Australia vs Japan: Arms imports

Australia
983.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2024
Japan
977.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2024
Australia rank
8th
Japan rank
10th

Arms imports over time

  • Australia
  • Japan
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How they compare

Australia currently reports 983.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values against 977.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values in Japan, a difference of 6.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Japan ahead.

Globally, Australia ranks 8th and Japan ranks 10th of 172 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)
Unit
SIPRI trend indicator values
Source
Arms Transfers Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
217 places, 9,420 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Arms transfers (imports) cover the volume of transfers of major arms through sales and gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships. Figures are SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIVs). A '0' indicates that the volume of deliveries is between 0 and 0.5 million SIPRI TIV.