Austria vs South Africa: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 29 million TIV in Austria and 30 million TIV in South Africa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Africa, by 1 million TIV, or 1.03 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 2014, when it overtook Austria.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Austria	South Africa	World
2025	29 million	30 million	33.3 billion
2024	13 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	17 million	30 million	29.5 billion
2022	5 million	30 million	33 billion
2021	34 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	14 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	6 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	10 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	13 million	–	31.4 billion
2015	1 million	2 million	28.7 billion
2014	2 million	50 million	27 billion
2013	5 million	1 million	27.4 billion
2012	6 million	127 million	27.9 billion
2011	6 million	208 million	29.9 billion
2010	5 million	178 million	25.8 billion
2009	286 million	134 million	24 billion
2008	190 million	493 million	24.1 billion
2007	269 million	910 million	26.5 billion
2006	5 million	741 million	24.4 billion
2005	26 million	262 million	21.3 billion
2004	56 million	–	21.3 billion
2003	41 million	–	19.2 billion
2002	81 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	15 million	18 million	18.3 billion
2000	25 million	6 million	20.5 billion
1999	48 million	21 million	25.3 billion
1998	247 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	190 million	11 million	28.9 billion
1996	9 million	38 million	23.7 billion
1995	30 million	38 million	22.9 billion
1994	52 million	239 million	22.8 billion
1993	8 million	238 million	25.8 billion
1992	5 million	361 million	24.3 billion
1991	6 million	26 million	27.8 billion
1990	5 million	10 million	28.6 billion
1989	84 million	11 million	31.7 billion
1988	117 million	17 million	32.9 billion
1987	7 million	20 million	36.2 billion
1986	19 million	191 million	35.5 billion
1985	28 million	25 million	33.2 billion
1984	13 million	100 million	36.8 billion
1983	145 million	192 million	39.1 billion
1982	97 million	44 million	41.4 billion
1981	73 million	122 million	42 billion
1980	177 million	192 million	37.4 billion
1979	72 million	125 million	33.3 billion
1978	8 million	389 million	39.2 billion
1977	–	500 million	37 billion
1976	12 million	419 million	33 billion
1975	12 million	235 million	34.2 billion
1974	32 million	177 million	32.9 billion
1973	38 million	369 million	32.6 billion
1972	93 million	291 million	28.7 billion
1971	123 million	309 million	29.3 billion
1970	99 million	511 million	22.1 billion
1969	12 million	211 million	24.7 billion
1968	1 million	217 million	22.4 billion
1967	48 million	299 million	22.1 billion
1966	61 million	496 million	22.4 billion
1965	78 million	386 million	23.1 billion
1964	74 million	302 million	24.2 billion
1963	201 million	520 million	18.1 billion
1962	56 million	232 million	15.5 billion
1961	27 million	–	15 billion
1960	16 million	13 million	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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