Libya - Arms imports

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)

The latest value for Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in Libya was 116,000,000 as of 2013. Over the past 53 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 4,214,000,000 in 1978 and 1,000,000 in 2005.

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 14,000,000
1961 17,000,000
1962 2,000,000
1963 3,000,000
1964 15,000,000
1965 9,000,000
1966 26,000,000
1967 12,000,000
1968 57,000,000
1969 155,000,000
1970 371,000,000
1971 533,000,000
1972 534,000,000
1973 733,000,000
1974 1,767,000,000
1975 1,637,000,000
1976 1,875,000,000
1977 3,056,000,000
1978 4,214,000,000
1979 3,166,000,000
1980 2,941,000,000
1981 3,156,000,000
1982 2,748,000,000
1983 1,402,000,000
1984 742,000,000
1985 761,000,000
1986 401,000,000
1987 184,000,000
1988 9,000,000
1989 218,000,000
1990 10,000,000
1999 9,000,000
2005 1,000,000
2006 16,000,000
2007 16,000,000
2008 16,000,000
2009 22,000,000
2010 37,000,000
2011 8,000,000
2012 73,000,000
2013 116,000,000

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade