Switzerland
Military spending in US dollars in Switzerland
Military spending in US dollars in Switzerland: $4.51B in 1957 and $7.15B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $7.15B
- Since 1957
- +$2.64B
- Rank, 2025
- 38 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $8.92B in 1990, the lowest $4.36B in 1960.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Switzerland |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $7.15B |
| 2024 | $6.54B |
| 2023 | $6.51B |
| 2022 | $6.33B |
| 2021 | $6.04B |
| 2020 | $6.53B |
| 2019 | $6.01B |
| 2018 | $5.6B |
| 2017 | $5.56B |
| 2016 | $5.52B |
| 2015 | $5.31B |
| 2014 | $5.1B |
| 2013 | $5.63B |
| 2012 | $5.18B |
| 2011 | $5.28B |
| 2010 | $5.14B |
| 2009 | $5.33B |
| 2008 | $5.33B |
| 2007 | $5.2B |
| 2006 | $5.17B |
| 2005 | $5.43B |
| 2004 | $5.52B |
| 2003 | $5.62B |
| 2002 | $5.77B |
| 2001 | $6.03B |
| 2000 | $6.18B |
| 1999 | $6.27B |
| 1998 | $6.77B |
| 1997 | $6.79B |
| 1996 | $7.05B |
| 1995 | $7.45B |
| 1994 | $7.36B |
| 1993 | $7.43B |
| 1992 | $8.36B |
| 1991 | $8.61B |
| 1990 | $8.92B |
| 1989 | $8.41B |
| 1988 | $8.25B |
| 1987 | $7.9B |
| 1986 | $8.21B |
| 1985 | $8.66B |
| 1984 | $7.87B |
| 1983 | $7.79B |
| 1982 | $7.69B |
| 1981 | $7.38B |
| 1980 | $7.39B |
| 1979 | $7.43B |
| 1978 | $7.11B |
| 1977 | $7.1B |
| 1976 | $7.49B |
| 1975 | $6.61B |
| 1974 | $7.01B |
| 1973 | $7.03B |
| 1972 | $7.26B |
| 1971 | $7.12B |
| 1970 | $6.85B |
| 1969 | $6.66B |
| 1968 | $6.24B |
| 1967 | $6.55B |
| 1966 | $6.72B |
| 1965 | $6.39B |
| 1964 | $6.34B |
| 1963 | $5.85B |
| 1962 | $5.62B |
| 1961 | $5.08B |
| 1960 | $4.36B |
| 1959 | $4.66B |
| 1958 | $4.81B |
| 1957 | $4.51B |
- Estimate
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending0.76% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$849 in 2025
- Military share of state spending2.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel20,000 people in 2020
- National power0.12% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.4% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports33 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exports129 million TIV in 2025
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