Australia vs China

Australia vs China: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 826 million TIV in Australia and 207 million TIV in China, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by 619 million TIV, or 3.99 times that in China.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Australia vs China: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 826 million TIV in Australia and 207 million TIV in China, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by 619 million TIV, or 3.99 times that in China.
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What the numbers say

  • Australia has been higher since 2024, when it overtook China.
  • In 2025, Australia ranked 11 and China ranked 36 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

YearAustraliaChinaWorld
2025826 million207 million33.3 billion
20241.08 billion71 million30.6 billion
2023376 million428 million29.5 billion
2022809 million646 million33 billion
20211.22 billion685 million26.8 billion
20201.63 billion775 million23.4 billion
20191.16 billion1.57 billion26.9 billion
20181.55 billion2.25 billion27.3 billion
20171.66 billion1.55 billion31.2 billion
20161.01 billion1.21 billion31.4 billion
20151.45 billion1.19 billion28.7 billion
2014848 million1.03 billion27 billion
2013220 million1.22 billion27.4 billion
2012787 million1.54 billion27.9 billion
20111.58 billion1.03 billion29.9 billion
20101.56 billion940 million25.8 billion
2009805 million1.38 billion24 billion
2008430 million1.78 billion24.1 billion
2007618 million1.7 billion26.5 billion
2006721 million2.83 billion24.4 billion
2005458 million3.47 billion21.3 billion
2004447 million3.24 billion21.3 billion
2003765 million2.33 billion19.2 billion
2002638 million2.83 billion17.7 billion
20011.22 billion2.76 billion18.3 billion
2000326 million2.47 billion20.5 billion
1999678 million1.72 billion25.3 billion
1998542 million375 million27.9 billion
199735 million940 million28.9 billion
1996597 million1.5 billion23.7 billion
199564 million701 million22.9 billion
1994262 million304 million22.8 billion
1993448 million1.23 billion25.8 billion
1992364 million1.18 billion24.3 billion
1991219 million439 million27.8 billion
1990356 million267 million28.6 billion
1989695 million163 million31.7 billion
1988745 million97 million32.9 billion
1987594 million47 million36.2 billion
1986815 million11 million35.5 billion
1985510 million104 million33.2 billion
1984635 million62 million36.8 billion
1983637 million16 million39.1 billion
1982134 million5 million41.4 billion
1981449 million–42 billion
1980409 million4 million37.4 billion
1979197 million8 million33.3 billion
19781.03 billion83 million39.2 billion
1977278 million72 million37 billion
197691 million1 million33 billion
1975108 million1 million34.2 billion
1974898 million1 million32.9 billion
1973713 million1 million32.6 billion
197263 million1 million28.7 billion
1971310 million1 million29.3 billion
1970230 million1 million22.1 billion
1969702 million–24.7 billion
1968557 million180 million22.4 billion
1967770 million144 million22.1 billion
1966707 million225 million22.4 billion
1965920 million257 million23.1 billion
1964539 million485 million24.2 billion
1963369 million450 million18.1 billion
1962460 million415 million15.5 billion
1961155 million952 million15 billion
1960116 million2.36 billion15.7 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • 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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