Arms imports in Switzerland

Arms imports in Switzerland: 218 million TIV in 1960 and 33 million TIV in 2023, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2023: 33 million TIV
Since 1960: −185 million TIV
World, 2023: 29.5 billion TIV

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Estimates, SIPRIWorld

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The highest was 499 million TIV in 1999, the lowest 2 million TIV in 2012.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Switzerland	World
2025	–	33.3 billion
2024	–	30.6 billion
2023	33 million	29.5 billion
2022	15 million	33 billion
2021	–	26.8 billion
2020	–	23.4 billion
2019	–	26.9 billion
2018	–	27.3 billion
2017	–	31.2 billion
2016	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	5 million	27 billion
2013	–	27.4 billion
2012	2 million	27.9 billion
2011	24 million	29.9 billion
2010	38 million	25.8 billion
2009	36 million	24 billion
2008	15 million	24.1 billion
2007	108 million	26.5 billion
2006	83 million	24.4 billion
2005	168 million	21.3 billion
2004	203 million	21.3 billion
2003	117 million	19.2 billion
2002	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	60 million	18.3 billion
2000	15 million	20.5 billion
1999	499 million	25.3 billion
1998	428 million	27.9 billion
1997	375 million	28.9 billion
1996	187 million	23.7 billion
1995	93 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	28.6 billion
1989	318 million	31.7 billion
1988	179 million	32.9 billion
1987	151 million	36.2 billion
1986	108 million	35.5 billion
1985	341 million	33.2 billion
1984	404 million	36.8 billion
1983	442 million	39.1 billion
1982	175 million	41.4 billion
1981	289 million	42 billion
1980	272 million	37.4 billion
1979	226 million	33.3 billion
1978	217 million	39.2 billion
1977	4 million	37 billion
1976	142 million	33 billion
1975	136 million	34.2 billion
1974	64 million	32.9 billion
1973	123 million	32.6 billion
1972	192 million	28.7 billion
1971	153 million	29.3 billion
1970	142 million	22.1 billion
1969	166 million	24.7 billion
1968	199 million	22.4 billion
1967	177 million	22.1 billion
1966	373 million	22.4 billion
1965	228 million	23.1 billion
1964	263 million	24.2 billion
1963	52 million	18.1 billion
1962	4 million	15.5 billion
1961	37 million	15 billion
1960	218 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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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