Australia vs Indonesia
Australia vs Indonesia: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 826 million TIV in Australia and 1.28 billion TIV in Indonesia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Indonesia, by 451 million TIV, or 1.55 times that in Australia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Indonesia has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Australia.
- In 2025, Australia ranked 11 and Indonesia ranked 7 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 | Indonesia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 826 million | 1.28 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 1.08 billion | 185 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 376 million | 390 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 809 million | 86 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 1.22 billion | 366 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 1.63 billion | 283 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 1.16 billion | 239 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 1.55 billion | 357 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 1.66 billion | 1.17 billion | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 1.01 billion | 352 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 1.45 billion | 438 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 848 million | 1.2 billion | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 220 million | 833 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 787 million | 162 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 1.58 billion | 257 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 1.56 billion | 221 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 805 million | 443 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 430 million | 239 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 618 million | 578 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 721 million | 63 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 458 million | 33 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 447 million | 77 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 765 million | 353 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 638 million | 67 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 1.22 billion | 22 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 326 million | 171 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 678 million | 161 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 542 million | 85 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 35 million | 101 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 597 million | 378 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 64 million | 284 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 262 million | 472 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 448 million | 210 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 364 million | 51 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 219 million | 11 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 356 million | 202 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 695 million | 249 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 745 million | 285 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 594 million | 265 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 815 million | 433 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 510 million | 291 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 635 million | 102 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 637 million | 224 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 134 million | 356 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 449 million | 790 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 409 million | 898 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 197 million | 370 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 1.03 billion | 124 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 278 million | 62 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 91 million | 156 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 108 million | 4 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 898 million | 73 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 713 million | 73 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 63 million | 5 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 310 million | 92 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 230 million | 27 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 702 million | 9 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 557 million | 0 | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 770 million | 1 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 707 million | 17 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 920 million | 317 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 539 million | 596 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 369 million | 206 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 460 million | 1.03 billion | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 155 million | 780 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 116 million | 448 million | 15.7 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Australia vs Indonesia
Health
- Life expectancyAustralia: 83.9 years in 2023Indonesia: 71.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustralia: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Indonesia: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustralia: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Indonesia: 17.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAustralia: 4.62% in 2017Indonesia: 2.64% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustralia: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Indonesia: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustralia: 26.5 million people in 2023Indonesia: 281 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustralia: 0.99% a year in 2023Indonesia: 0.83% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustralia: 1.64 births per woman in 2023Indonesia: 2.13 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustralia: 87.7% in 2025Indonesia: 59.4% in 2025
- Median ageAustralia: 37.8 years in 2023Indonesia: 29.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustralia: 17.4% in 2023Indonesia: 7% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustralia: 5.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Indonesia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAustralia: 1.92% of GDP in 2025Indonesia: 1.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAustralia: $35.3B in 2025Indonesia: $15.3B in 2025
- Military spending per personAustralia: $1,316 in 2025Indonesia: $53 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAustralia: 4.9% of government spending in 2025Indonesia: 6.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAustralia: 60,000 people in 2020Indonesia: 676,000 people in 2020
- National powerAustralia: 0.6% of world capability in 2022Indonesia: 2.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustralia: 0.44% of the labour force in 2020Indonesia: 0.49% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsAustralia: 108 million TIV in 2025Indonesia: 17 million TIV in 2021