Australia vs Egypt: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 826 million TIV in Australia and 697 million TIV in Egypt, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by 129 million TIV, or 1.19 times that in Egypt.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Australia has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Egypt.
In 2025, Australia ranked 11 and Egypt ranked 15 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	Egypt	World
2025	826 million	697 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.08 billion	128 million	30.6 billion
2023	376 million	1.15 billion	29.5 billion
2022	809 million	742 million	33 billion
2021	1.22 billion	1.3 billion	26.8 billion
2020	1.63 billion	1.4 billion	23.4 billion
2019	1.16 billion	1.09 billion	26.9 billion
2018	1.55 billion	1.64 billion	27.3 billion
2017	1.66 billion	2.48 billion	31.2 billion
2016	1.01 billion	1.65 billion	31.4 billion
2015	1.45 billion	1.44 billion	28.7 billion
2014	848 million	430 million	27 billion
2013	220 million	719 million	27.4 billion
2012	787 million	308 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.58 billion	653 million	29.9 billion
2010	1.56 billion	689 million	25.8 billion
2009	805 million	95 million	24 billion
2008	430 million	326 million	24.1 billion
2007	618 million	660 million	26.5 billion
2006	721 million	695 million	24.4 billion
2005	458 million	833 million	21.3 billion
2004	447 million	660 million	21.3 billion
2003	765 million	633 million	19.2 billion
2002	638 million	717 million	17.7 billion
2001	1.22 billion	824 million	18.3 billion
2000	326 million	833 million	20.5 billion
1999	678 million	517 million	25.3 billion
1998	542 million	483 million	27.9 billion
1997	35 million	1.05 billion	28.9 billion
1996	597 million	969 million	23.7 billion
1995	64 million	1.7 billion	22.9 billion
1994	262 million	2.03 billion	22.8 billion
1993	448 million	1.26 billion	25.8 billion
1992	364 million	973 million	24.3 billion
1991	219 million	887 million	27.8 billion
1990	356 million	563 million	28.6 billion
1989	695 million	319 million	31.7 billion
1988	745 million	449 million	32.9 billion
1987	594 million	1.63 billion	36.2 billion
1986	815 million	1.47 billion	35.5 billion
1985	510 million	955 million	33.2 billion
1984	635 million	1.51 billion	36.8 billion
1983	637 million	1.7 billion	39.1 billion
1982	134 million	2.51 billion	41.4 billion
1981	449 million	1.2 billion	42 billion
1980	409 million	1.02 billion	37.4 billion
1979	197 million	631 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.03 billion	136 million	39.2 billion
1977	278 million	410 million	37 billion
1976	91 million	159 million	33 billion
1975	108 million	566 million	34.2 billion
1974	898 million	1.11 billion	32.9 billion
1973	713 million	2.61 billion	32.6 billion
1972	63 million	3.26 billion	28.7 billion
1971	310 million	1.98 billion	29.3 billion
1970	230 million	1.98 billion	22.1 billion
1969	702 million	1.24 billion	24.7 billion
1968	557 million	1.28 billion	22.4 billion
1967	770 million	2.24 billion	22.1 billion
1966	707 million	1.54 billion	22.4 billion
1965	920 million	962 million	23.1 billion
1964	539 million	851 million	24.2 billion
1963	369 million	741 million	18.1 billion
1962	460 million	685 million	15.5 billion
1961	155 million	544 million	15 billion
1960	116 million	164 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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