Sweden's arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) was 146 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 508.33% from 24 million in 2015 (19.79% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 146 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 3 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 24 million | 2015 |
| Highest | 495 million | 1981 |
| Lowest | 3 million | 2020 |
| Average since 2016 | 84.7 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 227 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Sweden's arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) rose 160.7% on 2024 (from 56 million to 146 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2024), the average change was +132.8% and a typical year strayed about 660.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 3,566.7% in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 78.1% in 2018. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 20% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Sweden had the 39th highest value of the 105 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 146 million | 2025 |
| World | 33.33 billion | 2025 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 14.57 billion | 2025 |
| High income | 20.57 billion | 2025 |
Closest to Sweden in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
Arms transfers (imports) cover the volume of transfers of major arms through sales and gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships. Figures are SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIVs). A '0' indicates that the volume of deliveries is between 0 and 0.5 million SIPRI TIV.
Limitations: SIPRI calculates the volume of transfers to, from and between all parties using the TIV and the number of weapon systems or subsystems delivered in a given year. This data is intended to provide a common unit to allow the measurement if trends in the flow of arms to particular countries and regions over time. Therefore, the main priority is to ensure that the TIV system remains consistent over time, and that any changes introduced are backdated. SIPRI TIV figures do not represent sales prices for arms transfers.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 65 values
| Year | Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 146,000,000 |
| 2024 | 56,000,000 |
| 2023 | 98,000,000 |
| 2022 | 318,000,000 |
| 2021 | 110,000,000 |
| 2020 | 3,000,000 |
| 2019 | 7,000,000 |
| 2018 | 7,000,000 |
| 2017 | 32,000,000 |
| 2016 | 70,000,000 |
| 2015 |
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in nearby economies
- Albania — 23 million (2025)
- Armenia — 21 million (2025)
- Austria — 29 million (2025)
- Azerbaijan — 463 million (2025)
- Belarus — 466 million (2025)
- Belgium — 430 million (2025)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 1 million (2025)
- Bulgaria — 540 million (2025)
- Croatia — 141 million (2025)
- Cyprus — 28 million (2025)
More public sector data for Sweden
- Military expenditure (current USD) — 16.47 billion (2025)
- Military expenditure (current LCU) — 161.67 billion (2025)
- Military expenditure (% of GDP) — 2.47% (2025)
- Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values) — 235 million (2025)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets (current LCU) — 185.59 billion (2024)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP) — 2.9% (2024)
- Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current LCU) — -43.01 billion (2024)
- Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP) — -0.67% (2024)
- Grants and other revenue (current LCU) — 154.63 billion (2024)
- Grants and other revenue (% of revenue)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Sweden's arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)?
- 146 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is down 35.68% from 227 million in 1960 (0.68% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 495 million in 1981 and the lowest 3 million in 2020.
- How does Sweden rank?
- 39th highest of 105 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) unusual for Sweden?
- In 2025, Sweden's arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) rose 160.7% on 2024 (from 56 million to 146 million). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2024), the average change was +132.8% and a typical year strayed about 660.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator MS.MIL.MPRT.KD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Arms Transfers Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), uri: https://armstransfers.sipri.org/ArmsTransfer/ Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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