Austria vs China: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 29 million TIV in Austria and 207 million TIV in China, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in China, by 178 million TIV, or 7.14 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 since 1989, when it overtook Austria.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Austria	China	World
2025	29 million	207 million	33.3 billion
2024	13 million	71 million	30.6 billion
2023	17 million	428 million	29.5 billion
2022	5 million	646 million	33 billion
2021	34 million	685 million	26.8 billion
2020	14 million	775 million	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	1.57 billion	26.9 billion
2018	6 million	2.25 billion	27.3 billion
2017	10 million	1.55 billion	31.2 billion
2016	13 million	1.21 billion	31.4 billion
2015	1 million	1.19 billion	28.7 billion
2014	2 million	1.03 billion	27 billion
2013	5 million	1.22 billion	27.4 billion
2012	6 million	1.54 billion	27.9 billion
2011	6 million	1.03 billion	29.9 billion
2010	5 million	940 million	25.8 billion
2009	286 million	1.38 billion	24 billion
2008	190 million	1.78 billion	24.1 billion
2007	269 million	1.7 billion	26.5 billion
2006	5 million	2.83 billion	24.4 billion
2005	26 million	3.47 billion	21.3 billion
2004	56 million	3.24 billion	21.3 billion
2003	41 million	2.33 billion	19.2 billion
2002	81 million	2.83 billion	17.7 billion
2001	15 million	2.76 billion	18.3 billion
2000	25 million	2.47 billion	20.5 billion
1999	48 million	1.72 billion	25.3 billion
1998	247 million	375 million	27.9 billion
1997	190 million	940 million	28.9 billion
1996	9 million	1.5 billion	23.7 billion
1995	30 million	701 million	22.9 billion
1994	52 million	304 million	22.8 billion
1993	8 million	1.23 billion	25.8 billion
1992	5 million	1.18 billion	24.3 billion
1991	6 million	439 million	27.8 billion
1990	5 million	267 million	28.6 billion
1989	84 million	163 million	31.7 billion
1988	117 million	97 million	32.9 billion
1987	7 million	47 million	36.2 billion
1986	19 million	11 million	35.5 billion
1985	28 million	104 million	33.2 billion
1984	13 million	62 million	36.8 billion
1983	145 million	16 million	39.1 billion
1982	97 million	5 million	41.4 billion
1981	73 million	–	42 billion
1980	177 million	4 million	37.4 billion
1979	72 million	8 million	33.3 billion
1978	8 million	83 million	39.2 billion
1977	–	72 million	37 billion
1976	12 million	1 million	33 billion
1975	12 million	1 million	34.2 billion
1974	32 million	1 million	32.9 billion
1973	38 million	1 million	32.6 billion
1972	93 million	1 million	28.7 billion
1971	123 million	1 million	29.3 billion
1970	99 million	1 million	22.1 billion
1969	12 million	–	24.7 billion
1968	1 million	180 million	22.4 billion
1967	48 million	144 million	22.1 billion
1966	61 million	225 million	22.4 billion
1965	78 million	257 million	23.1 billion
1964	74 million	485 million	24.2 billion
1963	201 million	450 million	18.1 billion
1962	56 million	415 million	15.5 billion
1961	27 million	952 million	15 billion
1960	16 million	2.36 billion	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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