Switzerland vs United Arab Emirates: Arms imports

Arms imports: 33 million TIV in Switzerland in 2023 and 868 million TIV in United Arab Emirates in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 885 million TIV, or 28 times that in Switzerland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2000, when it overtook Switzerland.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Switzerland	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	–	868 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	1.09 billion	30.6 billion
2023	33 million	918 million	29.5 billion
2022	15 million	756 million	33 billion
2021	–	577 million	26.8 billion
2020	–	660 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	750 million	26.9 billion
2018	–	1.17 billion	27.3 billion
2017	–	909 million	31.2 billion
2016	70 million	1.49 billion	31.4 billion
2015	10 million	1.69 billion	28.7 billion
2014	5 million	736 million	27 billion
2013	–	2.32 billion	27.4 billion
2012	2 million	1.14 billion	27.9 billion
2011	24 million	1.22 billion	29.9 billion
2010	38 million	650 million	25.8 billion
2009	36 million	604 million	24 billion
2008	15 million	730 million	24.1 billion
2007	108 million	819 million	26.5 billion
2006	83 million	1.93 billion	24.4 billion
2005	168 million	2.07 billion	21.3 billion
2004	203 million	1.15 billion	21.3 billion
2003	117 million	676 million	19.2 billion
2002	58 million	223 million	17.7 billion
2001	60 million	186 million	18.3 billion
2000	15 million	244 million	20.5 billion
1999	499 million	441 million	25.3 billion
1998	428 million	757 million	27.9 billion
1997	375 million	690 million	28.9 billion
1996	187 million	481 million	23.7 billion
1995	93 million	426 million	22.9 billion
1994	114 million	571 million	22.8 billion
1993	98 million	582 million	25.8 billion
1992	381 million	205 million	24.3 billion
1991	469 million	237 million	27.8 billion
1990	433 million	561 million	28.6 billion
1989	318 million	663 million	31.7 billion
1988	179 million	45 million	32.9 billion
1987	151 million	195 million	36.2 billion
1986	108 million	132 million	35.5 billion
1985	341 million	145 million	33.2 billion
1984	404 million	310 million	36.8 billion
1983	442 million	163 million	39.1 billion
1982	175 million	155 million	41.4 billion
1981	289 million	420 million	42 billion
1980	272 million	213 million	37.4 billion
1979	226 million	39 million	33.3 billion
1978	217 million	230 million	39.2 billion
1977	4 million	310 million	37 billion
1976	142 million	275 million	33 billion
1975	136 million	145 million	34.2 billion
1974	64 million	100 million	32.9 billion
1973	123 million	88 million	32.6 billion
1972	192 million	28 million	28.7 billion
1971	153 million	24 million	29.3 billion
1970	142 million	67 million	22.1 billion
1969	166 million	12 million	24.7 billion
1968	199 million	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	177 million	–	22.1 billion
1966	373 million	–	22.4 billion
1965	228 million	–	23.1 billion
1964	263 million	–	24.2 billion
1963	52 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	4 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	37 million	–	15 billion
1960	218 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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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Deaths in conflictsSwitzerland: 0 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022