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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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 33 million 2023 | — | — |
| Thailand | 33 million 2025 | 184 million | 60 of 110 |
| World | 33.3 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
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 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
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