Austria vs Germany: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 29 million TIV in Austria and 1.63 billion TIV in Germany, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.6 billion TIV, or 56 times that in Austria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Germany has been higher since 2008, when it overtook Austria.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Austria	Germany	World
2025	29 million	1.63 billion	33.3 billion
2024	13 million	240 million	30.6 billion
2023	17 million	203 million	29.5 billion
2022	5 million	269 million	33 billion
2021	34 million	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	14 million	105 million	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	38 million	26.9 billion
2018	6 million	14 million	27.3 billion
2017	10 million	43 million	31.2 billion
2016	13 million	55 million	31.4 billion
2015	1 million	119 million	28.7 billion
2014	2 million	77 million	27 billion
2013	5 million	103 million	27.4 billion
2012	6 million	140 million	27.9 billion
2011	6 million	79 million	29.9 billion
2010	5 million	301 million	25.8 billion
2009	286 million	329 million	24 billion
2008	190 million	277 million	24.1 billion
2007	269 million	46 million	26.5 billion
2006	5 million	413 million	24.4 billion
2005	26 million	206 million	21.3 billion
2004	56 million	245 million	21.3 billion
2003	41 million	70 million	19.2 billion
2002	81 million	71 million	17.7 billion
2001	15 million	133 million	18.3 billion
2000	25 million	113 million	20.5 billion
1999	48 million	129 million	25.3 billion
1998	247 million	618 million	27.9 billion
1997	190 million	60 million	28.9 billion
1996	9 million	244 million	23.7 billion
1995	30 million	222 million	22.9 billion
1994	52 million	417 million	22.8 billion
1993	8 million	529 million	25.8 billion
1992	5 million	716 million	24.3 billion
1991	6 million	750 million	27.8 billion
1990	5 million	757 million	28.6 billion
1989	84 million	701 million	31.7 billion
1988	117 million	447 million	32.9 billion
1987	7 million	340 million	36.2 billion
1986	19 million	322 million	35.5 billion
1985	28 million	130 million	33.2 billion
1984	13 million	412 million	36.8 billion
1983	145 million	434 million	39.1 billion
1982	97 million	453 million	41.4 billion
1981	73 million	261 million	42 billion
1980	177 million	150 million	37.4 billion
1979	72 million	65 million	33.3 billion
1978	8 million	661 million	39.2 billion
1977	–	1.01 billion	37 billion
1976	12 million	1.36 billion	33 billion
1975	12 million	1.83 billion	34.2 billion
1974	32 million	2.14 billion	32.9 billion
1973	38 million	1.72 billion	32.6 billion
1972	93 million	796 million	28.7 billion
1971	123 million	2.24 billion	29.3 billion
1970	99 million	1.26 billion	22.1 billion
1969	12 million	1.23 billion	24.7 billion
1968	1 million	1.25 billion	22.4 billion
1967	48 million	1.39 billion	22.1 billion
1966	61 million	3.39 billion	22.4 billion
1965	78 million	3.52 billion	23.1 billion
1964	74 million	3.83 billion	24.2 billion
1963	201 million	3.31 billion	18.1 billion
1962	56 million	2.5 billion	15.5 billion
1961	27 million	2.09 billion	15 billion
1960	16 million	2.04 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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