Australia vs Germany: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 826 million TIV in Australia and 1.63 billion TIV in Germany, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 806 million TIV, or 1.98 times that in Australia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Germany has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Australia.
In 2025, Australia ranked 11 and Germany ranked 6 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	Germany	World
2025	826 million	1.63 billion	33.3 billion
2024	1.08 billion	240 million	30.6 billion
2023	376 million	203 million	29.5 billion
2022	809 million	269 million	33 billion
2021	1.22 billion	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	1.63 billion	105 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.16 billion	38 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.55 billion	14 million	27.3 billion
2017	1.66 billion	43 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.01 billion	55 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.45 billion	119 million	28.7 billion
2014	848 million	77 million	27 billion
2013	220 million	103 million	27.4 billion
2012	787 million	140 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.58 billion	79 million	29.9 billion
2010	1.56 billion	301 million	25.8 billion
2009	805 million	329 million	24 billion
2008	430 million	277 million	24.1 billion
2007	618 million	46 million	26.5 billion
2006	721 million	413 million	24.4 billion
2005	458 million	206 million	21.3 billion
2004	447 million	245 million	21.3 billion
2003	765 million	70 million	19.2 billion
2002	638 million	71 million	17.7 billion
2001	1.22 billion	133 million	18.3 billion
2000	326 million	113 million	20.5 billion
1999	678 million	129 million	25.3 billion
1998	542 million	618 million	27.9 billion
1997	35 million	60 million	28.9 billion
1996	597 million	244 million	23.7 billion
1995	64 million	222 million	22.9 billion
1994	262 million	417 million	22.8 billion
1993	448 million	529 million	25.8 billion
1992	364 million	716 million	24.3 billion
1991	219 million	750 million	27.8 billion
1990	356 million	757 million	28.6 billion
1989	695 million	701 million	31.7 billion
1988	745 million	447 million	32.9 billion
1987	594 million	340 million	36.2 billion
1986	815 million	322 million	35.5 billion
1985	510 million	130 million	33.2 billion
1984	635 million	412 million	36.8 billion
1983	637 million	434 million	39.1 billion
1982	134 million	453 million	41.4 billion
1981	449 million	261 million	42 billion
1980	409 million	150 million	37.4 billion
1979	197 million	65 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.03 billion	661 million	39.2 billion
1977	278 million	1.01 billion	37 billion
1976	91 million	1.36 billion	33 billion
1975	108 million	1.83 billion	34.2 billion
1974	898 million	2.14 billion	32.9 billion
1973	713 million	1.72 billion	32.6 billion
1972	63 million	796 million	28.7 billion
1971	310 million	2.24 billion	29.3 billion
1970	230 million	1.26 billion	22.1 billion
1969	702 million	1.23 billion	24.7 billion
1968	557 million	1.25 billion	22.4 billion
1967	770 million	1.39 billion	22.1 billion
1966	707 million	3.39 billion	22.4 billion
1965	920 million	3.52 billion	23.1 billion
1964	539 million	3.83 billion	24.2 billion
1963	369 million	3.31 billion	18.1 billion
1962	460 million	2.5 billion	15.5 billion
1961	155 million	2.09 billion	15 billion
1960	116 million	2.04 billion	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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