Austria vs United Kingdom: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 29 million TIV in Austria and 609 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 580 million TIV, or 21 times that in Austria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Kingdom has been higher since 1971, 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 Kingdom	World
2025	29 million	609 million	33.3 billion
2024	13 million	486 million	30.6 billion
2023	17 million	469 million	29.5 billion
2022	5 million	859 million	33 billion
2021	34 million	886 million	26.8 billion
2020	14 million	635 million	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	402 million	26.9 billion
2018	6 million	463 million	27.3 billion
2017	10 million	1 billion	31.2 billion
2016	13 million	288 million	31.4 billion
2015	1 million	424 million	28.7 billion
2014	2 million	217 million	27 billion
2013	5 million	509 million	27.4 billion
2012	6 million	566 million	27.9 billion
2011	6 million	347 million	29.9 billion
2010	5 million	461 million	25.8 billion
2009	286 million	381 million	24 billion
2008	190 million	575 million	24.1 billion
2007	269 million	817 million	26.5 billion
2006	5 million	375 million	24.4 billion
2005	26 million	31 million	21.3 billion
2004	56 million	212 million	21.3 billion
2003	41 million	770 million	19.2 billion
2002	81 million	721 million	17.7 billion
2001	15 million	1.29 billion	18.3 billion
2000	25 million	937 million	20.5 billion
1999	48 million	132 million	25.3 billion
1998	247 million	770 million	27.9 billion
1997	190 million	513 million	28.9 billion
1996	9 million	568 million	23.7 billion
1995	30 million	496 million	22.9 billion
1994	52 million	421 million	22.8 billion
1993	8 million	796 million	25.8 billion
1992	5 million	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	6 million	953 million	27.8 billion
1990	5 million	130 million	28.6 billion
1989	84 million	209 million	31.7 billion
1988	117 million	285 million	32.9 billion
1987	7 million	207 million	36.2 billion
1986	19 million	273 million	35.5 billion
1985	28 million	355 million	33.2 billion
1984	13 million	682 million	36.8 billion
1983	145 million	292 million	39.1 billion
1982	97 million	766 million	41.4 billion
1981	73 million	812 million	42 billion
1980	177 million	557 million	37.4 billion
1979	72 million	232 million	33.3 billion
1978	8 million	191 million	39.2 billion
1977	–	262 million	37 billion
1976	12 million	251 million	33 billion
1975	12 million	337 million	34.2 billion
1974	32 million	319 million	32.9 billion
1973	38 million	239 million	32.6 billion
1972	93 million	222 million	28.7 billion
1971	123 million	176 million	29.3 billion
1970	99 million	70 million	22.1 billion
1969	12 million	2.7 billion	24.7 billion
1968	1 million	2.35 billion	22.4 billion
1967	48 million	1.44 billion	22.1 billion
1966	61 million	242 million	22.4 billion
1965	78 million	166 million	23.1 billion
1964	74 million	133 million	24.2 billion
1963	201 million	159 million	18.1 billion
1962	56 million	38 million	15.5 billion
1961	27 million	34 million	15 billion
1960	16 million	26 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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