Australia vs Ethiopia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 826 million TIV in Australia and 63 million TIV in Ethiopia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by 763 million TIV, or 13 times that in Ethiopia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Australia has been higher since 1998, when it overtook Ethiopia.
In 2025, Australia ranked 11 and Ethiopia ranked 53 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	Ethiopia	World
2025	826 million	63 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.08 billion	48 million	30.6 billion
2023	376 million	2 million	29.5 billion
2022	809 million	45 million	33 billion
2021	1.22 billion	16 million	26.8 billion
2020	1.63 billion	25 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.16 billion	76 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.55 billion	14 million	27.3 billion
2017	1.66 billion	51 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.01 billion	55 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.45 billion	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	848 million	33 million	27 billion
2013	220 million	154 million	27.4 billion
2012	787 million	193 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.58 billion	76 million	29.9 billion
2010	1.56 billion	58 million	25.8 billion
2009	805 million	–	24 billion
2008	430 million	–	24.1 billion
2007	618 million	–	26.5 billion
2006	721 million	–	24.4 billion
2005	458 million	–	21.3 billion
2004	447 million	239 million	21.3 billion
2003	765 million	174 million	19.2 billion
2002	638 million	20 million	17.7 billion
2001	1.22 billion	–	18.3 billion
2000	326 million	114 million	20.5 billion
1999	678 million	152 million	25.3 billion
1998	542 million	208 million	27.9 billion
1997	35 million	69 million	28.9 billion
1996	597 million	–	23.7 billion
1995	64 million	–	22.9 billion
1994	262 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	448 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	364 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	219 million	80 million	27.8 billion
1990	356 million	2 million	28.6 billion
1989	695 million	47 million	31.7 billion
1988	745 million	155 million	32.9 billion
1987	594 million	239 million	36.2 billion
1986	815 million	348 million	35.5 billion
1985	510 million	268 million	33.2 billion
1984	635 million	228 million	36.8 billion
1983	637 million	403 million	39.1 billion
1982	134 million	516 million	41.4 billion
1981	449 million	328 million	42 billion
1980	409 million	330 million	37.4 billion
1979	197 million	113 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.03 billion	965 million	39.2 billion
1977	278 million	1.13 billion	37 billion
1976	91 million	113 million	33 billion
1975	108 million	58 million	34.2 billion
1974	898 million	36 million	32.9 billion
1973	713 million	5 million	32.6 billion
1972	63 million	53 million	28.7 billion
1971	310 million	54 million	29.3 billion
1970	230 million	90 million	22.1 billion
1969	702 million	24 million	24.7 billion
1968	557 million	34 million	22.4 billion
1967	770 million	31 million	22.1 billion
1966	707 million	99 million	22.4 billion
1965	920 million	14 million	23.1 billion
1964	539 million	4 million	24.2 billion
1963	369 million	27 million	18.1 billion
1962	460 million	21 million	15.5 billion
1961	155 million	4 million	15 billion
1960	116 million	24 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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