Sweden - Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values)

The latest value for Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in Sweden was 286,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 895,000,000 in 2001 and 13,000,000 in 1963.

Definition: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services. Figures are SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIVs) expressed in US$ m. at constant (1990) prices. A '0' indicates that the value of deliveries is less than US$0.5m

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Arms Transfers Programme (http://portal.sipri.org/publications/pages/transfer/splash).

See also:

Year Value
1960 38,000,000
1961 45,000,000
1962 44,000,000
1963 13,000,000
1964 22,000,000
1965 32,000,000
1966 56,000,000
1967 55,000,000
1968 60,000,000
1969 36,000,000
1970 251,000,000
1971 530,000,000
1972 123,000,000
1973 15,000,000
1974 75,000,000
1975 123,000,000
1976 70,000,000
1977 54,000,000
1978 55,000,000
1979 263,000,000
1980 158,000,000
1981 130,000,000
1982 125,000,000
1983 117,000,000
1984 224,000,000
1985 214,000,000
1986 322,000,000
1987 233,000,000
1988 515,000,000
1989 403,000,000
1990 231,000,000
1991 156,000,000
1992 149,000,000
1993 103,000,000
1994 111,000,000
1995 196,000,000
1996 347,000,000
1997 102,000,000
1998 336,000,000
1999 386,000,000
2000 359,000,000
2001 895,000,000
2002 163,000,000
2003 515,000,000
2004 294,000,000
2005 531,000,000
2006 388,000,000
2007 333,000,000
2008 455,000,000
2009 409,000,000
2010 660,000,000
2011 696,000,000
2012 477,000,000
2013 386,000,000
2014 339,000,000
2015 179,000,000
2016 265,000,000
2017 80,000,000
2018 155,000,000
2019 172,000,000
2020 286,000,000

Development Relevance: Although national defense is an important function of government and security from external threats that contributes to economic development, high military expenditures for defense or civil conflicts burden the economy and may impede growth. Data on military expenditures are a rough indicator of the portion of national resources used for military activities and of the burden on the economy. Comparisons of military spending among countries should take into account the many factors that influence perceptions of vulnerability and risk, including historical and cultural traditions, the length of borders that need defending, the quality of relations with neighbors, and the role of the armed forces in the body politic.

Limitations and Exceptions: 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. They should therefore not be directly compared with gross domestic product (GDP), military expenditure, sales values or the financial value of export licences in an attempt to measure the economic burden of arms imports or the economic benefits of exports. They are best used as the raw data for calculating trends in international arms transfers over periods of time, global percentages for suppliers and recipients, and percentages for the volume of transfers to or from particular states.

Original Source Notes: SIPRI statistical data on arms transfers relates to actual deliveries of major conventional weapons. To permit comparison between the data on such deliveries of different weapons and to identify general trends, SIPRI has developed a unique system to measu

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)'s Arms Transfers Program collects data on arms transfers from open sources. Since publicly available information is inadequate for tracking all weapons and other military equipment, SIPRI covers only what it terms major conventional weapons. Data cover the supply of weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and manufacturing licenses; therefore the term arms transfers rather than arms trade is used. SIPRI data also cover weapons supplied to or from rebel forces in an armed conflict as well as arms deliveries for which neither the supplier nor the recipient can be identified with acceptable certainty; these data are available in SIPRI's database. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems and other sensors, missiles, and ships designed for military use as well as some major components such as turrets for armored vehicles and engines. Excluded are other military equipment such as most small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services.

Aggregation method: Sum

Base Period: 1990

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Data for some countries are based on partial or uncertain data or rough estimates.

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade