Australia vs Iran: Arms imports

Arms imports: 826 million TIV in Australia in 2025 and 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Australia, by 1.04 billion TIV, or 26 times that in Iran.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Australia has been higher since 2001, when it overtook Iran.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Australia	Iran	World
2025	826 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	1.08 billion	42 million	30.6 billion
2023	376 million	21 million	29.5 billion
2022	809 million	–	33 billion
2021	1.22 billion	–	26.8 billion
2020	1.63 billion	2 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.16 billion	3 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.55 billion	3 million	27.3 billion
2017	1.66 billion	3 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.01 billion	413 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.45 billion	11 million	28.7 billion
2014	848 million	14 million	27 billion
2013	220 million	14 million	27.4 billion
2012	787 million	39 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.58 billion	89 million	29.9 billion
2010	1.56 billion	87 million	25.8 billion
2009	805 million	92 million	24 billion
2008	430 million	57 million	24.1 billion
2007	618 million	325 million	26.5 billion
2006	721 million	418 million	24.4 billion
2005	458 million	53 million	21.3 billion
2004	447 million	117 million	21.3 billion
2003	765 million	283 million	19.2 billion
2002	638 million	435 million	17.7 billion
2001	1.22 billion	526 million	18.3 billion
2000	326 million	417 million	20.5 billion
1999	678 million	321 million	25.3 billion
1998	542 million	374 million	27.9 billion
1997	35 million	172 million	28.9 billion
1996	597 million	608 million	23.7 billion
1995	64 million	289 million	22.9 billion
1994	262 million	451 million	22.8 billion
1993	448 million	960 million	25.8 billion
1992	364 million	406 million	24.3 billion
1991	219 million	990 million	27.8 billion
1990	356 million	444 million	28.6 billion
1989	695 million	194 million	31.7 billion
1988	745 million	469 million	32.9 billion
1987	594 million	807 million	36.2 billion
1986	815 million	805 million	35.5 billion
1985	510 million	639 million	33.2 billion
1984	635 million	562 million	36.8 billion
1983	637 million	466 million	39.1 billion
1982	134 million	499 million	41.4 billion
1981	449 million	487 million	42 billion
1980	409 million	278 million	37.4 billion
1979	197 million	526 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.03 billion	3.72 billion	39.2 billion
1977	278 million	5.48 billion	37 billion
1976	91 million	4.65 billion	33 billion
1975	108 million	5.23 billion	34.2 billion
1974	898 million	2.86 billion	32.9 billion
1973	713 million	2.05 billion	32.6 billion
1972	63 million	1.38 billion	28.7 billion
1971	310 million	2.1 billion	29.3 billion
1970	230 million	899 million	22.1 billion
1969	702 million	950 million	24.7 billion
1968	557 million	917 million	22.4 billion
1967	770 million	553 million	22.1 billion
1966	707 million	601 million	22.4 billion
1965	920 million	496 million	23.1 billion
1964	539 million	139 million	24.2 billion
1963	369 million	105 million	18.1 billion
1962	460 million	83 million	15.5 billion
1961	155 million	75 million	15 billion
1960	116 million	141 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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