Australia vs Spain: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Australia and 341 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 233 million TIV, or 3.16 times that in Australia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Spain has been higher since 2003, when it overtook Australia.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Australia	Spain	World
2025	108 million	341 million	33.5 billion
2024	73 million	606 million	30.7 billion
2023	81 million	912 million	29.5 billion
2022	19 million	1.01 billion	33.3 billion
2021	175 million	676 million	27.1 billion
2020	406 million	1.01 billion	24.1 billion
2019	129 million	318 million	27 billion
2018	39 million	705 million	27.4 billion
2017	101 million	820 million	31.3 billion
2016	136 million	481 million	31.5 billion
2015	79 million	982 million	28.7 billion
2014	94 million	962 million	27.1 billion
2013	54 million	450 million	27.4 billion
2012	45 million	266 million	27.9 billion
2011	143 million	997 million	29.9 billion
2010	137 million	273 million	25.8 billion
2009	86 million	984 million	24.4 billion
2008	57 million	626 million	24.1 billion
2007	53 million	628 million	26.5 billion
2006	26 million	898 million	24.5 billion
2005	49 million	113 million	21.4 billion
2004	2 million	54 million	21.3 billion
2003	44 million	99 million	19.2 billion
2002	47 million	18 million	17.7 billion
2001	43 million	8 million	18.5 billion
2000	–	47 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	46 million	25.4 billion
1998	4 million	174 million	27.9 billion
1997	14 million	605 million	28.9 billion
1996	10 million	112 million	23.7 billion
1995	36 million	88 million	22.9 billion
1994	24 million	253 million	23 billion
1993	30 million	103 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	70 million	24.3 billion
1991	84 million	103 million	28.2 billion
1990	156 million	116 million	30.2 billion
1989	18 million	167 million	34.9 billion
1988	12 million	136 million	36.8 billion
1987	89 million	152 million	39.4 billion
1986	57 million	197 million	39 billion
1985	10 million	92 million	38.2 billion
1984	62 million	244 million	41.6 billion
1983	31 million	367 million	43.9 billion
1982	26 million	263 million	46.2 billion
1981	17 million	135 million	45.8 billion
1980	15 million	10 million	42.2 billion
1979	22 million	18 million	38.4 billion
1978	21 million	38 million	42.4 billion
1977	62 million	25 million	40 billion
1976	113 million	46 million	36 billion
1975	131 million	272 million	37.2 billion
1974	92 million	82 million	36.6 billion
1973	72 million	18 million	36.3 billion
1972	6 million	18 million	34.5 billion
1971	36 million	140 million	32.9 billion
1970	17 million	70 million	25.3 billion
1969	26 million	10 million	28.1 billion
1968	–	12 million	26.1 billion
1967	–	12 million	25.6 billion
1966	–	26 million	25.8 billion
1965	–	33 million	25.8 billion
1964	–	12 million	26.7 billion
1963	–	10 million	20.3 billion
1962	4 million	10 million	17.5 billion
1961	2 million	8 million	16.4 billion
1960	–	2 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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