Syrian Arab Republic - Arms imports

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)

The latest value for Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in Syrian Arab Republic was 72,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 3,420,000,000 in 1974 and 8,000,000 in 2016.

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 37,000,000
1961 12,000,000
1962 20,000,000
1963 74,000,000
1964 50,000,000
1965 77,000,000
1966 508,000,000
1967 889,000,000
1968 805,000,000
1969 852,000,000
1970 880,000,000
1971 731,000,000
1972 1,497,000,000
1973 3,272,000,000
1974 3,420,000,000
1975 1,412,000,000
1976 500,000,000
1977 931,000,000
1978 871,000,000
1979 2,045,000,000
1980 1,859,000,000
1981 1,338,000,000
1982 1,973,000,000
1983 2,233,000,000
1984 1,809,000,000
1985 1,575,000,000
1986 1,262,000,000
1987 1,409,000,000
1988 1,312,000,000
1989 663,000,000
1990 739,000,000
1991 321,000,000
1992 243,000,000
1993 173,000,000
1994 19,000,000
1995 35,000,000
1996 35,000,000
1997 35,000,000
1998 55,000,000
1999 58,000,000
2000 64,000,000
2001 28,000,000
2002 45,000,000
2003 69,000,000
2004 25,000,000
2005 35,000,000
2006 100,000,000
2007 20,000,000
2008 294,000,000
2009 205,000,000
2010 413,000,000
2011 493,000,000
2012 516,000,000
2013 506,000,000
2014 21,000,000
2015 22,000,000
2016 8,000,000
2017 25,000,000
2018 181,000,000
2020 72,000,000

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade