OECD members - Arms exports

Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values)

The latest value for Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in OECD members was 18,123,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 27,192,000,000 in 1981 and 9,785,000,000 in 1962.

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 10,783,000,000
1961 10,013,000,000
1962 9,785,000,000
1963 13,211,000,000
1964 17,389,000,000
1965 15,981,000,000
1966 13,993,000,000
1967 13,251,000,000
1968 13,940,000,000
1969 17,899,000,000
1970 14,735,000,000
1971 19,931,000,000
1972 19,312,000,000
1973 19,577,000,000
1974 20,736,000,000
1975 24,838,000,000
1976 24,954,000,000
1977 24,047,000,000
1978 24,181,000,000
1979 19,933,000,000
1980 22,275,000,000
1981 27,192,000,000
1982 27,055,000,000
1983 26,692,000,000
1984 24,809,000,000
1985 21,842,000,000
1986 21,869,000,000
1987 22,569,000,000
1988 21,956,000,000
1989 21,899,000,000
1990 19,025,000,000
1991 20,451,000,000
1992 20,268,000,000
1993 20,226,000,000
1994 19,439,000,000
1995 17,522,000,000
1996 18,741,000,000
1997 23,708,000,000
1998 24,317,000,000
1999 18,766,000,000
2000 13,653,000,000
2001 12,027,000,000
2002 10,611,000,000
2003 12,109,000,000
2004 13,805,000,000
2005 15,230,000,000
2006 17,657,000,000
2007 19,478,000,000
2008 16,201,000,000
2009 16,884,000,000
2010 16,465,000,000
2011 18,881,000,000
2012 16,240,000,000
2013 15,636,000,000
2014 19,185,000,000
2015 19,738,000,000
2016 20,742,000,000
2017 23,246,000,000
2018 18,300,000,000
2019 19,640,000,000
2020 18,123,000,000

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade