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.
SwitzerlandUnited Kingdom
Watch it change on the mapSIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI · log scale
Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 129 million 2025 | 491 million |
| United Kingdom | 702 million 2025 | 1.18 billion |
| World | 33.5 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time