Switzerland vs United States

Switzerland vs United States: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 129 million TIV in Switzerland and 14 billion TIV in United States, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by 13.9 billion TIV, or 110 times that in Switzerland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Switzerland vs United States: Arms exportsArms exports in 2025: 129 million TIV in Switzerland and 14 billion TIV in United States, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by 13.9 billion TIV, or 110 times that in Switzerland.
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What the numbers say

  • United States 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

YearSwitzerlandUnited StatesWorld
2025129 million14 billion33.5 billion
202411 million13.7 billion30.7 billion
202363 million10.9 billion29.5 billion
2022181 million14.5 billion33.3 billion
2021107 million11.6 billion27.1 billion
2020145 million9.73 billion24.1 billion
2019222 million10.5 billion27 billion
2018244 million9.26 billion27.4 billion
2017175 million11.4 billion31.3 billion
2016220 million9.89 billion31.5 billion
2015491 million10.3 billion28.7 billion
2014352 million9.46 billion27.1 billion
2013213 million7.77 billion27.4 billion
2012257 million8.97 billion27.9 billion
2011349 million9.04 billion29.9 billion
2010285 million8.35 billion25.8 billion
2009260 million7.15 billion24.4 billion
2008506 million7.09 billion24.1 billion
2007325 million7.87 billion26.5 billion
2006320 million7.5 billion24.5 billion
2005274 million6.72 billion21.4 billion
2004293 million6.87 billion21.3 billion
2003207 million5.68 billion19.2 billion
2002178 million4.87 billion17.7 billion
2001219 million5.59 billion18.5 billion
2000140 million7.68 billion20.5 billion
1999227 million11.6 billion25.4 billion
1998198 million15.8 billion27.9 billion
1997131 million14.5 billion28.9 billion
1996204 million10.8 billion23.7 billion
1995144 million11.2 billion22.9 billion
1994176 million11.5 billion23 billion
1993232 million13.8 billion25.8 billion
1992457 million14.1 billion24.3 billion
1991508 million12.6 billion28.2 billion
1990475 million10.7 billion30.2 billion
1989318 million11.4 billion34.9 billion
1988375 million12 billion36.8 billion
1987319 million12.2 billion39.4 billion
1986340 million11.6 billion39 billion
1985347 million10.8 billion38.2 billion
1984529 million11.9 billion41.6 billion
1983331 million13.8 billion43.9 billion
1982413 million14 billion46.2 billion
1981559 million13.7 billion45.8 billion
1980566 million10.7 billion42.2 billion
1979488 million9.79 billion38.4 billion
1978223 million13.5 billion42.4 billion
1977339 million14.3 billion40 billion
1976592 million15.7 billion36 billion
1975484 million15.3 billion37.2 billion
197489 million12.7 billion36.6 billion
197354 million12 billion36.3 billion
197234 million10.7 billion34.5 billion
197142 million11.6 billion32.9 billion
197018 million8.35 billion25.3 billion
1969106 million11.6 billion28.1 billion
196888 million8.62 billion26.1 billion
1967261 million7.44 billion25.6 billion
1966367 million8.94 billion25.8 billion
1965484 million12 billion25.8 billion
1964394 million12.5 billion26.7 billion
1963351 million9.43 billion20.3 billion
1962534 million6.13 billion17.5 billion
1961493 million6.29 billion16.4 billion
1960435 million6.13 billion17.6 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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