Australia vs Pakistan

Australia vs Pakistan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 826 million TIV in Australia and 706 million TIV in Pakistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by 120 million TIV, or 1.17 times that in Pakistan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Australia vs Pakistan: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 826 million TIV in Australia and 706 million TIV in Pakistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by 120 million TIV, or 1.17 times that in Pakistan.
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What the numbers say

  • Australia has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Pakistan.
  • In 2025, Australia ranked 11 and Pakistan ranked 14 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearAustraliaPakistanWorld
2025826 million706 million33.3 billion
20241.08 billion1.07 billion30.6 billion
2023376 million2.2 billion29.5 billion
2022809 million1.53 billion33 billion
20211.22 billion984 million26.8 billion
20201.63 billion624 million23.4 billion
20191.16 billion654 million26.9 billion
20181.55 billion893 million27.3 billion
20171.66 billion870 million31.2 billion
20161.01 billion872 million31.4 billion
20151.45 billion771 million28.7 billion
2014848 million877 million27 billion
2013220 million1.11 billion27.4 billion
2012787 million1.02 billion27.9 billion
20111.58 billion1.18 billion29.9 billion
20101.56 billion2.23 billion25.8 billion
2009805 million1.2 billion24 billion
2008430 million1.07 billion24.1 billion
2007618 million693 million26.5 billion
2006721 million324 million24.4 billion
2005458 million427 million21.3 billion
2004447 million471 million21.3 billion
2003765 million645 million19.2 billion
2002638 million566 million17.7 billion
20011.22 billion412 million18.3 billion
2000326 million175 million20.5 billion
1999678 million867 million25.3 billion
1998542 million699 million27.9 billion
199735 million691 million28.9 billion
1996597 million506 million23.7 billion
199564 million368 million22.9 billion
1994262 million862 million22.8 billion
1993448 million992 million25.8 billion
1992364 million352 million24.3 billion
1991219 million511 million27.8 billion
1990356 million635 million28.6 billion
1989695 million974 million31.7 billion
1988745 million412 million32.9 billion
1987594 million617 million36.2 billion
1986815 million280 million35.5 billion
1985510 million751 million33.2 billion
1984635 million863 million36.8 billion
1983637 million784 million39.1 billion
1982134 million544 million41.4 billion
1981449 million491 million42 billion
1980409 million900 million37.4 billion
1979197 million697 million33.3 billion
19781.03 billion655 million39.2 billion
1977278 million271 million37 billion
197691 million276 million33 billion
1975108 million223 million34.2 billion
1974898 million225 million32.9 billion
1973713 million177 million32.6 billion
197263 million664 million28.7 billion
1971310 million553 million29.3 billion
1970230 million422 million22.1 billion
1969702 million542 million24.7 billion
1968557 million415 million22.4 billion
1967770 million151 million22.1 billion
1966707 million592 million22.4 billion
1965920 million222 million23.1 billion
1964539 million96 million24.2 billion
1963369 million225 million18.1 billion
1962460 million84 million15.5 billion
1961155 million41 million15 billion
1960116 million46 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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