Japan - Arms exports

Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values)

The latest value for Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in Japan was 3,000,000 as of 2018. Over the past 58 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 167,000,000 in 1980 and 1,000,000 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 1,000,000
1961 61,000,000
1962 100,000,000
1963 8,000,000
1964 14,000,000
1966 5,000,000
1969 31,000,000
1971 15,000,000
1972 8,000,000
1973 34,000,000
1974 53,000,000
1978 9,000,000
1979 11,000,000
1980 167,000,000
1983 17,000,000
1984 17,000,000
1985 44,000,000
1986 92,000,000
1989 15,000,000
1990 30,000,000
1991 54,000,000
1992 101,000,000
1993 122,000,000
1994 130,000,000
1995 126,000,000
1996 165,000,000
1997 25,000,000
2007 40,000,000
2017 2,000,000
2018 3,000,000

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade