Austria vs United Arab Emirates: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 29 million TIV in Austria and 868 million TIV in United Arab Emirates, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 839 million TIV, or 30 times that in Austria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates 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	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	29 million	868 million	33.3 billion
2024	13 million	1.09 billion	30.6 billion
2023	17 million	918 million	29.5 billion
2022	5 million	756 million	33 billion
2021	34 million	577 million	26.8 billion
2020	14 million	660 million	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	750 million	26.9 billion
2018	6 million	1.17 billion	27.3 billion
2017	10 million	909 million	31.2 billion
2016	13 million	1.49 billion	31.4 billion
2015	1 million	1.69 billion	28.7 billion
2014	2 million	736 million	27 billion
2013	5 million	2.32 billion	27.4 billion
2012	6 million	1.14 billion	27.9 billion
2011	6 million	1.22 billion	29.9 billion
2010	5 million	650 million	25.8 billion
2009	286 million	604 million	24 billion
2008	190 million	730 million	24.1 billion
2007	269 million	819 million	26.5 billion
2006	5 million	1.93 billion	24.4 billion
2005	26 million	2.07 billion	21.3 billion
2004	56 million	1.15 billion	21.3 billion
2003	41 million	676 million	19.2 billion
2002	81 million	223 million	17.7 billion
2001	15 million	186 million	18.3 billion
2000	25 million	244 million	20.5 billion
1999	48 million	441 million	25.3 billion
1998	247 million	757 million	27.9 billion
1997	190 million	690 million	28.9 billion
1996	9 million	481 million	23.7 billion
1995	30 million	426 million	22.9 billion
1994	52 million	571 million	22.8 billion
1993	8 million	582 million	25.8 billion
1992	5 million	205 million	24.3 billion
1991	6 million	237 million	27.8 billion
1990	5 million	561 million	28.6 billion
1989	84 million	663 million	31.7 billion
1988	117 million	45 million	32.9 billion
1987	7 million	195 million	36.2 billion
1986	19 million	132 million	35.5 billion
1985	28 million	145 million	33.2 billion
1984	13 million	310 million	36.8 billion
1983	145 million	163 million	39.1 billion
1982	97 million	155 million	41.4 billion
1981	73 million	420 million	42 billion
1980	177 million	213 million	37.4 billion
1979	72 million	39 million	33.3 billion
1978	8 million	230 million	39.2 billion
1977	–	310 million	37 billion
1976	12 million	275 million	33 billion
1975	12 million	145 million	34.2 billion
1974	32 million	100 million	32.9 billion
1973	38 million	88 million	32.6 billion
1972	93 million	28 million	28.7 billion
1971	123 million	24 million	29.3 billion
1970	99 million	67 million	22.1 billion
1969	12 million	12 million	24.7 billion
1968	1 million	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	48 million	–	22.1 billion
1966	61 million	–	22.4 billion
1965	78 million	–	23.1 billion
1964	74 million	–	24.2 billion
1963	201 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	56 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	27 million	–	15 billion
1960	16 million	–	15.7 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

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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Deaths in conflictsAustria: 0 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022