Indonesia - Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)

The latest value for Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in Indonesia was 270,000,000.00 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 1,177,000,000.00 in 2014 and 0.00 in 1968.

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).

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Year Value
1960 441,000,000.00
1961 895,000,000.00
1962 1,068,000,000.00
1963 180,000,000.00
1964 518,000,000.00
1965 330,000,000.00
1966 16,000,000.00
1967 1,000,000.00
1968 0.00
1969 9,000,000.00
1970 27,000,000.00
1971 92,000,000.00
1972 5,000,000.00
1973 73,000,000.00
1974 73,000,000.00
1975 4,000,000.00
1976 156,000,000.00
1977 60,000,000.00
1978 126,000,000.00
1979 376,000,000.00
1980 910,000,000.00
1981 796,000,000.00
1982 360,000,000.00
1983 228,000,000.00
1984 100,000,000.00
1985 289,000,000.00
1986 432,000,000.00
1987 264,000,000.00
1988 291,000,000.00
1989 248,000,000.00
1990 202,000,000.00
1991 11,000,000.00
1992 52,000,000.00
1993 214,000,000.00
1994 471,000,000.00
1995 285,000,000.00
1996 379,000,000.00
1997 105,000,000.00
1998 88,000,000.00
1999 164,000,000.00
2000 150,000,000.00
2001 26,000,000.00
2002 68,000,000.00
2003 358,000,000.00
2004 79,000,000.00
2005 37,000,000.00
2006 65,000,000.00
2007 580,000,000.00
2008 243,000,000.00
2009 442,000,000.00
2010 225,000,000.00
2011 249,000,000.00
2012 212,000,000.00
2013 801,000,000.00
2014 1,177,000,000.00
2015 438,000,000.00
2016 377,000,000.00
2017 1,171,000,000.00
2018 329,000,000.00
2019 217,000,000.00
2020 270,000,000.00

Development Relevance: Although national defense is an important function of government and security from external threats that contributes to economic development, high military expenditures for defense or civil conflicts burden the economy and may impede growth. Data on military expenditures are a rough indicator of the portion of national resources used for military activities and of the burden on the economy. Comparisons of military spending among countries should take into account the many factors that influence perceptions of vulnerability and risk, including historical and cultural traditions, the length of borders that need defending, the quality of relations with neighbors, and the role of the armed forces in the body politic.

Limitations and Exceptions: SIPRI calculates the volume of transfers to, from and between all parties using the TIV and the number of weapon systems or subsystems delivered in a given year. This data is intended to provide a common unit to allow the measurement if trends in the flow of arms to particular countries and regions over time. Therefore, the main priority is to ensure that the TIV system remains consistent over time, and that any changes introduced are backdated. SIPRI TIV figures do not represent sales prices for arms transfers. They should therefore not be directly compared with gross domestic product (GDP), military expenditure, sales values or the financial value of export licences in an attempt to measure the economic burden of arms imports or the economic benefits of exports. They are best used as the raw data for calculating trends in international arms transfers over periods of time, global percentages for suppliers and recipients, and percentages for the volume of transfers to or from particular states.

Original Source Notes: SIPRI statistical data on arms transfers relates to actual deliveries of major conventional weapons. To permit comparison between the data on such deliveries of different weapons and to identify general trends, SIPRI has developed a unique system to measu

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)'s Arms Transfers Program collects data on arms transfers from open sources. Since publicly available information is inadequate for tracking all weapons and other military equipment, SIPRI covers only what it terms major conventional weapons. Data cover the supply of weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and manufacturing licenses; therefore the term arms transfers rather than arms trade is used. SIPRI data also cover weapons supplied to or from rebel forces in an armed conflict as well as arms deliveries for which neither the supplier nor the recipient can be identified with acceptable certainty; these data are available in SIPRI's database. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems and other sensors, missiles, and ships designed for military use as well as some major components such as turrets for armored vehicles and engines. Excluded are other military equipment such as most small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services.

Aggregation method: Sum

Base Period: 1990

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Data for some countries are based on partial or uncertain data or rough estimates.

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade