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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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 33 million 2023 | — | — |
| United Kingdom | 609 million 2025 | 424 million | 16 of 110 |
| World | 33.3 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
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.
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