Switzerland vs United Kingdom: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 129 million TIV in Switzerland and 702 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 573 million TIV, or 5.44 times that in Switzerland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Kingdom has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Switzerland	United Kingdom	World
2025	129 million	702 million	33.5 billion
2024	11 million	884 million	30.7 billion
2023	63 million	1.32 billion	29.5 billion
2022	181 million	1.74 billion	33.3 billion
2021	107 million	639 million	27.1 billion
2020	145 million	652 million	24.1 billion
2019	222 million	886 million	27 billion
2018	244 million	682 million	27.4 billion
2017	175 million	1.1 billion	31.3 billion
2016	220 million	1.34 billion	31.5 billion
2015	491 million	1.18 billion	28.7 billion
2014	352 million	1.66 billion	27.1 billion
2013	213 million	1.51 billion	27.4 billion
2012	257 million	813 million	27.9 billion
2011	349 million	1 billion	29.9 billion
2010	285 million	1.15 billion	25.8 billion
2009	260 million	1.07 billion	24.4 billion
2008	506 million	931 million	24.1 billion
2007	325 million	924 million	26.5 billion
2006	320 million	957 million	24.5 billion
2005	274 million	990 million	21.4 billion
2004	293 million	1.23 billion	21.3 billion
2003	207 million	769 million	19.2 billion
2002	178 million	1.08 billion	17.7 billion
2001	219 million	1.35 billion	18.5 billion
2000	140 million	1.62 billion	20.5 billion
1999	227 million	1.32 billion	25.4 billion
1998	198 million	1.4 billion	27.9 billion
1997	131 million	2.36 billion	28.9 billion
1996	204 million	1.62 billion	23.7 billion
1995	144 million	1.46 billion	22.9 billion
1994	176 million	1.53 billion	23 billion
1993	232 million	1.38 billion	25.8 billion
1992	457 million	1.09 billion	24.3 billion
1991	508 million	1.53 billion	28.2 billion
1990	475 million	1.84 billion	30.2 billion
1989	318 million	3.5 billion	34.9 billion
1988	375 million	2.53 billion	36.8 billion
1987	319 million	3.6 billion	39.4 billion
1986	340 million	1.99 billion	39 billion
1985	347 million	2.14 billion	38.2 billion
1984	529 million	2.53 billion	41.6 billion
1983	331 million	2.54 billion	43.9 billion
1982	413 million	2.52 billion	46.2 billion
1981	559 million	2.36 billion	45.8 billion
1980	566 million	1.57 billion	42.2 billion
1979	488 million	1.54 billion	38.4 billion
1978	223 million	2.21 billion	42.4 billion
1977	339 million	2.2 billion	40 billion
1976	592 million	2.52 billion	36 billion
1975	484 million	2.23 billion	37.2 billion
1974	89 million	2.25 billion	36.6 billion
1973	54 million	2.79 billion	36.3 billion
1972	34 million	2.68 billion	34.5 billion
1971	42 million	2.35 billion	32.9 billion
1970	18 million	982 million	25.3 billion
1969	106 million	1.62 billion	28.1 billion
1968	88 million	1.68 billion	26.1 billion
1967	261 million	1.88 billion	25.6 billion
1966	367 million	1.42 billion	25.8 billion
1965	484 million	1.5 billion	25.8 billion
1964	394 million	1.41 billion	26.7 billion
1963	351 million	1.24 billion	20.3 billion
1962	534 million	1.07 billion	17.5 billion
1961	493 million	1.4 billion	16.4 billion
1960	435 million	2.19 billion	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.

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