Sweden vs United Kingdom: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 146 million TIV in Sweden and 609 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 463 million TIV, or 4.17 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 since 2006, when it overtook Sweden.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Sweden	United Kingdom	World
2025	146 million	609 million	33.3 billion
2024	56 million	486 million	30.6 billion
2023	98 million	469 million	29.5 billion
2022	318 million	859 million	33 billion
2021	110 million	886 million	26.8 billion
2020	3 million	635 million	23.4 billion
2019	7 million	402 million	26.9 billion
2018	7 million	463 million	27.3 billion
2017	32 million	1 billion	31.2 billion
2016	70 million	288 million	31.4 billion
2015	24 million	424 million	28.7 billion
2014	48 million	217 million	27 billion
2013	58 million	509 million	27.4 billion
2012	202 million	566 million	27.9 billion
2011	185 million	347 million	29.9 billion
2010	–	461 million	25.8 billion
2009	15 million	381 million	24 billion
2008	52 million	575 million	24.1 billion
2007	51 million	817 million	26.5 billion
2006	121 million	375 million	24.4 billion
2005	78 million	31 million	21.3 billion
2004	47 million	212 million	21.3 billion
2003	66 million	770 million	19.2 billion
2002	74 million	721 million	17.7 billion
2001	165 million	1.29 billion	18.3 billion
2000	196 million	937 million	20.5 billion
1999	224 million	132 million	25.3 billion
1998	294 million	770 million	27.9 billion
1997	196 million	513 million	28.9 billion
1996	98 million	568 million	23.7 billion
1995	106 million	496 million	22.9 billion
1994	307 million	421 million	22.8 billion
1993	46 million	796 million	25.8 billion
1992	60 million	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	55 million	953 million	27.8 billion
1990	94 million	130 million	28.6 billion
1989	127 million	209 million	31.7 billion
1988	152 million	285 million	32.9 billion
1987	125 million	207 million	36.2 billion
1986	118 million	273 million	35.5 billion
1985	84 million	355 million	33.2 billion
1984	108 million	682 million	36.8 billion
1983	106 million	292 million	39.1 billion
1982	153 million	766 million	41.4 billion
1981	495 million	812 million	42 billion
1980	291 million	557 million	37.4 billion
1979	233 million	232 million	33.3 billion
1978	229 million	191 million	39.2 billion
1977	114 million	262 million	37 billion
1976	214 million	251 million	33 billion
1975	292 million	337 million	34.2 billion
1974	256 million	319 million	32.9 billion
1973	231 million	239 million	32.6 billion
1972	196 million	222 million	28.7 billion
1971	160 million	176 million	29.3 billion
1970	137 million	70 million	22.1 billion
1969	172 million	2.7 billion	24.7 billion
1968	189 million	2.35 billion	22.4 billion
1967	318 million	1.44 billion	22.1 billion
1966	299 million	242 million	22.4 billion
1965	324 million	166 million	23.1 billion
1964	400 million	133 million	24.2 billion
1963	335 million	159 million	18.1 billion
1962	177 million	38 million	15.5 billion
1961	165 million	34 million	15 billion
1960	227 million	26 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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