Switzerland vs Netherlands: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 129 million TIV in Switzerland and 601 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 472 million TIV, or 4.66 times that in Switzerland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Netherlands has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Switzerland.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Switzerland	Netherlands	World
2025	129 million	601 million	33.5 billion
2024	11 million	370 million	30.7 billion
2023	63 million	250 million	29.5 billion
2022	181 million	324 million	33.3 billion
2021	107 million	357 million	27.1 billion
2020	145 million	497 million	24.1 billion
2019	222 million	304 million	27 billion
2018	244 million	468 million	27.4 billion
2017	175 million	1.14 billion	31.3 billion
2016	220 million	487 million	31.5 billion
2015	491 million	469 million	28.7 billion
2014	352 million	643 million	27.1 billion
2013	213 million	384 million	27.4 billion
2012	257 million	906 million	27.9 billion
2011	349 million	541 million	29.9 billion
2010	285 million	366 million	25.8 billion
2009	260 million	504 million	24.4 billion
2008	506 million	452 million	24.1 billion
2007	325 million	1.23 billion	26.5 billion
2006	320 million	1.15 billion	24.5 billion
2005	274 million	496 million	21.4 billion
2004	293 million	202 million	21.3 billion
2003	207 million	331 million	19.2 billion
2002	178 million	233 million	17.7 billion
2001	219 million	199 million	18.5 billion
2000	140 million	281 million	20.5 billion
1999	227 million	355 million	25.4 billion
1998	198 million	642 million	27.9 billion
1997	131 million	619 million	28.9 billion
1996	204 million	484 million	23.7 billion
1995	144 million	458 million	22.9 billion
1994	176 million	628 million	23 billion
1993	232 million	458 million	25.8 billion
1992	457 million	383 million	24.3 billion
1991	508 million	455 million	28.2 billion
1990	475 million	416 million	30.2 billion
1989	318 million	558 million	34.9 billion
1988	375 million	776 million	36.8 billion
1987	319 million	506 million	39.4 billion
1986	340 million	357 million	39 billion
1985	347 million	180 million	38.2 billion
1984	529 million	364 million	41.6 billion
1983	331 million	457 million	43.9 billion
1982	413 million	661 million	46.2 billion
1981	559 million	801 million	45.8 billion
1980	566 million	612 million	42.2 billion
1979	488 million	243 million	38.4 billion
1978	223 million	235 million	42.4 billion
1977	339 million	444 million	40 billion
1976	592 million	293 million	36 billion
1975	484 million	148 million	37.2 billion
1974	89 million	83 million	36.6 billion
1973	54 million	203 million	36.3 billion
1972	34 million	133 million	34.5 billion
1971	42 million	155 million	32.9 billion
1970	18 million	5 million	25.3 billion
1969	106 million	107 million	28.1 billion
1968	88 million	352 million	26.1 billion
1967	261 million	95 million	25.6 billion
1966	367 million	144 million	25.8 billion
1965	484 million	40 million	25.8 billion
1964	394 million	95 million	26.7 billion
1963	351 million	43 million	20.3 billion
1962	534 million	69 million	17.5 billion
1961	493 million	105 million	16.4 billion
1960	435 million	38 million	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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