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Australia: Military expenditure (current LCU)

54.81Bcurrent LCU · 2025+71.3% since 2015

Military expenditure in local currency at current prices (by calendar year) Annual figures for Australia from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current LCU)Note
202554,813,750,000
202451,872,900,000
202348,825,218,500
202246,774,583,500
202143,580,465,000
202039,668,200,000
201937,502,100,000
201835,933,450,000
201736,121,950,000
201635,495,000,000
201532,005,500,000
201428,603,500,000
201325,715,000,000
201225,320,000,000
201125,785,000,000
201025,311,000,000
200924,310,500,000
200822,214,000,000
200720,539,000,000
200618,910,000,000
200517,334,500,000
200416,310,500,000
200315,306,000,000
200214,626,500,000
200113,617,500,000
200012,546,000,000
199912,043,500,000
199811,314,000,000
199710,694,000,000
199610,482,000,000
199510,341,500,000
199410,203,000,000
19939,902,500,000
19929,371,000,000
19919,016,500,000
19908,588,500,000
19897,967,000,000
19887,470,000,000
19877,222,500,000
19866,891,500,000
19856,281,500,000
19845,612,500,000
19835,008,000,000
19824,396,500,000
19813,762,500,000
19803,212,500,000
19792,774,000,000
19782,460,500,000
19772,255,000,000
19761,997,500,000
19751,733,000,000
19741,482,000,000
19731,305,500,000
19721,245,000,000
19711,175,500,000
19701,140,500,000
19691,174,000,000
19681,180,000,000
19671,069,500,000
1966881,000,000
1965703,000,000
1964585,500,000
1963494,000,000
1962437,000,000
1961420,500,000
1960410,500,000

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by SIPRI. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Military expenditure (current LCU). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-military-expenditure (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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