Australia vs Papua New Guinea

Australia vs Papua New Guinea: Arms imports

Arms imports: 826 million TIV in Australia in 2025 and 9 million TIV in Papua New Guinea in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Australia, by 367 million TIV, or 42 times that in Papua New Guinea.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Australia vs Papua New Guinea: Arms importsArms imports: 826 million TIV in Australia in 2025 and 9 million TIV in Papua New Guinea in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Australia, by 367 million TIV, or 42 times that in Papua New Guinea.
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What the numbers say

  • Australia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1975.
  • The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearAustraliaPapua New GuineaWorld
2025826 million–33.3 billion
20241.08 billion–30.6 billion
2023376 million9 million29.5 billion
2022809 million–33 billion
20211.22 billion14 million26.8 billion
20201.63 billion–23.4 billion
20191.16 billion–26.9 billion
20181.55 billion8 million27.3 billion
20171.66 billion031.2 billion
20161.01 billion–31.4 billion
20151.45 billion–28.7 billion
2014848 million3 million27 billion
2013220 million–27.4 billion
2012787 million–27.9 billion
20111.58 billion–29.9 billion
20101.56 billion–25.8 billion
2009805 million–24 billion
2008430 million–24.1 billion
2007618 million–26.5 billion
2006721 million–24.4 billion
2005458 million–21.3 billion
2004447 million–21.3 billion
2003765 million–19.2 billion
2002638 million–17.7 billion
20011.22 billion–18.3 billion
2000326 million–20.5 billion
1999678 million–25.3 billion
1998542 million–27.9 billion
199735 million7 million28.9 billion
1996597 million1 million23.7 billion
199564 million–22.9 billion
1994262 million1 million22.8 billion
1993448 million–25.8 billion
1992364 million10 million24.3 billion
1991219 million10 million27.8 billion
1990356 million4 million28.6 billion
1989695 million6 million31.7 billion
1988745 million6 million32.9 billion
1987594 million12 million36.2 billion
1986815 million8 million35.5 billion
1985510 million–33.2 billion
1984635 million2 million36.8 billion
1983637 million–39.1 billion
1982134 million4 million41.4 billion
1981449 million2 million42 billion
1980409 million–37.4 billion
1979197 million–33.3 billion
19781.03 billion2 million39.2 billion
1977278 million3 million37 billion
197691 million–33 billion
1975108 million32 million34.2 billion
1974898 million–32.9 billion
1973713 million–32.6 billion
197263 million–28.7 billion
1971310 million–29.3 billion
1970230 million–22.1 billion
1969702 million–24.7 billion
1968557 million–22.4 billion
1967770 million–22.1 billion
1966707 million–22.4 billion
1965920 million–23.1 billion
1964539 million–24.2 billion
1963369 million–18.1 billion
1962460 million–15.5 billion
1961155 million–15 billion
1960116 million–15.7 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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