Switzerland vs United States: Arms imports

Arms imports: 33 million TIV in Switzerland in 2023 and 745 million TIV in United States in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in United States, by 858 million TIV, or 27 times that in Switzerland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United States has been higher since 2000, 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 States	World
2025	–	745 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	1.05 billion	30.6 billion
2023	33 million	891 million	29.5 billion
2022	15 million	846 million	33 billion
2021	–	922 million	26.8 billion
2020	–	806 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	882 million	26.9 billion
2018	–	379 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	504 million	31.2 billion
2016	70 million	447 million	31.4 billion
2015	10 million	482 million	28.7 billion
2014	5 million	568 million	27 billion
2013	–	767 million	27.4 billion
2012	2 million	1.14 billion	27.9 billion
2011	24 million	937 million	29.9 billion
2010	38 million	969 million	25.8 billion
2009	36 million	939 million	24 billion
2008	15 million	936 million	24.1 billion
2007	108 million	842 million	26.5 billion
2006	83 million	706 million	24.4 billion
2005	168 million	582 million	21.3 billion
2004	203 million	596 million	21.3 billion
2003	117 million	630 million	19.2 billion
2002	58 million	515 million	17.7 billion
2001	60 million	508 million	18.3 billion
2000	15 million	333 million	20.5 billion
1999	499 million	220 million	25.3 billion
1998	428 million	262 million	27.9 billion
1997	375 million	610 million	28.9 billion
1996	187 million	601 million	23.7 billion
1995	93 million	809 million	22.9 billion
1994	114 million	951 million	22.8 billion
1993	98 million	968 million	25.8 billion
1992	381 million	540 million	24.3 billion
1991	469 million	515 million	27.8 billion
1990	433 million	363 million	28.6 billion
1989	318 million	1.78 billion	31.7 billion
1988	179 million	1.79 billion	32.9 billion
1987	151 million	2 billion	36.2 billion
1986	108 million	424 million	35.5 billion
1985	341 million	655 million	33.2 billion
1984	404 million	381 million	36.8 billion
1983	442 million	463 million	39.1 billion
1982	175 million	248 million	41.4 billion
1981	289 million	531 million	42 billion
1980	272 million	380 million	37.4 billion
1979	226 million	253 million	33.3 billion
1978	217 million	369 million	39.2 billion
1977	4 million	384 million	37 billion
1976	142 million	499 million	33 billion
1975	136 million	388 million	34.2 billion
1974	64 million	586 million	32.9 billion
1973	123 million	656 million	32.6 billion
1972	192 million	769 million	28.7 billion
1971	153 million	578 million	29.3 billion
1970	142 million	38 million	22.1 billion
1969	166 million	50 million	24.7 billion
1968	199 million	62 million	22.4 billion
1967	177 million	88 million	22.1 billion
1966	373 million	89 million	22.4 billion
1965	228 million	170 million	23.1 billion
1964	263 million	358 million	24.2 billion
1963	52 million	283 million	18.1 billion
1962	4 million	236 million	15.5 billion
1961	37 million	198 million	15 billion
1960	218 million	181 million	15.7 billion

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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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