Sweden vs United States: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 146 million TIV in Sweden and 745 million TIV in United States, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by 599 million TIV, or 5.1 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 since 2000, 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 States	World
2025	146 million	745 million	33.3 billion
2024	56 million	1.05 billion	30.6 billion
2023	98 million	891 million	29.5 billion
2022	318 million	846 million	33 billion
2021	110 million	922 million	26.8 billion
2020	3 million	806 million	23.4 billion
2019	7 million	882 million	26.9 billion
2018	7 million	379 million	27.3 billion
2017	32 million	504 million	31.2 billion
2016	70 million	447 million	31.4 billion
2015	24 million	482 million	28.7 billion
2014	48 million	568 million	27 billion
2013	58 million	767 million	27.4 billion
2012	202 million	1.14 billion	27.9 billion
2011	185 million	937 million	29.9 billion
2010	–	969 million	25.8 billion
2009	15 million	939 million	24 billion
2008	52 million	936 million	24.1 billion
2007	51 million	842 million	26.5 billion
2006	121 million	706 million	24.4 billion
2005	78 million	582 million	21.3 billion
2004	47 million	596 million	21.3 billion
2003	66 million	630 million	19.2 billion
2002	74 million	515 million	17.7 billion
2001	165 million	508 million	18.3 billion
2000	196 million	333 million	20.5 billion
1999	224 million	220 million	25.3 billion
1998	294 million	262 million	27.9 billion
1997	196 million	610 million	28.9 billion
1996	98 million	601 million	23.7 billion
1995	106 million	809 million	22.9 billion
1994	307 million	951 million	22.8 billion
1993	46 million	968 million	25.8 billion
1992	60 million	540 million	24.3 billion
1991	55 million	515 million	27.8 billion
1990	94 million	363 million	28.6 billion
1989	127 million	1.78 billion	31.7 billion
1988	152 million	1.79 billion	32.9 billion
1987	125 million	2 billion	36.2 billion
1986	118 million	424 million	35.5 billion
1985	84 million	655 million	33.2 billion
1984	108 million	381 million	36.8 billion
1983	106 million	463 million	39.1 billion
1982	153 million	248 million	41.4 billion
1981	495 million	531 million	42 billion
1980	291 million	380 million	37.4 billion
1979	233 million	253 million	33.3 billion
1978	229 million	369 million	39.2 billion
1977	114 million	384 million	37 billion
1976	214 million	499 million	33 billion
1975	292 million	388 million	34.2 billion
1974	256 million	586 million	32.9 billion
1973	231 million	656 million	32.6 billion
1972	196 million	769 million	28.7 billion
1971	160 million	578 million	29.3 billion
1970	137 million	38 million	22.1 billion
1969	172 million	50 million	24.7 billion
1968	189 million	62 million	22.4 billion
1967	318 million	88 million	22.1 billion
1966	299 million	89 million	22.4 billion
1965	324 million	170 million	23.1 billion
1964	400 million	358 million	24.2 billion
1963	335 million	283 million	18.1 billion
1962	177 million	236 million	15.5 billion
1961	165 million	198 million	15 billion
1960	227 million	181 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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