Sweden vs United Kingdom: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 235 million TIV in Sweden and 702 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 467 million TIV, or 2.99 times that in Sweden.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Kingdom has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Sweden	United Kingdom	World
2025	235 million	702 million	33.5 billion
2024	405 million	884 million	30.7 billion
2023	373 million	1.32 billion	29.5 billion
2022	83 million	1.74 billion	33.3 billion
2021	236 million	639 million	27.1 billion
2020	263 million	652 million	24.1 billion
2019	121 million	886 million	27 billion
2018	135 million	682 million	27.4 billion
2017	75 million	1.1 billion	31.3 billion
2016	248 million	1.34 billion	31.5 billion
2015	178 million	1.18 billion	28.7 billion
2014	340 million	1.66 billion	27.1 billion
2013	383 million	1.51 billion	27.4 billion
2012	436 million	813 million	27.9 billion
2011	658 million	1 billion	29.9 billion
2010	612 million	1.15 billion	25.8 billion
2009	389 million	1.07 billion	24.4 billion
2008	461 million	931 million	24.1 billion
2007	332 million	924 million	26.5 billion
2006	384 million	957 million	24.5 billion
2005	536 million	990 million	21.4 billion
2004	297 million	1.23 billion	21.3 billion
2003	516 million	769 million	19.2 billion
2002	164 million	1.08 billion	17.7 billion
2001	892 million	1.35 billion	18.5 billion
2000	355 million	1.62 billion	20.5 billion
1999	383 million	1.32 billion	25.4 billion
1998	332 million	1.4 billion	27.9 billion
1997	99 million	2.36 billion	28.9 billion
1996	344 million	1.62 billion	23.7 billion
1995	226 million	1.46 billion	22.9 billion
1994	111 million	1.53 billion	23 billion
1993	103 million	1.38 billion	25.8 billion
1992	147 million	1.09 billion	24.3 billion
1991	155 million	1.53 billion	28.2 billion
1990	224 million	1.84 billion	30.2 billion
1989	401 million	3.5 billion	34.9 billion
1988	512 million	2.53 billion	36.8 billion
1987	230 million	3.6 billion	39.4 billion
1986	320 million	1.99 billion	39 billion
1985	215 million	2.14 billion	38.2 billion
1984	227 million	2.53 billion	41.6 billion
1983	118 million	2.54 billion	43.9 billion
1982	120 million	2.52 billion	46.2 billion
1981	127 million	2.36 billion	45.8 billion
1980	157 million	1.57 billion	42.2 billion
1979	261 million	1.54 billion	38.4 billion
1978	55 million	2.21 billion	42.4 billion
1977	75 million	2.2 billion	40 billion
1976	101 million	2.52 billion	36 billion
1975	69 million	2.23 billion	37.2 billion
1974	75 million	2.25 billion	36.6 billion
1973	15 million	2.79 billion	36.3 billion
1972	163 million	2.68 billion	34.5 billion
1971	547 million	2.35 billion	32.9 billion
1970	158 million	982 million	25.3 billion
1969	36 million	1.62 billion	28.1 billion
1968	60 million	1.68 billion	26.1 billion
1967	55 million	1.88 billion	25.6 billion
1966	56 million	1.42 billion	25.8 billion
1965	32 million	1.5 billion	25.8 billion
1964	22 million	1.41 billion	26.7 billion
1963	13 million	1.24 billion	20.3 billion
1962	44 million	1.07 billion	17.5 billion
1961	46 million	1.4 billion	16.4 billion
1960	38 million	2.19 billion	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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