Australia vs Russia
Australia vs Russia: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Australia and 1.94 billion TIV in Russia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by 1.83 billion TIV, or 18 times that in Australia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Russia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1993.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Australia | Russia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 108 million | 1.94 billion | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 73 million | 1.99 billion | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 81 million | 1.51 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 19 million | 2.57 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 175 million | 2.4 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 406 million | 3.66 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 129 million | 5.37 billion | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 39 million | 7.15 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 101 million | 6.4 billion | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 136 million | 6.75 billion | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 79 million | 5.8 billion | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 94 million | 5.4 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 54 million | 7.89 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 45 million | 8.34 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 143 million | 8.79 billion | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 137 million | 6.23 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 86 million | 5.13 billion | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 57 million | 6 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 53 million | 5.6 billion | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 26 million | 5.18 billion | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 49 million | 5.2 billion | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 2 million | 6.35 billion | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 44 million | 5.27 billion | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 47 million | 5.74 billion | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 43 million | 5.25 billion | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 4.5 billion | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 4.41 billion | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 4 million | 2.12 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 14 million | 3.45 billion | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 10 million | 3.64 billion | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 36 million | 3.83 billion | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 24 million | 1.54 billion | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 30 million | 3.49 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 2.64 billion | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 84 million | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 156 million | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 18 million | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 12 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 89 million | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 57 million | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 10 million | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 62 million | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 31 million | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 26 million | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 17 million | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 15 million | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 22 million | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 21 million | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 62 million | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 113 million | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 131 million | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 92 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 |
Each country on its own
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Australia vs Russia
Health
- Life expectancyAustralia: 83.9 years in 2023Russia: 73.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustralia: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Russia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustralia: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Russia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAustralia: 4.62% in 2017Russia: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustralia: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Russia: 25.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustralia: 26.5 million people in 2023Russia: 145 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustralia: 0.99% a year in 2023Russia: -0.32% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustralia: 1.64 births per woman in 2023Russia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustralia: 87.7% in 2025Russia: 75.3% in 2025
- Median ageAustralia: 37.8 years in 2023Russia: 39.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustralia: 17.4% in 2023Russia: 16.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustralia: 5.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Russia: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAustralia: 1.92% of GDP in 2025Russia: 7.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAustralia: $35.3B in 2025Russia: $158B in 2025
- Military spending per personAustralia: $1,316 in 2025Russia: $1,318 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAustralia: 4.9% of government spending in 2025Russia: 19.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAustralia: 60,000 people in 2020Russia: 1.45 million people in 2020
- National powerAustralia: 0.6% of world capability in 2022Russia: 3.82% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustralia: 0.44% of the labour force in 2020Russia: 1.98% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustralia: 826 million TIV in 2025Russia: 129 million TIV in 2025