Australia vs Netherlands: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Australia and 601 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 493 million TIV, or 5.56 times that in Australia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Netherlands has been higher since 1975, when it overtook Australia.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Australia	Netherlands	World
2025	108 million	601 million	33.5 billion
2024	73 million	370 million	30.7 billion
2023	81 million	250 million	29.5 billion
2022	19 million	324 million	33.3 billion
2021	175 million	357 million	27.1 billion
2020	406 million	497 million	24.1 billion
2019	129 million	304 million	27 billion
2018	39 million	468 million	27.4 billion
2017	101 million	1.14 billion	31.3 billion
2016	136 million	487 million	31.5 billion
2015	79 million	469 million	28.7 billion
2014	94 million	643 million	27.1 billion
2013	54 million	384 million	27.4 billion
2012	45 million	906 million	27.9 billion
2011	143 million	541 million	29.9 billion
2010	137 million	366 million	25.8 billion
2009	86 million	504 million	24.4 billion
2008	57 million	452 million	24.1 billion
2007	53 million	1.23 billion	26.5 billion
2006	26 million	1.15 billion	24.5 billion
2005	49 million	496 million	21.4 billion
2004	2 million	202 million	21.3 billion
2003	44 million	331 million	19.2 billion
2002	47 million	233 million	17.7 billion
2001	43 million	199 million	18.5 billion
2000	–	281 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	355 million	25.4 billion
1998	4 million	642 million	27.9 billion
1997	14 million	619 million	28.9 billion
1996	10 million	484 million	23.7 billion
1995	36 million	458 million	22.9 billion
1994	24 million	628 million	23 billion
1993	30 million	458 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	383 million	24.3 billion
1991	84 million	455 million	28.2 billion
1990	156 million	416 million	30.2 billion
1989	18 million	558 million	34.9 billion
1988	12 million	776 million	36.8 billion
1987	89 million	506 million	39.4 billion
1986	57 million	357 million	39 billion
1985	10 million	180 million	38.2 billion
1984	62 million	364 million	41.6 billion
1983	31 million	457 million	43.9 billion
1982	26 million	661 million	46.2 billion
1981	17 million	801 million	45.8 billion
1980	15 million	612 million	42.2 billion
1979	22 million	243 million	38.4 billion
1978	21 million	235 million	42.4 billion
1977	62 million	444 million	40 billion
1976	113 million	293 million	36 billion
1975	131 million	148 million	37.2 billion
1974	92 million	83 million	36.6 billion
1973	72 million	203 million	36.3 billion
1972	6 million	133 million	34.5 billion
1971	36 million	155 million	32.9 billion
1970	17 million	5 million	25.3 billion
1969	26 million	107 million	28.1 billion
1968	–	352 million	26.1 billion
1967	–	95 million	25.6 billion
1966	–	144 million	25.8 billion
1965	–	40 million	25.8 billion
1964	–	95 million	26.7 billion
1963	–	43 million	20.3 billion
1962	4 million	69 million	17.5 billion
1961	2 million	105 million	16.4 billion
1960	–	38 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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