Australia vs United Kingdom: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 826 million TIV in Australia and 609 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by 217 million TIV, or 1.36 times that in United Kingdom.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Australia has been higher since 2024, when it overtook United Kingdom.
In 2025, Australia ranked 11 and United Kingdom ranked 16 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 Kingdom	World
2025	826 million	609 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.08 billion	486 million	30.6 billion
2023	376 million	469 million	29.5 billion
2022	809 million	859 million	33 billion
2021	1.22 billion	886 million	26.8 billion
2020	1.63 billion	635 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.16 billion	402 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.55 billion	463 million	27.3 billion
2017	1.66 billion	1 billion	31.2 billion
2016	1.01 billion	288 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.45 billion	424 million	28.7 billion
2014	848 million	217 million	27 billion
2013	220 million	509 million	27.4 billion
2012	787 million	566 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.58 billion	347 million	29.9 billion
2010	1.56 billion	461 million	25.8 billion
2009	805 million	381 million	24 billion
2008	430 million	575 million	24.1 billion
2007	618 million	817 million	26.5 billion
2006	721 million	375 million	24.4 billion
2005	458 million	31 million	21.3 billion
2004	447 million	212 million	21.3 billion
2003	765 million	770 million	19.2 billion
2002	638 million	721 million	17.7 billion
2001	1.22 billion	1.29 billion	18.3 billion
2000	326 million	937 million	20.5 billion
1999	678 million	132 million	25.3 billion
1998	542 million	770 million	27.9 billion
1997	35 million	513 million	28.9 billion
1996	597 million	568 million	23.7 billion
1995	64 million	496 million	22.9 billion
1994	262 million	421 million	22.8 billion
1993	448 million	796 million	25.8 billion
1992	364 million	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	219 million	953 million	27.8 billion
1990	356 million	130 million	28.6 billion
1989	695 million	209 million	31.7 billion
1988	745 million	285 million	32.9 billion
1987	594 million	207 million	36.2 billion
1986	815 million	273 million	35.5 billion
1985	510 million	355 million	33.2 billion
1984	635 million	682 million	36.8 billion
1983	637 million	292 million	39.1 billion
1982	134 million	766 million	41.4 billion
1981	449 million	812 million	42 billion
1980	409 million	557 million	37.4 billion
1979	197 million	232 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.03 billion	191 million	39.2 billion
1977	278 million	262 million	37 billion
1976	91 million	251 million	33 billion
1975	108 million	337 million	34.2 billion
1974	898 million	319 million	32.9 billion
1973	713 million	239 million	32.6 billion
1972	63 million	222 million	28.7 billion
1971	310 million	176 million	29.3 billion
1970	230 million	70 million	22.1 billion
1969	702 million	2.7 billion	24.7 billion
1968	557 million	2.35 billion	22.4 billion
1967	770 million	1.44 billion	22.1 billion
1966	707 million	242 million	22.4 billion
1965	920 million	166 million	23.1 billion
1964	539 million	133 million	24.2 billion
1963	369 million	159 million	18.1 billion
1962	460 million	38 million	15.5 billion
1961	155 million	34 million	15 billion
1960	116 million	26 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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