China vs Sweden: Arms imports
Arms imports over time
- China
- Sweden
How they compare
China currently reports 72.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values against 66.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values in Sweden, a difference of 6.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values.
That makes China's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was China ahead.
Globally, China ranks 50th and Sweden ranks 53rd of 172 countries.
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About this data
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.