Australia vs United Arab Emirates: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 826 million TIV in Australia and 868 million TIV in United Arab Emirates, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 42 million TIV, or 1.05 times that in Australia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Australia.
In 2025, Australia ranked 11 and United Arab Emirates ranked 9 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	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	826 million	868 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.08 billion	1.09 billion	30.6 billion
2023	376 million	918 million	29.5 billion
2022	809 million	756 million	33 billion
2021	1.22 billion	577 million	26.8 billion
2020	1.63 billion	660 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.16 billion	750 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.55 billion	1.17 billion	27.3 billion
2017	1.66 billion	909 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.01 billion	1.49 billion	31.4 billion
2015	1.45 billion	1.69 billion	28.7 billion
2014	848 million	736 million	27 billion
2013	220 million	2.32 billion	27.4 billion
2012	787 million	1.14 billion	27.9 billion
2011	1.58 billion	1.22 billion	29.9 billion
2010	1.56 billion	650 million	25.8 billion
2009	805 million	604 million	24 billion
2008	430 million	730 million	24.1 billion
2007	618 million	819 million	26.5 billion
2006	721 million	1.93 billion	24.4 billion
2005	458 million	2.07 billion	21.3 billion
2004	447 million	1.15 billion	21.3 billion
2003	765 million	676 million	19.2 billion
2002	638 million	223 million	17.7 billion
2001	1.22 billion	186 million	18.3 billion
2000	326 million	244 million	20.5 billion
1999	678 million	441 million	25.3 billion
1998	542 million	757 million	27.9 billion
1997	35 million	690 million	28.9 billion
1996	597 million	481 million	23.7 billion
1995	64 million	426 million	22.9 billion
1994	262 million	571 million	22.8 billion
1993	448 million	582 million	25.8 billion
1992	364 million	205 million	24.3 billion
1991	219 million	237 million	27.8 billion
1990	356 million	561 million	28.6 billion
1989	695 million	663 million	31.7 billion
1988	745 million	45 million	32.9 billion
1987	594 million	195 million	36.2 billion
1986	815 million	132 million	35.5 billion
1985	510 million	145 million	33.2 billion
1984	635 million	310 million	36.8 billion
1983	637 million	163 million	39.1 billion
1982	134 million	155 million	41.4 billion
1981	449 million	420 million	42 billion
1980	409 million	213 million	37.4 billion
1979	197 million	39 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.03 billion	230 million	39.2 billion
1977	278 million	310 million	37 billion
1976	91 million	275 million	33 billion
1975	108 million	145 million	34.2 billion
1974	898 million	100 million	32.9 billion
1973	713 million	88 million	32.6 billion
1972	63 million	28 million	28.7 billion
1971	310 million	24 million	29.3 billion
1970	230 million	67 million	22.1 billion
1969	702 million	12 million	24.7 billion
1968	557 million	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	770 million	–	22.1 billion
1966	707 million	–	22.4 billion
1965	920 million	–	23.1 billion
1964	539 million	–	24.2 billion
1963	369 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	460 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	155 million	–	15 billion
1960	116 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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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