Australia vs United States: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Australia and 14 billion TIV in United States, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by 13.9 billion TIV, or 130 times that in Australia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United States has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1961.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Australia	United States	World
2025	108 million	14 billion	33.5 billion
2024	73 million	13.7 billion	30.7 billion
2023	81 million	10.9 billion	29.5 billion
2022	19 million	14.5 billion	33.3 billion
2021	175 million	11.6 billion	27.1 billion
2020	406 million	9.73 billion	24.1 billion
2019	129 million	10.5 billion	27 billion
2018	39 million	9.26 billion	27.4 billion
2017	101 million	11.4 billion	31.3 billion
2016	136 million	9.89 billion	31.5 billion
2015	79 million	10.3 billion	28.7 billion
2014	94 million	9.46 billion	27.1 billion
2013	54 million	7.77 billion	27.4 billion
2012	45 million	8.97 billion	27.9 billion
2011	143 million	9.04 billion	29.9 billion
2010	137 million	8.35 billion	25.8 billion
2009	86 million	7.15 billion	24.4 billion
2008	57 million	7.09 billion	24.1 billion
2007	53 million	7.87 billion	26.5 billion
2006	26 million	7.5 billion	24.5 billion
2005	49 million	6.72 billion	21.4 billion
2004	2 million	6.87 billion	21.3 billion
2003	44 million	5.68 billion	19.2 billion
2002	47 million	4.87 billion	17.7 billion
2001	43 million	5.59 billion	18.5 billion
2000	–	7.68 billion	20.5 billion
1999	–	11.6 billion	25.4 billion
1998	4 million	15.8 billion	27.9 billion
1997	14 million	14.5 billion	28.9 billion
1996	10 million	10.8 billion	23.7 billion
1995	36 million	11.2 billion	22.9 billion
1994	24 million	11.5 billion	23 billion
1993	30 million	13.8 billion	25.8 billion
1992	–	14.1 billion	24.3 billion
1991	84 million	12.6 billion	28.2 billion
1990	156 million	10.7 billion	30.2 billion
1989	18 million	11.4 billion	34.9 billion
1988	12 million	12 billion	36.8 billion
1987	89 million	12.2 billion	39.4 billion
1986	57 million	11.6 billion	39 billion
1985	10 million	10.8 billion	38.2 billion
1984	62 million	11.9 billion	41.6 billion
1983	31 million	13.8 billion	43.9 billion
1982	26 million	14 billion	46.2 billion
1981	17 million	13.7 billion	45.8 billion
1980	15 million	10.7 billion	42.2 billion
1979	22 million	9.79 billion	38.4 billion
1978	21 million	13.5 billion	42.4 billion
1977	62 million	14.3 billion	40 billion
1976	113 million	15.7 billion	36 billion
1975	131 million	15.3 billion	37.2 billion
1974	92 million	12.7 billion	36.6 billion
1973	72 million	12 billion	36.3 billion
1972	6 million	10.7 billion	34.5 billion
1971	36 million	11.6 billion	32.9 billion
1970	17 million	8.35 billion	25.3 billion
1969	26 million	11.6 billion	28.1 billion
1968	–	8.62 billion	26.1 billion
1967	–	7.44 billion	25.6 billion
1966	–	8.94 billion	25.8 billion
1965	–	12 billion	25.8 billion
1964	–	12.5 billion	26.7 billion
1963	–	9.43 billion	20.3 billion
1962	4 million	6.13 billion	17.5 billion
1961	2 million	6.29 billion	16.4 billion
1960	–	6.13 billion	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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