Switzerland vs Thailand: Arms imports

Arms imports: 33 million TIV in Switzerland in 2023 and 33 million TIV in Thailand in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Thailand, by 257 million TIV, or 8.79 times that in Switzerland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Thailand has been higher since 2008, when it overtook Switzerland.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Switzerland	Thailand	World
2025	–	33 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	73 million	30.6 billion
2023	33 million	290 million	29.5 billion
2022	15 million	271 million	33 billion
2021	–	151 million	26.8 billion
2020	–	141 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	293 million	26.9 billion
2018	–	636 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	317 million	31.2 billion
2016	70 million	346 million	31.4 billion
2015	10 million	184 million	28.7 billion
2014	5 million	107 million	27 billion
2013	–	383 million	27.4 billion
2012	2 million	278 million	27.9 billion
2011	24 million	252 million	29.9 billion
2010	38 million	60 million	25.8 billion
2009	36 million	63 million	24 billion
2008	15 million	16 million	24.1 billion
2007	108 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	83 million	99 million	24.4 billion
2005	168 million	115 million	21.3 billion
2004	203 million	138 million	21.3 billion
2003	117 million	131 million	19.2 billion
2002	58 million	152 million	17.7 billion
2001	60 million	109 million	18.3 billion
2000	15 million	77 million	20.5 billion
1999	499 million	160 million	25.3 billion
1998	428 million	62 million	27.9 billion
1997	375 million	910 million	28.9 billion
1996	187 million	741 million	23.7 billion
1995	93 million	530 million	22.9 billion
1994	114 million	608 million	22.8 billion
1993	98 million	182 million	25.8 billion
1992	381 million	429 million	24.3 billion
1991	469 million	575 million	27.8 billion
1990	433 million	235 million	28.6 billion
1989	318 million	284 million	31.7 billion
1988	179 million	623 million	32.9 billion
1987	151 million	539 million	36.2 billion
1986	108 million	162 million	35.5 billion
1985	341 million	185 million	33.2 billion
1984	404 million	360 million	36.8 billion
1983	442 million	247 million	39.1 billion
1982	175 million	81 million	41.4 billion
1981	289 million	350 million	42 billion
1980	272 million	318 million	37.4 billion
1979	226 million	326 million	33.3 billion
1978	217 million	192 million	39.2 billion
1977	4 million	111 million	37 billion
1976	142 million	154 million	33 billion
1975	136 million	90 million	34.2 billion
1974	64 million	114 million	32.9 billion
1973	123 million	321 million	32.6 billion
1972	192 million	147 million	28.7 billion
1971	153 million	243 million	29.3 billion
1970	142 million	258 million	22.1 billion
1969	166 million	121 million	24.7 billion
1968	199 million	88 million	22.4 billion
1967	177 million	140 million	22.1 billion
1966	373 million	58 million	22.4 billion
1965	228 million	87 million	23.1 billion
1964	263 million	84 million	24.2 billion
1963	52 million	111 million	18.1 billion
1962	4 million	113 million	15.5 billion
1961	37 million	52 million	15 billion
1960	218 million	28 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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