Middle income - Arms imports

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)

The latest value for Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in Middle income was 9,284,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 21,864,000,000 in 1981 and 5,621,000,000 in 1963.

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 6,183,000,000
1962 6,328,000,000
1963 5,621,000,000
1964 6,402,000,000
1965 7,179,000,000
1966 8,668,000,000
1967 9,333,000,000
1968 9,199,000,000
1969 9,643,000,000
1970 9,849,000,000
1971 12,798,000,000
1972 14,899,000,000
1973 15,599,000,000
1974 15,101,000,000
1975 16,647,000,000
1976 15,866,000,000
1977 20,745,000,000
1978 21,523,000,000
1979 17,733,000,000
1980 19,276,000,000
1981 21,864,000,000
1982 21,803,000,000
1983 20,580,000,000
1984 20,281,000,000
1985 16,731,000,000
1986 16,485,000,000
1987 17,561,000,000
1988 13,286,000,000
1989 12,009,000,000
1990 11,271,000,000
1991 9,579,000,000
1992 8,152,000,000
1993 9,492,000,000
1994 10,307,000,000
1995 9,727,000,000
1996 9,422,000,000
1997 10,676,000,000
1998 7,615,000,000
1999 10,364,000,000
2000 8,740,000,000
2001 9,629,000,000
2002 9,688,001,000
2003 8,920,001,000
2004 9,750,000,000
2005 10,305,000,000
2006 10,260,000,000
2007 11,295,000,000
2008 10,539,000,000
2009 10,964,000,000
2010 12,102,000,000
2011 15,511,000,000
2012 15,597,000,000
2013 14,849,000,000
2014 14,652,000,000
2015 15,154,000,000
2016 18,467,000,000
2017 16,341,000,000
2018 13,267,000,000
2019 11,442,000,000
2020 9,284,000,000

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade