Switzerland vs United Kingdom: Arms imports

Arms imports: 33 million TIV in Switzerland in 2023 and 609 million TIV in United Kingdom in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 436 million TIV, or 14 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 since 2006, 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 Kingdom	World
2025	–	609 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	486 million	30.6 billion
2023	33 million	469 million	29.5 billion
2022	15 million	859 million	33 billion
2021	–	886 million	26.8 billion
2020	–	635 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	402 million	26.9 billion
2018	–	463 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	1 billion	31.2 billion
2016	70 million	288 million	31.4 billion
2015	10 million	424 million	28.7 billion
2014	5 million	217 million	27 billion
2013	–	509 million	27.4 billion
2012	2 million	566 million	27.9 billion
2011	24 million	347 million	29.9 billion
2010	38 million	461 million	25.8 billion
2009	36 million	381 million	24 billion
2008	15 million	575 million	24.1 billion
2007	108 million	817 million	26.5 billion
2006	83 million	375 million	24.4 billion
2005	168 million	31 million	21.3 billion
2004	203 million	212 million	21.3 billion
2003	117 million	770 million	19.2 billion
2002	58 million	721 million	17.7 billion
2001	60 million	1.29 billion	18.3 billion
2000	15 million	937 million	20.5 billion
1999	499 million	132 million	25.3 billion
1998	428 million	770 million	27.9 billion
1997	375 million	513 million	28.9 billion
1996	187 million	568 million	23.7 billion
1995	93 million	496 million	22.9 billion
1994	114 million	421 million	22.8 billion
1993	98 million	796 million	25.8 billion
1992	381 million	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	469 million	953 million	27.8 billion
1990	433 million	130 million	28.6 billion
1989	318 million	209 million	31.7 billion
1988	179 million	285 million	32.9 billion
1987	151 million	207 million	36.2 billion
1986	108 million	273 million	35.5 billion
1985	341 million	355 million	33.2 billion
1984	404 million	682 million	36.8 billion
1983	442 million	292 million	39.1 billion
1982	175 million	766 million	41.4 billion
1981	289 million	812 million	42 billion
1980	272 million	557 million	37.4 billion
1979	226 million	232 million	33.3 billion
1978	217 million	191 million	39.2 billion
1977	4 million	262 million	37 billion
1976	142 million	251 million	33 billion
1975	136 million	337 million	34.2 billion
1974	64 million	319 million	32.9 billion
1973	123 million	239 million	32.6 billion
1972	192 million	222 million	28.7 billion
1971	153 million	176 million	29.3 billion
1970	142 million	70 million	22.1 billion
1969	166 million	2.7 billion	24.7 billion
1968	199 million	2.35 billion	22.4 billion
1967	177 million	1.44 billion	22.1 billion
1966	373 million	242 million	22.4 billion
1965	228 million	166 million	23.1 billion
1964	263 million	133 million	24.2 billion
1963	52 million	159 million	18.1 billion
1962	4 million	38 million	15.5 billion
1961	37 million	34 million	15 billion
1960	218 million	26 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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