Austria vs South Africa: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 1 million TIV in Austria and 115 million TIV in South Africa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Africa, by 114 million TIV, or 120 times that in Austria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

South Africa has been higher since 2003, when it overtook Austria.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Austria	South Africa	World
2025	1 million	115 million	33.5 billion
2024	23 million	96 million	30.7 billion
2023	4 million	105 million	29.5 billion
2022	3 million	113 million	33.3 billion
2021	3 million	143 million	27.1 billion
2020	10 million	150 million	24.1 billion
2019	3 million	129 million	27 billion
2018	8 million	118 million	27.4 billion
2017	22 million	100 million	31.3 billion
2016	17 million	118 million	31.5 billion
2015	10 million	76 million	28.7 billion
2014	16 million	89 million	27.1 billion
2013	29 million	109 million	27.4 billion
2012	31 million	193 million	27.9 billion
2011	62 million	76 million	29.9 billion
2010	75 million	250 million	25.8 billion
2009	50 million	108 million	24.4 billion
2008	14 million	142 million	24.1 billion
2007	67 million	137 million	26.5 billion
2006	62 million	200 million	24.5 billion
2005	3 million	36 million	21.4 billion
2004	3 million	74 million	21.3 billion
2003	2 million	47 million	19.2 billion
2002	83 million	22 million	17.7 billion
2001	17 million	32 million	18.5 billion
2000	23 million	21 million	20.5 billion
1999	23 million	24 million	25.4 billion
1998	29 million	14 million	27.9 billion
1997	3 million	7 million	28.9 billion
1996	18 million	31 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	17 million	22.9 billion
1994	17 million	13 million	23 billion
1993	10 million	54 million	25.8 billion
1992	20 million	85 million	24.3 billion
1991	20 million	54 million	28.2 billion
1990	30 million	–	30.2 billion
1989	12 million	0	34.9 billion
1988	12 million	25 million	36.8 billion
1987	30 million	28 million	39.4 billion
1986	40 million	25 million	39 billion
1985	248 million	25 million	38.2 billion
1984	60 million	–	41.6 billion
1983	58 million	–	43.9 billion
1982	61 million	1 million	46.2 billion
1981	70 million	49 million	45.8 billion
1980	54 million	49 million	42.2 billion
1979	126 million	–	38.4 billion
1978	37 million	–	42.4 billion
1977	–	0	40 billion
1976	–	20 million	36 billion
1975	–	29 million	37.2 billion
1974	–	2 million	36.6 billion
1973	–	1 million	36.3 billion
1972	–	22 million	34.5 billion
1971	–	7 million	32.9 billion
1970	–	2 million	25.3 billion
1969	–	13 million	28.1 billion
1968	–	9 million	26.1 billion
1967	1 million	8 million	25.6 billion
1966	–	–	25.8 billion
1965	–	–	25.8 billion
1964	–	–	26.7 billion
1963	–	–	20.3 billion
1962	–	–	17.5 billion
1961	–	33 million	16.4 billion
1960	–	27 million	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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