Austria vs China: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 1 million TIV in Austria and 880 million TIV in China, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in China, by 879 million TIV, or 880 times that in Austria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

China has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1967.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Austria	China	World
2025	1 million	880 million	33.5 billion
2024	23 million	1.29 billion	30.7 billion
2023	4 million	2.75 billion	29.5 billion
2022	3 million	2.32 billion	33.3 billion
2021	3 million	1.34 billion	27.1 billion
2020	10 million	645 million	24.1 billion
2019	3 million	1.6 billion	27 billion
2018	8 million	1.39 billion	27.4 billion
2017	22 million	1.64 billion	31.3 billion
2016	17 million	2.48 billion	31.5 billion
2015	10 million	1.84 billion	28.7 billion
2014	16 million	1.35 billion	27.1 billion
2013	29 million	2.1 billion	27.4 billion
2012	31 million	1.5 billion	27.9 billion
2011	62 million	1.31 billion	29.9 billion
2010	75 million	1.53 billion	25.8 billion
2009	50 million	1.14 billion	24.4 billion
2008	14 million	598 million	24.1 billion
2007	67 million	520 million	26.5 billion
2006	62 million	769 million	24.5 billion
2005	3 million	341 million	21.4 billion
2004	3 million	408 million	21.3 billion
2003	2 million	701 million	19.2 billion
2002	83 million	524 million	17.7 billion
2001	17 million	510 million	18.5 billion
2000	23 million	309 million	20.5 billion
1999	23 million	334 million	25.4 billion
1998	29 million	349 million	27.9 billion
1997	3 million	427 million	28.9 billion
1996	18 million	764 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	981 million	22.9 billion
1994	17 million	1.06 billion	23 billion
1993	10 million	1.44 billion	25.8 billion
1992	20 million	672 million	24.3 billion
1991	20 million	1.32 billion	28.2 billion
1990	30 million	955 million	30.2 billion
1989	12 million	1.06 billion	34.9 billion
1988	12 million	1.43 billion	36.8 billion
1987	30 million	2.6 billion	39.4 billion
1986	40 million	1.86 billion	39 billion
1985	248 million	1.29 billion	38.2 billion
1984	60 million	1.94 billion	41.6 billion
1983	58 million	1.76 billion	43.9 billion
1982	61 million	1.56 billion	46.2 billion
1981	70 million	707 million	45.8 billion
1980	54 million	943 million	42.2 billion
1979	126 million	553 million	38.4 billion
1978	37 million	611 million	42.4 billion
1977	–	224 million	40 billion
1976	–	580 million	36 billion
1975	–	661 million	37.2 billion
1974	–	508 million	36.6 billion
1973	–	658 million	36.3 billion
1972	–	1.25 billion	34.5 billion
1971	–	1.31 billion	32.9 billion
1970	–	905 million	25.3 billion
1969	–	669 million	28.1 billion
1968	–	746 million	26.1 billion
1967	1 million	426 million	25.6 billion
1966	–	628 million	25.8 billion
1965	–	387 million	25.8 billion
1964	–	75 million	26.7 billion
1963	–	12 million	20.3 billion
1962	–	47 million	17.5 billion
1961	–	35 million	16.4 billion
1960	–	285 million	17.6 billion

Each country on its own

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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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