Switzerland

Arms exports in Switzerland

Arms exports in Switzerland: 435 million TIV in 1960 and 129 million TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
129 million TIV
Since 1960
−306 million TIV
World, 2025
33.5 billion TIV
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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Arms exports in SwitzerlandArms exports in Switzerland: 435 million TIV in 1960 and 129 million TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 592 million TIV in 1976, the lowest 11 million TIV in 2024.
Estimates, SIPRIWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 592 million TIV in 1976, the lowest 11 million TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearSwitzerlandWorld
2025129 million33.5 billion
202411 million30.7 billion
202363 million29.5 billion
2022181 million33.3 billion
2021107 million27.1 billion
2020145 million24.1 billion
2019222 million27 billion
2018244 million27.4 billion
2017175 million31.3 billion
2016220 million31.5 billion
2015491 million28.7 billion
2014352 million27.1 billion
2013213 million27.4 billion
2012257 million27.9 billion
2011349 million29.9 billion
2010285 million25.8 billion
2009260 million24.4 billion
2008506 million24.1 billion
2007325 million26.5 billion
2006320 million24.5 billion
2005274 million21.4 billion
2004293 million21.3 billion
2003207 million19.2 billion
2002178 million17.7 billion
2001219 million18.5 billion
2000140 million20.5 billion
1999227 million25.4 billion
1998198 million27.9 billion
1997131 million28.9 billion
1996204 million23.7 billion
1995144 million22.9 billion
1994176 million23 billion
1993232 million25.8 billion
1992457 million24.3 billion
1991508 million28.2 billion
1990475 million30.2 billion
1989318 million34.9 billion
1988375 million36.8 billion
1987319 million39.4 billion
1986340 million39 billion
1985347 million38.2 billion
1984529 million41.6 billion
1983331 million43.9 billion
1982413 million46.2 billion
1981559 million45.8 billion
1980566 million42.2 billion
1979488 million38.4 billion
1978223 million42.4 billion
1977339 million40 billion
1976592 million36 billion
1975484 million37.2 billion
197489 million36.6 billion
197354 million36.3 billion
197234 million34.5 billion
197142 million32.9 billion
197018 million25.3 billion
1969106 million28.1 billion
196888 million26.1 billion
1967261 million25.6 billion
1966367 million25.8 billion
1965484 million25.8 billion
1964394 million26.7 billion
1963351 million20.3 billion
1962534 million17.5 billion
1961493 million16.4 billion
1960435 million17.6 billion

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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