Australia vs North Korea: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Australia and 44 million TIV in North Korea, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by 64 million TIV, or 2.45 times that in North Korea.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Australia has been higher since 2025, when it overtook North Korea.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Australia	North Korea	World
2025	108 million	44 million	33.5 billion
2024	73 million	211 million	30.7 billion
2023	81 million	9 million	29.5 billion
2022	19 million	–	33.3 billion
2021	175 million	–	27.1 billion
2020	406 million	–	24.1 billion
2019	129 million	–	27 billion
2018	39 million	–	27.4 billion
2017	101 million	–	31.3 billion
2016	136 million	–	31.5 billion
2015	79 million	–	28.7 billion
2014	94 million	1 million	27.1 billion
2013	54 million	–	27.4 billion
2012	45 million	–	27.9 billion
2011	143 million	–	29.9 billion
2010	137 million	7 million	25.8 billion
2009	86 million	23 million	24.4 billion
2008	57 million	15 million	24.1 billion
2007	53 million	15 million	26.5 billion
2006	26 million	15 million	24.5 billion
2005	49 million	15 million	21.4 billion
2004	2 million	42 million	21.3 billion
2003	44 million	129 million	19.2 billion
2002	47 million	150 million	17.7 billion
2001	43 million	53 million	18.5 billion
2000	–	40 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	42 million	25.4 billion
1998	4 million	59 million	27.9 billion
1997	14 million	35 million	28.9 billion
1996	10 million	35 million	23.7 billion
1995	36 million	33 million	22.9 billion
1994	24 million	21 million	23 billion
1993	30 million	104 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	98 million	24.3 billion
1991	84 million	85 million	28.2 billion
1990	156 million	6 million	30.2 billion
1989	18 million	65 million	34.9 billion
1988	12 million	179 million	36.8 billion
1987	89 million	189 million	39.4 billion
1986	57 million	53 million	39 billion
1985	10 million	154 million	38.2 billion
1984	62 million	185 million	41.6 billion
1983	31 million	231 million	43.9 billion
1982	26 million	129 million	46.2 billion
1981	17 million	27 million	45.8 billion
1980	15 million	43 million	42.2 billion
1979	22 million	20 million	38.4 billion
1978	21 million	–	42.4 billion
1977	62 million	–	40 billion
1976	113 million	–	36 billion
1975	131 million	12 million	37.2 billion
1974	92 million	8 million	36.6 billion
1973	72 million	–	36.3 billion
1972	6 million	–	34.5 billion
1971	36 million	–	32.9 billion
1970	17 million	–	25.3 billion
1969	26 million	–	28.1 billion
1968	–	–	26.1 billion
1967	–	–	25.6 billion
1966	–	–	25.8 billion
1965	–	–	25.8 billion
1964	–	–	26.7 billion
1963	–	–	20.3 billion
1962	4 million	–	17.5 billion
1961	2 million	–	16.4 billion
1960	–	–	17.6 billion

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Good to know

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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