Australia vs South Africa: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Australia and 115 million TIV in South Africa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Africa, by 7 million TIV, or 1.06 times that in Australia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

South Africa has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Australia.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Australia	South Africa	World
2025	108 million	115 million	33.5 billion
2024	73 million	96 million	30.7 billion
2023	81 million	105 million	29.5 billion
2022	19 million	113 million	33.3 billion
2021	175 million	143 million	27.1 billion
2020	406 million	150 million	24.1 billion
2019	129 million	129 million	27 billion
2018	39 million	118 million	27.4 billion
2017	101 million	100 million	31.3 billion
2016	136 million	118 million	31.5 billion
2015	79 million	76 million	28.7 billion
2014	94 million	89 million	27.1 billion
2013	54 million	109 million	27.4 billion
2012	45 million	193 million	27.9 billion
2011	143 million	76 million	29.9 billion
2010	137 million	250 million	25.8 billion
2009	86 million	108 million	24.4 billion
2008	57 million	142 million	24.1 billion
2007	53 million	137 million	26.5 billion
2006	26 million	200 million	24.5 billion
2005	49 million	36 million	21.4 billion
2004	2 million	74 million	21.3 billion
2003	44 million	47 million	19.2 billion
2002	47 million	22 million	17.7 billion
2001	43 million	32 million	18.5 billion
2000	–	21 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	24 million	25.4 billion
1998	4 million	14 million	27.9 billion
1997	14 million	7 million	28.9 billion
1996	10 million	31 million	23.7 billion
1995	36 million	17 million	22.9 billion
1994	24 million	13 million	23 billion
1993	30 million	54 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	85 million	24.3 billion
1991	84 million	54 million	28.2 billion
1990	156 million	–	30.2 billion
1989	18 million	0	34.9 billion
1988	12 million	25 million	36.8 billion
1987	89 million	28 million	39.4 billion
1986	57 million	25 million	39 billion
1985	10 million	25 million	38.2 billion
1984	62 million	–	41.6 billion
1983	31 million	–	43.9 billion
1982	26 million	1 million	46.2 billion
1981	17 million	49 million	45.8 billion
1980	15 million	49 million	42.2 billion
1979	22 million	–	38.4 billion
1978	21 million	–	42.4 billion
1977	62 million	0	40 billion
1976	113 million	20 million	36 billion
1975	131 million	29 million	37.2 billion
1974	92 million	2 million	36.6 billion
1973	72 million	1 million	36.3 billion
1972	6 million	22 million	34.5 billion
1971	36 million	7 million	32.9 billion
1970	17 million	2 million	25.3 billion
1969	26 million	13 million	28.1 billion
1968	–	9 million	26.1 billion
1967	–	8 million	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	33 million	16.4 billion
1960	–	27 million	17.6 billion

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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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