Australia Defense and Official Development Assistance
Armed Forces Personnel: % of Total Labour Force
AU: Armed Forces Personnel: % of Total Labour Force data was reported at 0.442 % in 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.434 % for 2019. AU: Armed Forces Personnel: % of Total Labour Force data is updated yearly, averaging 0.505 % from Jun 1991 to 2020, with 30 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.798 % in 1991 and a record low of 0.434 % in 2019. AU: Armed Forces Personnel: % of Total Labour Force data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.World Bank.WDI: Defense and Official Development Assistance. Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. Labor force comprises all people who meet the International Labour Organization's definition of the economically active population.;International Institute for Strategic Studies, The Military Balance.;Weighted average;Data for some countries are based on partial or uncertain data or rough estimates.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.442 2020 | yearly | 1991 - 2020 |
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Armed Forces Personnel: Total
AU: Armed Forces Personnel: Total data was reported at 60,000.000 Person in 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 59,000.000 Person for 2019. AU: Armed Forces Personnel: Total data is updated yearly, averaging 57,100.000 Person from Jun 1985 to 2020, with 33 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 70,400.000 Person in 1985 and a record low of 50,900.000 Person in 2002. AU: Armed Forces Personnel: Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.World Bank.WDI: Defense and Official Development Assistance. Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces.;International Institute for Strategic Studies, The Military Balance.;Sum;Data for some countries are based on partial or uncertain data or rough estimates.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 60,000.000 2020 | yearly | 1985 - 2020 |
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Arms Exports: SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIV)
AU: Arms Exports: SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIV) data was reported at 33,000,000.000 TIV in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 188,000,000.000 TIV for 2021. AU: Arms Exports: SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIV) data is updated yearly, averaging 44,000,000.000 TIV from Jun 1961 to 2022, with 53 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 413,000,000.000 TIV in 2020 and a record low of 2,000,000.000 TIV in 2004. AU: Arms Exports: SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIV) data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.World Bank.WDI: Defense and Official Development Assistance. Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services. Figures are SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIVs) expressed in US$ m. A '0' indicates that the value of deliveries is less than US$0.5m;Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Arms Transfers Programme (http://portal.sipri.org/publications/pages/transfer/splash).;Sum;Data for some countries are based on partial or uncertain data or rough estimates.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 33,000,000.000 2022 | yearly | 1961 - 2022 |
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Arms Imports: SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIV)
AU: Arms Imports: SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIV) data was reported at 761,000,000.000 TIV in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1,260,000,000.000 TIV for 2021. AU: Arms Imports: SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIV) data is updated yearly, averaging 597,000,000.000 TIV from Jun 1960 to 2022, with 63 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,664,000,000.000 TIV in 2017 and a record low of 35,000,000.000 TIV in 1997. AU: Arms Imports: SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIV) data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.World Bank.WDI: Defense and Official Development Assistance. Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services. Figures are SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIVs) expressed in US$ m. A '0' indicates that the value of deliveries is less than US$0.5m.;Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Arms Transfers Programme (http://portal.sipri.org/publications/pages/transfer/splash).;Sum;Data for some countries are based on partial or uncertain data or rough estimates.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 761,000,000.000 2022 | yearly | 1960 - 2022 |
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Military Expenditure
AU: Military Expenditure data was reported at 46,563.510 AUD mn in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 43,580.465 AUD mn for 2021. AU: Military Expenditure data is updated yearly, averaging 9,016.500 AUD mn from Jun 1960 to 2022, with 63 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 46,563.510 AUD mn in 2022 and a record low of 410.500 AUD mn in 1960. AU: Military Expenditure data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.World Bank.WDI: Defense and Official Development Assistance. Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.);Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.;;Data for some countries are based on partial or uncertain data or rough estimates. For additional details please refer to the military expenditure database on the SIPRI website: https://sipri.org/databases/milex
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 46,563.510 2022 | yearly | 1960 - 2022 |
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Australia Military Expenditure as % of General Government Expenditure
AU: Military Expenditure as % of General Government Expenditure data was reported at 5.407 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 5.586 % for 2016. AU: Military Expenditure as % of General Government Expenditure data is updated yearly, averaging 5.283 % from Jun 1988 to 2017, with 30 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7.044 % in 1988 and a record low of 4.492 % in 2013. AU: Military Expenditure as % of General Government Expenditure data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.World Bank.WDI: Defense and Official Development Assistance. Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.); ; Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.; Weighted average; Data for some countries are based on partial or uncertain data or rough estimates.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 5.407 2017 | yearly | 1988 - 2017 |
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Military Expenditure: % of GDP
AU: Military Expenditure: % of GDP data was reported at 1.899 % in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.989 % for 2021. AU: Military Expenditure: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 2.162 % from Jun 1960 to 2022, with 63 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.837 % in 1968 and a record low of 1.639 % in 2013. AU: Military Expenditure: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.World Bank.WDI: Defense and Official Development Assistance. Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.);Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.;Weighted average;Data for some countries are based on partial or uncertain data or rough estimates.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 1.899 2022 | yearly | 1960 - 2022 |