Switzerland vs Vietnam: Arms imports

Arms imports: 33 million TIV in Switzerland in 2023 and 177 million TIV in Vietnam in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 12 million TIV, or 1.36 times that in Switzerland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Vietnam has been higher since 2008, when it overtook Switzerland.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Switzerland	Vietnam	World
2025	–	177 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	58 million	30.6 billion
2023	33 million	45 million	29.5 billion
2022	15 million	86 million	33 billion
2021	–	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	–	38 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	166 million	26.9 billion
2018	–	604 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	783 million	31.2 billion
2016	70 million	924 million	31.4 billion
2015	10 million	869 million	28.7 billion
2014	5 million	1.23 billion	27 billion
2013	–	360 million	27.4 billion
2012	2 million	782 million	27.9 billion
2011	24 million	1.02 billion	29.9 billion
2010	38 million	161 million	25.8 billion
2009	36 million	61 million	24 billion
2008	15 million	186 million	24.1 billion
2007	108 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	83 million	42 million	24.4 billion
2005	168 million	221 million	21.3 billion
2004	203 million	299 million	21.3 billion
2003	117 million	22 million	19.2 billion
2002	58 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	60 million	97 million	18.3 billion
2000	15 million	11 million	20.5 billion
1999	499 million	168 million	25.3 billion
1998	428 million	209 million	27.9 billion
1997	375 million	111 million	28.9 billion
1996	187 million	214 million	23.7 billion
1995	93 million	273 million	22.9 billion
1994	114 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	98 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	381 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	469 million	–	27.8 billion
1990	433 million	116 million	28.6 billion
1989	318 million	128 million	31.7 billion
1988	179 million	65 million	32.9 billion
1987	151 million	50 million	36.2 billion
1986	108 million	78 million	35.5 billion
1985	341 million	28 million	33.2 billion
1984	404 million	557 million	36.8 billion
1983	442 million	916 million	39.1 billion
1982	175 million	532 million	41.4 billion
1981	289 million	1.07 billion	42 billion
1980	272 million	1.02 billion	37.4 billion
1979	226 million	1.25 billion	33.3 billion
1978	217 million	227 million	39.2 billion
1977	4 million	42 million	37 billion
1976	142 million	42 million	33 billion
1975	136 million	493 million	34.2 billion
1974	64 million	859 million	32.9 billion
1973	123 million	1.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	192 million	1.32 billion	28.7 billion
1971	153 million	1.2 billion	29.3 billion
1970	142 million	1.21 billion	22.1 billion
1969	166 million	909 million	24.7 billion
1968	199 million	1.18 billion	22.4 billion
1967	177 million	1.1 billion	22.1 billion
1966	373 million	1.14 billion	22.4 billion
1965	228 million	651 million	23.1 billion
1964	263 million	266 million	24.2 billion
1963	52 million	107 million	18.1 billion
1962	4 million	47 million	15.5 billion
1961	37 million	95 million	15 billion
1960	218 million	103 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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