Sweden vs United States: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 235 million TIV in Sweden and 14 billion TIV in United States, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by 13.7 billion TIV, or 59 times that in Sweden.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United States 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 States	World
2025	235 million	14 billion	33.5 billion
2024	405 million	13.7 billion	30.7 billion
2023	373 million	10.9 billion	29.5 billion
2022	83 million	14.5 billion	33.3 billion
2021	236 million	11.6 billion	27.1 billion
2020	263 million	9.73 billion	24.1 billion
2019	121 million	10.5 billion	27 billion
2018	135 million	9.26 billion	27.4 billion
2017	75 million	11.4 billion	31.3 billion
2016	248 million	9.89 billion	31.5 billion
2015	178 million	10.3 billion	28.7 billion
2014	340 million	9.46 billion	27.1 billion
2013	383 million	7.77 billion	27.4 billion
2012	436 million	8.97 billion	27.9 billion
2011	658 million	9.04 billion	29.9 billion
2010	612 million	8.35 billion	25.8 billion
2009	389 million	7.15 billion	24.4 billion
2008	461 million	7.09 billion	24.1 billion
2007	332 million	7.87 billion	26.5 billion
2006	384 million	7.5 billion	24.5 billion
2005	536 million	6.72 billion	21.4 billion
2004	297 million	6.87 billion	21.3 billion
2003	516 million	5.68 billion	19.2 billion
2002	164 million	4.87 billion	17.7 billion
2001	892 million	5.59 billion	18.5 billion
2000	355 million	7.68 billion	20.5 billion
1999	383 million	11.6 billion	25.4 billion
1998	332 million	15.8 billion	27.9 billion
1997	99 million	14.5 billion	28.9 billion
1996	344 million	10.8 billion	23.7 billion
1995	226 million	11.2 billion	22.9 billion
1994	111 million	11.5 billion	23 billion
1993	103 million	13.8 billion	25.8 billion
1992	147 million	14.1 billion	24.3 billion
1991	155 million	12.6 billion	28.2 billion
1990	224 million	10.7 billion	30.2 billion
1989	401 million	11.4 billion	34.9 billion
1988	512 million	12 billion	36.8 billion
1987	230 million	12.2 billion	39.4 billion
1986	320 million	11.6 billion	39 billion
1985	215 million	10.8 billion	38.2 billion
1984	227 million	11.9 billion	41.6 billion
1983	118 million	13.8 billion	43.9 billion
1982	120 million	14 billion	46.2 billion
1981	127 million	13.7 billion	45.8 billion
1980	157 million	10.7 billion	42.2 billion
1979	261 million	9.79 billion	38.4 billion
1978	55 million	13.5 billion	42.4 billion
1977	75 million	14.3 billion	40 billion
1976	101 million	15.7 billion	36 billion
1975	69 million	15.3 billion	37.2 billion
1974	75 million	12.7 billion	36.6 billion
1973	15 million	12 billion	36.3 billion
1972	163 million	10.7 billion	34.5 billion
1971	547 million	11.6 billion	32.9 billion
1970	158 million	8.35 billion	25.3 billion
1969	36 million	11.6 billion	28.1 billion
1968	60 million	8.62 billion	26.1 billion
1967	55 million	7.44 billion	25.6 billion
1966	56 million	8.94 billion	25.8 billion
1965	32 million	12 billion	25.8 billion
1964	22 million	12.5 billion	26.7 billion
1963	13 million	9.43 billion	20.3 billion
1962	44 million	6.13 billion	17.5 billion
1961	46 million	6.29 billion	16.4 billion
1960	38 million	6.13 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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