Australia vs North Korea

Australia vs North Korea: Arms imports

Arms imports: 826 million TIV in Australia in 2025 and 1 million TIV in North Korea in 2010, by SIPRI estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Australia, by 1.56 billion TIV, or 1,600 times that in North Korea.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Australia vs North Korea: Arms importsArms imports: 826 million TIV in Australia in 2025 and 1 million TIV in North Korea in 2010, by SIPRI estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Australia, by 1.56 billion TIV, or 1,600 times that in North Korea.
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What the numbers say

  • Australia has been higher since 1998, when it overtook North Korea.
  • The world as a whole: 25.8 billion TIV in 2010.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearAustraliaNorth KoreaWorld
2025826 million–33.3 billion
20241.08 billion–30.6 billion
2023376 million–29.5 billion
2022809 million–33 billion
20211.22 billion–26.8 billion
20201.63 billion–23.4 billion
20191.16 billion–26.9 billion
20181.55 billion–27.3 billion
20171.66 billion–31.2 billion
20161.01 billion–31.4 billion
20151.45 billion–28.7 billion
2014848 million–27 billion
2013220 million–27.4 billion
2012787 million–27.9 billion
20111.58 billion–29.9 billion
20101.56 billion1 million25.8 billion
2009805 million4 million24 billion
2008430 million5 million24.1 billion
2007618 million5 million26.5 billion
2006721 million5 million24.4 billion
2005458 million5 million21.3 billion
2004447 million8 million21.3 billion
2003765 million35 million19.2 billion
2002638 million54 million17.7 billion
20011.22 billion73 million18.3 billion
2000326 million63 million20.5 billion
1999678 million54 million25.3 billion
1998542 million54 million27.9 billion
199735 million54 million28.9 billion
1996597 million118 million23.7 billion
199564 million184 million22.9 billion
1994262 million79 million22.8 billion
1993448 million146 million25.8 billion
1992364 million183 million24.3 billion
1991219 million251 million27.8 billion
1990356 million340 million28.6 billion
1989695 million561 million31.7 billion
1988745 million818 million32.9 billion
1987594 million813 million36.2 billion
1986815 million1.08 billion35.5 billion
1985510 million963 million33.2 billion
1984635 million112 million36.8 billion
1983637 million339 million39.1 billion
1982134 million527 million41.4 billion
1981449 million347 million42 billion
1980409 million487 million37.4 billion
1979197 million313 million33.3 billion
19781.03 billion354 million39.2 billion
1977278 million297 million37 billion
197691 million487 million33 billion
1975108 million561 million34.2 billion
1974898 million793 million32.9 billion
1973713 million535 million32.6 billion
197263 million482 million28.7 billion
1971310 million1.5 billion29.3 billion
1970230 million649 million22.1 billion
1969702 million609 million24.7 billion
1968557 million1.31 billion22.4 billion
1967770 million846 million22.1 billion
1966707 million832 million22.4 billion
1965920 million118 million23.1 billion
1964539 million168 million24.2 billion
1963369 million197 million18.1 billion
1962460 million181 million15.5 billion
1961155 million69 million15 billion
1960116 million405 million15.7 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.

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