Australia vs United Arab Emirates: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Australia and 33 million TIV in United Arab Emirates, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by 75 million TIV, or 3.27 times that in United Arab Emirates.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

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

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Australia	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	108 million	33 million	33.5 billion
2024	73 million	119 million	30.7 billion
2023	81 million	64 million	29.5 billion
2022	19 million	17 million	33.3 billion
2021	175 million	57 million	27.1 billion
2020	406 million	209 million	24.1 billion
2019	129 million	131 million	27 billion
2018	39 million	120 million	27.4 billion
2017	101 million	106 million	31.3 billion
2016	136 million	111 million	31.5 billion
2015	79 million	143 million	28.7 billion
2014	94 million	100 million	27.1 billion
2013	54 million	115 million	27.4 billion
2012	45 million	75 million	27.9 billion
2011	143 million	3 million	29.9 billion
2010	137 million	39 million	25.8 billion
2009	86 million	34 million	24.4 billion
2008	57 million	–	24.1 billion
2007	53 million	3 million	26.5 billion
2006	26 million	17 million	24.5 billion
2005	49 million	15 million	21.4 billion
2004	2 million	3 million	21.3 billion
2003	44 million	–	19.2 billion
2002	47 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	43 million	–	18.5 billion
2000	–	–	20.5 billion
1999	–	–	25.4 billion
1998	4 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	14 million	37 million	28.9 billion
1996	10 million	6 million	23.7 billion
1995	36 million	28 million	22.9 billion
1994	24 million	–	23 billion
1993	30 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	–	–	24.3 billion
1991	84 million	–	28.2 billion
1990	156 million	2 million	30.2 billion
1989	18 million	–	34.9 billion
1988	12 million	–	36.8 billion
1987	89 million	2 million	39.4 billion
1986	57 million	22 million	39 billion
1985	10 million	–	38.2 billion
1984	62 million	–	41.6 billion
1983	31 million	14 million	43.9 billion
1982	26 million	–	46.2 billion
1981	17 million	–	45.8 billion
1980	15 million	–	42.2 billion
1979	22 million	–	38.4 billion
1978	21 million	–	42.4 billion
1977	62 million	–	40 billion
1976	113 million	–	36 billion
1975	131 million	–	37.2 billion
1974	92 million	8 million	36.6 billion
1973	72 million	–	36.3 billion
1972	6 million	–	34.5 billion
1971	36 million	–	32.9 billion
1970	17 million	–	25.3 billion
1969	26 million	–	28.1 billion
1968	–	–	26.1 billion
1967	–	–	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	–	16.4 billion
1960	–	–	17.6 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

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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