Bulgaria - Arms imports

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)

The latest value for Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in Bulgaria was 44,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 947,000,000 in 1981 and 1,000,000 in 1993.

Definition: 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. at constant (1990) prices. A '0' indicates that the value of deliveries is less than US$0.5m.

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Arms Transfers Programme (http://portal.sipri.org/publications/pages/transfer/splash).

See also:

Year Value
1960 474,000,000
1961 523,000,000
1962 494,000,000
1963 538,000,000
1964 326,000,000
1965 372,000,000
1966 218,000,000
1967 329,000,000
1968 250,000,000
1969 526,000,000
1970 764,000,000
1971 395,000,000
1972 465,000,000
1973 290,000,000
1974 299,000,000
1975 388,000,000
1976 366,000,000
1977 490,000,000
1978 873,000,000
1979 320,000,000
1980 562,000,000
1981 947,000,000
1982 573,000,000
1983 727,000,000
1984 908,000,000
1985 598,000,000
1986 918,000,000
1987 435,000,000
1988 243,000,000
1989 334,000,000
1990 757,000,000
1991 340,000,000
1992 41,000,000
1993 1,000,000
1994 1,000,000
1995 1,000,000
1996 122,000,000
1999 7,000,000
2003 2,000,000
2004 13,000,000
2005 132,000,000
2006 22,000,000
2007 48,000,000
2008 116,000,000
2009 119,000,000
2010 8,000,000
2011 29,000,000
2012 5,000,000
2015 3,000,000
2019 2,000,000
2020 44,000,000

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade