Australia
Military spending in US dollars in Australia
Military spending in US dollars in Australia: $3.19B in 1950 and $35.3B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $35.3B
- Since 1950
- +$32.1B
- Rank, 2025
- 17 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Australia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $35.3B |
| 2024 | $34.2B |
| 2023 | $33.2B |
| 2022 | $33.6B |
| 2021 | $33.4B |
| 2020 | $31.3B |
| 2019 | $29.8B |
| 2018 | $29B |
| 2017 | $29.7B |
| 2016 | $29.8B |
| 2015 | $27.2B |
| 2014 | $24.7B |
| 2013 | $22.7B |
| 2012 | $22.9B |
| 2011 | $23.8B |
| 2010 | $24.1B |
| 2009 | $23.8B |
| 2008 | $22.2B |
| 2007 | $21.4B |
| 2006 | $20.1B |
| 2005 | $19.1B |
| 2004 | $18.5B |
| 2003 | $17.7B |
| 2002 | $17.4B |
| 2001 | $16.7B |
| 2000 | $16.1B |
| 1999 | $16.1B |
| 1998 | $15.4B |
| 1997 | $14.6B |
| 1996 | $14.4B |
| 1995 | $14.6B |
| 1994 | $15B |
| 1993 | $14.9B |
| 1992 | $14.3B |
| 1991 | $13.9B |
| 1990 | $13.7B |
| 1989 | $13.6B |
| 1988 | $13.7B |
| 1987 | $14.2B |
| 1986 | $14.7B |
| 1985 | $14.7B |
| 1984 | $14B |
| 1983 | $13B |
| 1982 | $12.5B |
| 1981 | $11.9B |
| 1980 | $11.2B |
| 1979 | $10.6B |
| 1978 | $10.3B |
| 1977 | $10.2B |
| 1976 | $10.1B |
| 1975 | $9.95B |
| 1974 | $9.8B |
| 1973 | $9.93B |
| 1972 | $10.4B |
| 1971 | $10.4B |
| 1970 | $10.7B |
| 1969 | $11.4B |
| 1968 | $11.8B |
| 1967 | $11B |
| 1966 | $9.33B |
| 1965 | $7.67B |
| 1964 | $6.64B |
| 1963 | $5.73B |
| 1962 | $5.1B |
| 1961 | $4.89B |
| 1960 | $4.9B |
| 1959 | $4.98B |
| 1958 | $4.95B |
| 1957 | $5B |
| 1956 | $5.2B |
| 1955 | $5.37B |
| 1954 | $5.29B |
| 1953 | $5.9B |
| 1952 | $5.86B |
| 1951 | $4.59B |
| 1950 | $3.19B |
- Estimate
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending1.92% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$1,316 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel60,000 people in 2020
- National power0.6% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.44% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports826 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports108 million TIV in 2025