Australia vs Switzerland: Arms imports
Arms imports: 826 million TIV in Australia in 2025 and 33 million TIV in Switzerland in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Australia, by 343 million TIV, or 11 times that in Switzerland.
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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 826 million 2025 | 1.45 billion | 11 of 110 |
| Switzerland | 33 million 2023 | — | — |
| World | 33.3 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
What the numbers say
- Australia has been higher since 1998, when it overtook Switzerland.
- The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Australia | Switzerland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 826 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 1.08 billion | – | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 376 million | 33 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 809 million | 15 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 1.22 billion | – | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 1.63 billion | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 1.16 billion | – | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 1.55 billion | – | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 1.66 billion | – | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 1.01 billion | 70 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 1.45 billion | 10 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 848 million | 5 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 220 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 787 million | 2 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 1.58 billion | 24 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 1.56 billion | 38 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 805 million | 36 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 430 million | 15 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 618 million | 108 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 721 million | 83 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 458 million | 168 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 447 million | 203 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 765 million | 117 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 638 million | 58 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 1.22 billion | 60 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 326 million | 15 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 678 million | 499 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 542 million | 428 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 35 million | 375 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 597 million | 187 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 64 million | 93 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 262 million | 114 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 448 million | 98 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 364 million | 381 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 219 million | 469 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 356 million | 433 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 695 million | 318 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 745 million | 179 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 594 million | 151 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 815 million | 108 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 510 million | 341 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 635 million | 404 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 637 million | 442 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 134 million | 175 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 449 million | 289 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 409 million | 272 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 197 million | 226 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 1.03 billion | 217 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 278 million | 4 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 91 million | 142 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 108 million | 136 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 898 million | 64 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 713 million | 123 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 63 million | 192 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 310 million | 153 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 230 million | 142 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 702 million | 166 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 557 million | 199 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 770 million | 177 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 707 million | 373 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 920 million | 228 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 539 million | 263 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 369 million | 52 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 460 million | 4 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 155 million | 37 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 116 million | 218 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.
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