–	36.8 billion
1987	230 million	2 million	39.4 billion
1986	320 million	22 million	39 billion
1985	215 million	–	38.2 billion
1984	227 million	–	41.6 billion
1983	118 million	14 million	43.9 billion
1982	120 million	–	46.2 billion
1981	127 million	–	45.8 billion
1980	157 million	–	42.2 billion
1979	261 million	–	38.4 billion
1978	55 million	–	42.4 billion
1977	75 million	–	40 billion
1976	101 million	–	36 billion
1975	69 million	–	37.2 billion
1974	75 million	8 million	36.6 billion
1973	15 million	–	36.3 billion
1972	163 million	–	34.5 billion
1971	547 million	–	32.9 billion
1970	158 million	–	25.3 billion
1969	36 million	–	28.1 billion
1968	60 million	–	26.1 billion
1967	55 million	–	25.6 billion
1966	56 million	–	25.8 billion
1965	32 million	–	25.8 billion
1964	22 million	–	26.7 billion
1963	13 million	–	20.3 billion
1962	44 million	–	17.5 billion
1961	46 million	–	16.4 billion
1960	38 million	–	17.6 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

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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