Australia vs Canada: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Australia and 312 million TIV in Canada, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 204 million TIV, or 2.89 times that in Australia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Canada has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Australia.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Australia	Canada	World
2025	108 million	312 million	33.5 billion
2024	73 million	237 million	30.7 billion
2023	81 million	276 million	29.5 billion
2022	19 million	147 million	33.3 billion
2021	175 million	144 million	27.1 billion
2020	406 million	123 million	24.1 billion
2019	129 million	223 million	27 billion
2018	39 million	108 million	27.4 billion
2017	101 million	63 million	31.3 billion
2016	136 million	96 million	31.5 billion
2015	79 million	298 million	28.7 billion
2014	94 million	189 million	27.1 billion
2013	54 million	170 million	27.4 billion
2012	45 million	258 million	27.9 billion
2011	143 million	277 million	29.9 billion
2010	137 million	196 million	25.8 billion
2009	86 million	198 million	24.4 billion
2008	57 million	252 million	24.1 billion
2007	53 million	334 million	26.5 billion
2006	26 million	254 million	24.5 billion
2005	49 million	234 million	21.4 billion
2004	2 million	289 million	21.3 billion
2003	44 million	302 million	19.2 billion
2002	47 million	177 million	17.7 billion
2001	43 million	124 million	18.5 billion
2000	–	69 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	80 million	25.4 billion
1998	4 million	39 million	27.9 billion
1997	14 million	97 million	28.9 billion
1996	10 million	168 million	23.7 billion
1995	36 million	248 million	22.9 billion
1994	24 million	165 million	23 billion
1993	30 million	152 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	147 million	24.3 billion
1991	84 million	93 million	28.2 billion
1990	156 million	79 million	30.2 billion
1989	18 million	33 million	34.9 billion
1988	12 million	124 million	36.8 billion
1987	89 million	250 million	39.4 billion
1986	57 million	240 million	39 billion
1985	10 million	83 million	38.2 billion
1984	62 million	77 million	41.6 billion
1983	31 million	97 million	43.9 billion
1982	26 million	237 million	46.2 billion
1981	17 million	105 million	45.8 billion
1980	15 million	116 million	42.2 billion
1979	22 million	163 million	38.4 billion
1978	21 million	177 million	42.4 billion
1977	62 million	138 million	40 billion
1976	113 million	259 million	36 billion
1975	131 million	59 million	37.2 billion
1974	92 million	90 million	36.6 billion
1973	72 million	118 million	36.3 billion
1972	6 million	323 million	34.5 billion
1971	36 million	290 million	32.9 billion
1970	17 million	198 million	25.3 billion
1969	26 million	183 million	28.1 billion
1968	–	198 million	26.1 billion
1967	–	73 million	25.6 billion
1966	–	112 million	25.8 billion
1965	–	121 million	25.8 billion
1964	–	273 million	26.7 billion
1963	–	245 million	20.3 billion
1962	4 million	188 million	17.5 billion
1961	2 million	300 million	16.4 billion
1960	–	66 million	17.6 billion

Each country on its own

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Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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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