Australia vs Malaysia: Arms imports

Arms imports: 826 million TIV in Australia in 2025 and 7 million TIV in Malaysia in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Australia, by 1.07 billion TIV, or 150 times that in Malaysia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Australia has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Malaysia.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Australia	Malaysia	World
2025	826 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	1.08 billion	7 million	30.6 billion
2023	376 million	11 million	29.5 billion
2022	809 million	71 million	33 billion
2021	1.22 billion	133 million	26.8 billion
2020	1.63 billion	51 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.16 billion	68 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.55 billion	93 million	27.3 billion
2017	1.66 billion	197 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.01 billion	270 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.45 billion	118 million	28.7 billion
2014	848 million	75 million	27 billion
2013	220 million	82 million	27.4 billion
2012	787 million	19 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.58 billion	4 million	29.9 billion
2010	1.56 billion	213 million	25.8 billion
2009	805 million	1.28 billion	24 billion
2008	430 million	493 million	24.1 billion
2007	618 million	498 million	26.5 billion
2006	721 million	184 million	24.4 billion
2005	458 million	57 million	21.3 billion
2004	447 million	68 million	21.3 billion
2003	765 million	190 million	19.2 billion
2002	638 million	154 million	17.7 billion
2001	1.22 billion	26 million	18.3 billion
2000	326 million	26 million	20.5 billion
1999	678 million	721 million	25.3 billion
1998	542 million	39 million	27.9 billion
1997	35 million	553 million	28.9 billion
1996	597 million	32 million	23.7 billion
1995	64 million	828 million	22.9 billion
1994	262 million	308 million	22.8 billion
1993	448 million	13 million	25.8 billion
1992	364 million	13 million	24.3 billion
1991	219 million	33 million	27.8 billion
1990	356 million	–	28.6 billion
1989	695 million	37 million	31.7 billion
1988	745 million	14 million	32.9 billion
1987	594 million	5 million	36.2 billion
1986	815 million	141 million	35.5 billion
1985	510 million	405 million	33.2 billion
1984	635 million	543 million	36.8 billion
1983	637 million	275 million	39.1 billion
1982	134 million	25 million	41.4 billion
1981	449 million	56 million	42 billion
1980	409 million	127 million	37.4 billion
1979	197 million	310 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.03 billion	72 million	39.2 billion
1977	278 million	146 million	37 billion
1976	91 million	394 million	33 billion
1975	108 million	85 million	34.2 billion
1974	898 million	74 million	32.9 billion
1973	713 million	229 million	32.6 billion
1972	63 million	109 million	28.7 billion
1971	310 million	192 million	29.3 billion
1970	230 million	25 million	22.1 billion
1969	702 million	79 million	24.7 billion
1968	557 million	91 million	22.4 billion
1967	770 million	128 million	22.1 billion
1966	707 million	58 million	22.4 billion
1965	920 million	10 million	23.1 billion
1964	539 million	97 million	24.2 billion
1963	369 million	75 million	18.1 billion
1962	460 million	31 million	15.5 billion
1961	155 million	2 million	15 billion
1960	116 million	5 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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