Australia vs Saudi Arabia: Arms imports
Arms imports over time
- Australia
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Saudi Arabia currently reports 1.11 billion SIPRI trend indicator values against 983.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values in Australia, a difference of 128.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values.
That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Australia ahead.
Globally, Australia ranks 8th and Saudi Arabia ranks 6th 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.