Switzerland vs Türkiye
Switzerland vs Türkiye: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 129 million TIV in Switzerland and 539 million TIV in Türkiye, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Türkiye, by 410 million TIV, or 4.18 times that in Switzerland.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Türkiye 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 | Türkiye | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 129 million | 539 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 11 million | 411 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 63 million | 698 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 181 million | 628 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 107 million | 526 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 145 million | 275 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 222 million | 286 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 244 million | 257 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 175 million | 184 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 220 million | 258 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 491 million | 244 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 352 million | 166 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 213 million | 146 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 257 million | 149 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 349 million | 95 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 285 million | 79 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 260 million | 78 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 506 million | 123 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 325 million | 88 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 320 million | 68 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 274 million | 26 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 293 million | 30 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 207 million | 45 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 178 million | 28 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 219 million | 5 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 140 million | 21 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 227 million | 46 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 198 million | 3 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 131 million | 0 | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 204 million | 3 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 144 million | 3 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 176 million | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 232 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 457 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 508 million | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 475 million | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 318 million | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 375 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 319 million | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 340 million | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 347 million | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 529 million | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 331 million | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 413 million | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 559 million | 11 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 566 million | 23 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 488 million | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 223 million | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 339 million | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 592 million | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 484 million | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 89 million | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 54 million | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 34 million | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 42 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 18 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 106 million | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 88 million | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 261 million | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 367 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 484 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 394 million | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 351 million | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 534 million | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | 493 million | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 435 million | – | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Switzerland vs Türkiye
Health
- Life expectancySwitzerland: 84 years in 2023Türkiye: 77.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySwitzerland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Türkiye: 1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySwitzerland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Türkiye: 9.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSwitzerland: 3.71% in 2017Türkiye: 3.72% in 2017
- Suicide rateSwitzerland: 9.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Türkiye: 3.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSwitzerland: 8.87 million people in 2023Türkiye: 87.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthSwitzerland: 0.62% a year in 2023Türkiye: 0.23% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSwitzerland: 1.43 births per woman in 2023Türkiye: 1.63 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSwitzerland: 85.7% in 2025Türkiye: 89.5% in 2025
- Median ageSwitzerland: 42.3 years in 2023Türkiye: 32.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSwitzerland: 19.6% in 2023Türkiye: 10% in 2023
- Net migration rateSwitzerland: 5.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Türkiye: -3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSwitzerland: 0.76% of GDP in 2025Türkiye: 1.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSwitzerland: $7.15B in 2025Türkiye: $26.8B in 2025
- Military spending per personSwitzerland: $849 in 2025Türkiye: $342 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSwitzerland: 2.4% of government spending in 2025Türkiye: 5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSwitzerland: 20,000 people in 2020Türkiye: 512,000 people in 2020
- National powerSwitzerland: 0.12% of world capability in 2022Türkiye: 1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSwitzerland: 0.4% of the labour force in 2020Türkiye: 1.61% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSwitzerland: 33 million TIV in 2023Türkiye: 381 million TIV in 2025