Australia vs France

Australia vs France: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 826 million TIV in Australia and 236 million TIV in France, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by 590 million TIV, or 3.5 times that in France.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Australia vs France: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 826 million TIV in Australia and 236 million TIV in France, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by 590 million TIV, or 3.5 times that in France.
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What the numbers say

  • Australia has been higher since 1998, when it overtook France.
  • In 2025, Australia ranked 11 and France ranked 34 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

YearAustraliaFranceWorld
2025826 million236 million33.3 billion
20241.08 billion183 million30.6 billion
2023376 million114 million29.5 billion
2022809 million130 million33 billion
20211.22 billion105 million26.8 billion
20201.63 billion225 million23.4 billion
20191.16 billion104 million26.9 billion
20181.55 billion201 million27.3 billion
20171.66 billion84 million31.2 billion
20161.01 billion38 million31.4 billion
20151.45 billion36 million28.7 billion
2014848 million17 million27 billion
2013220 million104 million27.4 billion
2012787 million86 million27.9 billion
20111.58 billion41 million29.9 billion
20101.56 billion103 million25.8 billion
2009805 million72 million24 billion
2008430 million2 million24.1 billion
2007618 million75 million26.5 billion
2006721 million68 million24.4 billion
2005458 million2 million21.3 billion
2004447 million93 million21.3 billion
2003765 million55 million19.2 billion
2002638 million38 million17.7 billion
20011.22 billion61 million18.3 billion
2000326 million98 million20.5 billion
1999678 million105 million25.3 billion
1998542 million171 million27.9 billion
199735 million223 million28.9 billion
1996597 million64 million23.7 billion
199564 million99 million22.9 billion
1994262 million84 million22.8 billion
1993448 million102 million25.8 billion
1992364 million439 million24.3 billion
1991219 million963 million27.8 billion
1990356 million77 million28.6 billion
1989695 million107 million31.7 billion
1988745 million134 million32.9 billion
1987594 million84 million36.2 billion
1986815 million100 million35.5 billion
1985510 million20 million33.2 billion
1984635 million73 million36.8 billion
1983637 million108 million39.1 billion
1982134 million142 million41.4 billion
1981449 million106 million42 billion
1980409 million70 million37.4 billion
1979197 million107 million33.3 billion
19781.03 billion231 million39.2 billion
1977278 million194 million37 billion
197691 million186 million33 billion
1975108 million45 million34.2 billion
1974898 million46 million32.9 billion
1973713 million51 million32.6 billion
197263 million33 million28.7 billion
1971310 million57 million29.3 billion
1970230 million44 million22.1 billion
1969702 million64 million24.7 billion
1968557 million123 million22.4 billion
1967770 million98 million22.1 billion
1966707 million106 million22.4 billion
1965920 million378 million23.1 billion
1964539 million1.3 billion24.2 billion
1963369 million162 million18.1 billion
1962460 million122 million15.5 billion
1961155 million321 million15 billion
1960116 million526 million15.7 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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