Central Europe and the Baltics - Arms exports

Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values)

The latest value for Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in Central Europe and the Baltics was 518,000,000 as of 1991. Over the past 31 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 1,630,000,000 in 1986 and 185,000,000 in 1962.

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 628,000,000
1961 205,000,000
1962 185,000,000
1963 244,000,000
1964 504,000,000
1965 559,000,000
1966 764,000,000
1967 736,000,000
1968 831,000,000
1969 1,018,000,000
1970 703,000,000
1971 700,000,000
1972 937,000,000
1973 878,000,000
1974 1,115,000,000
1978 1,190,000,000
1979 1,090,000,000
1980 1,055,000,000
1981 1,343,000,000
1982 1,235,000,000
1983 1,273,000,000
1986 1,630,000,000
1989 1,103,000,000
1990 742,000,000
1991 518,000,000

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade