Australia vs Qatar: Arms imports

Australia
983.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2024
Qatar
1.15 billion SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2024
Australia rank
8th
Qatar rank
5th

Arms imports over time

  • Australia
  • Qatar
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How they compare

Qatar currently reports 1.15 billion SIPRI trend indicator values against 983.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values in Australia, a difference of 169.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values.

That makes Qatar's figure about 1.2 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 8th and Qatar ranks 5th of 171 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.