Australia vs Canada: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 826 million TIV in Australia and 83 million TIV in Canada, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by 743 million TIV, or 9.95 times that in Canada.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Australia has been higher since 2001, when it overtook Canada.
In 2025, Australia ranked 11 and Canada ranked 49 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Australia	Canada	World
2025	826 million	83 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.08 billion	198 million	30.6 billion
2023	376 million	73 million	29.5 billion
2022	809 million	214 million	33 billion
2021	1.22 billion	357 million	26.8 billion
2020	1.63 billion	248 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.16 billion	187 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.55 billion	185 million	27.3 billion
2017	1.66 billion	354 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.01 billion	246 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.45 billion	408 million	28.7 billion
2014	848 million	316 million	27 billion
2013	220 million	202 million	27.4 billion
2012	787 million	207 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.58 billion	356 million	29.9 billion
2010	1.56 billion	242 million	25.8 billion
2009	805 million	104 million	24 billion
2008	430 million	423 million	24.1 billion
2007	618 million	478 million	26.5 billion
2006	721 million	97 million	24.4 billion
2005	458 million	106 million	21.3 billion
2004	447 million	341 million	21.3 billion
2003	765 million	140 million	19.2 billion
2002	638 million	418 million	17.7 billion
2001	1.22 billion	520 million	18.3 billion
2000	326 million	529 million	20.5 billion
1999	678 million	143 million	25.3 billion
1998	542 million	111 million	27.9 billion
1997	35 million	353 million	28.9 billion
1996	597 million	419 million	23.7 billion
1995	64 million	405 million	22.9 billion
1994	262 million	473 million	22.8 billion
1993	448 million	196 million	25.8 billion
1992	364 million	407 million	24.3 billion
1991	219 million	767 million	27.8 billion
1990	356 million	157 million	28.6 billion
1989	695 million	37 million	31.7 billion
1988	745 million	712 million	32.9 billion
1987	594 million	787 million	36.2 billion
1986	815 million	849 million	35.5 billion
1985	510 million	848 million	33.2 billion
1984	635 million	654 million	36.8 billion
1983	637 million	649 million	39.1 billion
1982	134 million	277 million	41.4 billion
1981	449 million	453 million	42 billion
1980	409 million	442 million	37.4 billion
1979	197 million	193 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.03 billion	130 million	39.2 billion
1977	278 million	90 million	37 billion
1976	91 million	53 million	33 billion
1975	108 million	195 million	34.2 billion
1974	898 million	229 million	32.9 billion
1973	713 million	78 million	32.6 billion
1972	63 million	376 million	28.7 billion
1971	310 million	457 million	29.3 billion
1970	230 million	623 million	22.1 billion
1969	702 million	516 million	24.7 billion
1968	557 million	336 million	22.4 billion
1967	770 million	237 million	22.1 billion
1966	707 million	306 million	22.4 billion
1965	920 million	563 million	23.1 billion
1964	539 million	742 million	24.2 billion
1963	369 million	1.01 billion	18.1 billion
1962	460 million	1.22 billion	15.5 billion
1961	155 million	1.58 billion	15 billion
1960	116 million	171 million	15.7 billion

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Major weapons the country received, 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.
Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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