Switzerland vs Netherlands: Arms imports

Arms imports: 33 million TIV in Switzerland in 2023 and 824 million TIV in Netherlands in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 341 million TIV, or 11 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 2022, when it overtook Switzerland.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Switzerland	Netherlands	World
2025	–	824 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	333 million	30.6 billion
2023	33 million	374 million	29.5 billion
2022	15 million	725 million	33 billion
2021	–	512 million	26.8 billion
2020	–	575 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	494 million	26.9 billion
2018	–	139 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	33 million	31.2 billion
2016	70 million	69 million	31.4 billion
2015	10 million	51 million	28.7 billion
2014	5 million	8 million	27 billion
2013	–	488 million	27.4 billion
2012	2 million	190 million	27.9 billion
2011	24 million	115 million	29.9 billion
2010	38 million	171 million	25.8 billion
2009	36 million	262 million	24 billion
2008	15 million	147 million	24.1 billion
2007	108 million	221 million	26.5 billion
2006	83 million	304 million	24.4 billion
2005	168 million	86 million	21.3 billion
2004	203 million	130 million	21.3 billion
2003	117 million	128 million	19.2 billion
2002	58 million	247 million	17.7 billion
2001	60 million	164 million	18.3 billion
2000	15 million	123 million	20.5 billion
1999	499 million	278 million	25.3 billion
1998	428 million	269 million	27.9 billion
1997	375 million	126 million	28.9 billion
1996	187 million	203 million	23.7 billion
1995	93 million	84 million	22.9 billion
1994	114 million	205 million	22.8 billion
1993	98 million	140 million	25.8 billion
1992	381 million	237 million	24.3 billion
1991	469 million	322 million	27.8 billion
1990	433 million	273 million	28.6 billion
1989	318 million	705 million	31.7 billion
1988	179 million	393 million	32.9 billion
1987	151 million	614 million	36.2 billion
1986	108 million	792 million	35.5 billion
1985	341 million	892 million	33.2 billion
1984	404 million	1.17 billion	36.8 billion
1983	442 million	1.33 billion	39.1 billion
1982	175 million	1.24 billion	41.4 billion
1981	289 million	755 million	42 billion
1980	272 million	645 million	37.4 billion
1979	226 million	792 million	33.3 billion
1978	217 million	717 million	39.2 billion
1977	4 million	606 million	37 billion
1976	142 million	285 million	33 billion
1975	136 million	108 million	34.2 billion
1974	64 million	40 million	32.9 billion
1973	123 million	21 million	32.6 billion
1972	192 million	650 million	28.7 billion
1971	153 million	698 million	29.3 billion
1970	142 million	699 million	22.1 billion
1969	166 million	569 million	24.7 billion
1968	199 million	288 million	22.4 billion
1967	177 million	751 million	22.1 billion
1966	373 million	204 million	22.4 billion
1965	228 million	815 million	23.1 billion
1964	263 million	1.01 billion	24.2 billion
1963	52 million	767 million	18.1 billion
1962	4 million	294 million	15.5 billion
1961	37 million	227 million	15 billion
1960	218 million	255 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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