Australia vs Spain: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 826 million TIV in Australia and 237 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by 589 million TIV, or 3.49 times that in Spain.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Australia has been higher since 1998, when it overtook Spain.
In 2025, Australia ranked 11 and Spain ranked 33 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

Year	Australia	Spain	World
2025	826 million	237 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.08 billion	159 million	30.6 billion
2023	376 million	159 million	29.5 billion
2022	809 million	198 million	33 billion
2021	1.22 billion	134 million	26.8 billion
2020	1.63 billion	70 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.16 billion	35 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.55 billion	149 million	27.3 billion
2017	1.66 billion	82 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.01 billion	104 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.45 billion	152 million	28.7 billion
2014	848 million	109 million	27 billion
2013	220 million	155 million	27.4 billion
2012	787 million	219 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.58 billion	166 million	29.9 billion
2010	1.56 billion	272 million	25.8 billion
2009	805 million	228 million	24 billion
2008	430 million	347 million	24.1 billion
2007	618 million	343 million	26.5 billion
2006	721 million	312 million	24.4 billion
2005	458 million	358 million	21.3 billion
2004	447 million	288 million	21.3 billion
2003	765 million	239 million	19.2 billion
2002	638 million	266 million	17.7 billion
2001	1.22 billion	140 million	18.3 billion
2000	326 million	315 million	20.5 billion
1999	678 million	357 million	25.3 billion
1998	542 million	82 million	27.9 billion
1997	35 million	192 million	28.9 billion
1996	597 million	395 million	23.7 billion
1995	64 million	355 million	22.9 billion
1994	262 million	838 million	22.8 billion
1993	448 million	299 million	25.8 billion
1992	364 million	207 million	24.3 billion
1991	219 million	109 million	27.8 billion
1990	356 million	691 million	28.6 billion
1989	695 million	835 million	31.7 billion
1988	745 million	1.95 billion	32.9 billion
1987	594 million	1.08 billion	36.2 billion
1986	815 million	1.08 billion	35.5 billion
1985	510 million	327 million	33.2 billion
1984	635 million	81 million	36.8 billion
1983	637 million	614 million	39.1 billion
1982	134 million	512 million	41.4 billion
1981	449 million	636 million	42 billion
1980	409 million	689 million	37.4 billion
1979	197 million	650 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.03 billion	432 million	39.2 billion
1977	278 million	312 million	37 billion
1976	91 million	831 million	33 billion
1975	108 million	1.16 billion	34.2 billion
1974	898 million	557 million	32.9 billion
1973	713 million	895 million	32.6 billion
1972	63 million	793 million	28.7 billion
1971	310 million	637 million	29.3 billion
1970	230 million	234 million	22.1 billion
1969	702 million	181 million	24.7 billion
1968	557 million	133 million	22.4 billion
1967	770 million	303 million	22.1 billion
1966	707 million	307 million	22.4 billion
1965	920 million	382 million	23.1 billion
1964	539 million	51 million	24.2 billion
1963	369 million	15 million	18.1 billion
1962	460 million	55 million	15.5 billion
1961	155 million	103 million	15 billion
1960	116 million	214 million	15.7 billion

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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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