Australia vs Italy: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Australia and 1.92 billion TIV in Italy, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Italy, by 1.82 billion TIV, or 18 times that in Australia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Italy has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1961.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Australia	Italy	World
2025	108 million	1.92 billion	33.5 billion
2024	73 million	1.21 billion	30.7 billion
2023	81 million	1.37 billion	29.5 billion
2022	19 million	1.71 billion	33.3 billion
2021	175 million	1.63 billion	27.1 billion
2020	406 million	821 million	24.1 billion
2019	129 million	372 million	27 billion
2018	39 million	535 million	27.4 billion
2017	101 million	703 million	31.3 billion
2016	136 million	616 million	31.5 billion
2015	79 million	671 million	28.7 billion
2014	94 million	688 million	27.1 billion
2013	54 million	884 million	27.4 billion
2012	45 million	789 million	27.9 billion
2011	143 million	964 million	29.9 billion
2010	137 million	577 million	25.8 billion
2009	86 million	512 million	24.4 billion
2008	57 million	433 million	24.1 billion
2007	53 million	700 million	26.5 billion
2006	26 million	538 million	24.5 billion
2005	49 million	832 million	21.4 billion
2004	2 million	261 million	21.3 billion
2003	44 million	359 million	19.2 billion
2002	47 million	474 million	17.7 billion
2001	43 million	267 million	18.5 billion
2000	–	205 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	516 million	25.4 billion
1998	4 million	423 million	27.9 billion
1997	14 million	447 million	28.9 billion
1996	10 million	287 million	23.7 billion
1995	36 million	301 million	22.9 billion
1994	24 million	208 million	23 billion
1993	30 million	342 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	249 million	24.3 billion
1991	84 million	354 million	28.2 billion
1990	156 million	200 million	30.2 billion
1989	18 million	316 million	34.9 billion
1988	12 million	389 million	36.8 billion
1987	89 million	626 million	39.4 billion
1986	57 million	223 million	39 billion
1985	10 million	868 million	38.2 billion
1984	62 million	1.23 billion	41.6 billion
1983	31 million	1.11 billion	43.9 billion
1982	26 million	1.67 billion	46.2 billion
1981	17 million	1.7 billion	45.8 billion
1980	15 million	1.16 billion	42.2 billion
1979	22 million	1.31 billion	38.4 billion
1978	21 million	665 million	42.4 billion
1977	62 million	505 million	40 billion
1976	113 million	523 million	36 billion
1975	131 million	520 million	37.2 billion
1974	92 million	409 million	36.6 billion
1973	72 million	328 million	36.3 billion
1972	6 million	284 million	34.5 billion
1971	36 million	383 million	32.9 billion
1970	17 million	280 million	25.3 billion
1969	26 million	325 million	28.1 billion
1968	–	197 million	26.1 billion
1967	–	144 million	25.6 billion
1966	–	243 million	25.8 billion
1965	–	296 million	25.8 billion
1964	–	385 million	26.7 billion
1963	–	241 million	20.3 billion
1962	4 million	262 million	17.5 billion
1961	2 million	246 million	16.4 billion
1960	–	105 million	17.6 billion

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Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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