Australia vs Japan: Arms imports
Arms imports over time
- Australia
- Japan
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
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.