Australia

Arms imports in Australia

Arms imports in Australia: 116 million TIV in 1960 and 826 million TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
826 million TIV
Since 1960
+710 million TIV
Rank, 2025
11 of 110
counting from the highest
World, 2025
33.3 billion TIV
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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Arms imports in AustraliaArms imports in Australia: 116 million TIV in 1960 and 826 million TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 1.66 billion TIV in 2017, the lowest 35 million TIV in 1997.
Estimates, SIPRIWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 1.66 billion TIV in 2017, the lowest 35 million TIV in 1997.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearAustraliaWorld
2025826 million33.3 billion
20241.08 billion30.6 billion
2023376 million29.5 billion
2022809 million33 billion
20211.22 billion26.8 billion
20201.63 billion23.4 billion
20191.16 billion26.9 billion
20181.55 billion27.3 billion
20171.66 billion31.2 billion
20161.01 billion31.4 billion
20151.45 billion28.7 billion
2014848 million27 billion
2013220 million27.4 billion
2012787 million27.9 billion
20111.58 billion29.9 billion
20101.56 billion25.8 billion
2009805 million24 billion
2008430 million24.1 billion
2007618 million26.5 billion
2006721 million24.4 billion
2005458 million21.3 billion
2004447 million21.3 billion
2003765 million19.2 billion
2002638 million17.7 billion
20011.22 billion18.3 billion
2000326 million20.5 billion
1999678 million25.3 billion
1998542 million27.9 billion
199735 million28.9 billion
1996597 million23.7 billion
199564 million22.9 billion
1994262 million22.8 billion
1993448 million25.8 billion
1992364 million24.3 billion
1991219 million27.8 billion
1990356 million28.6 billion
1989695 million31.7 billion
1988745 million32.9 billion
1987594 million36.2 billion
1986815 million35.5 billion
1985510 million33.2 billion
1984635 million36.8 billion
1983637 million39.1 billion
1982134 million41.4 billion
1981449 million42 billion
1980409 million37.4 billion
1979197 million33.3 billion
19781.03 billion39.2 billion
1977278 million37 billion
197691 million33 billion
1975108 million34.2 billion
1974898 million32.9 billion
1973713 million32.6 billion
197263 million28.7 billion
1971310 million29.3 billion
1970230 million22.1 billion
1969702 million24.7 billion
1968557 million22.4 billion
1967770 million22.1 billion
1966707 million22.4 billion
1965920 million23.1 billion
1964539 million24.2 billion
1963369 million18.1 billion
1962460 million15.5 billion
1961155 million15 billion
1960116 million15.7 billion

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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