IDA blend - Arms imports

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)

The latest value for Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in IDA blend was 997,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 2,594,000,000 in 2010 and 58,000,000 in 1960.

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 58,000,000
1961 71,000,000
1962 112,000,000
1963 211,000,000
1964 93,000,000
1965 347,000,000
1966 714,000,000
1967 219,000,000
1968 470,000,000
1969 625,000,000
1970 470,000,000
1971 622,000,000
1972 800,000,000
1973 183,000,000
1974 291,000,000
1975 763,000,000
1976 453,000,000
1977 470,000,000
1978 1,046,000,000
1979 897,000,000
1980 1,492,000,000
1981 1,003,000,000
1982 1,491,000,000
1983 903,000,000
1984 1,407,000,000
1985 1,374,000,000
1986 751,000,000
1987 957,000,000
1988 510,000,000
1989 1,053,000,000
1990 762,000,000
1991 567,000,000
1992 518,000,000
1993 1,041,000,000
1994 1,022,000,000
1996 519,000,000
1997 790,000,000
2000 234,000,000
2001 453,000,000
2002 586,000,000
2003 730,000,000
2004 500,000,000
2006 399,000,000
2007 764,000,000
2008 1,104,000,000
2009 1,293,000,000
2010 2,594,000,000
2011 1,218,000,000
2012 1,146,000,000
2013 1,276,000,000
2014 1,218,000,000
2015 1,106,000,000
2016 992,000,000
2017 907,000,000
2018 993,000,000
2019 615,000,000
2020 997,000,000

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade