New Zealand

Arms imports in New Zealand

Arms imports in New Zealand: 119 million TIV in 1960 and 200 million TIV in 2024, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2024
200 million TIV
Since 1960
+81 million TIV
World, 2024
30.6 billion TIV
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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Arms imports in New ZealandArms imports in New Zealand: 119 million TIV in 1960 and 200 million TIV in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 406 million TIV in 1966, the lowest 3 million TIV in 2008.
Estimates, SIPRIWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 406 million TIV in 1966, the lowest 3 million TIV in 2008.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearNew ZealandWorld
2025–33.3 billion
2024200 million30.6 billion
2023406 million29.5 billion
2022171 million33 billion
202136 million26.8 billion
2020146 million23.4 billion
20193 million26.9 billion
20186 million27.3 billion
2017–31.2 billion
2016–31.4 billion
201589 million28.7 billion
201484 million27 billion
201326 million27.4 billion
201230 million27.9 billion
201128 million29.9 billion
201078 million25.8 billion
200956 million24 billion
20083 million24.1 billion
200781 million26.5 billion
20066 million24.4 billion
2005–21.3 billion
200495 million21.3 billion
2003154 million19.2 billion
200217 million17.7 billion
200145 million18.3 billion
2000–20.5 billion
1999305 million25.3 billion
199815 million27.9 billion
1997309 million28.9 billion
19967 million23.7 billion
19957 million22.9 billion
199416 million22.8 billion
199336 million25.8 billion
199254 million24.3 billion
199142 million27.8 billion
199023 million28.6 billion
198926 million31.7 billion
198861 million32.9 billion
19875 million36.2 billion
198629 million35.5 billion
19858 million33.2 billion
198441 million36.8 billion
1983100 million39.1 billion
198262 million41.4 billion
198131 million42 billion
1980–37.4 billion
1979–33.3 billion
1978–39.2 billion
197734 million37 billion
19767 million33 billion
197551 million34.2 billion
197410 million32.9 billion
197323 million32.6 billion
197223 million28.7 billion
1971133 million29.3 billion
1970168 million22.1 billion
1969–24.7 billion
196856 million22.4 billion
19674 million22.1 billion
1966406 million22.4 billion
196510 million23.1 billion
1964–24.2 billion
19635 million18.1 billion
19628 million15.5 billion
1961111 million15 billion
1960119 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.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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