Yemen - Arms imports

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)

The latest value for Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in Yemen was 9,000,000 as of 2018. Over the past 28 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 592,000,000 in 2002 and 1,000,000 in 1998.

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
1990 78,000,000
1991 113,000,000
1994 4,000,000
1995 171,000,000
1998 1,000,000
1999 51,000,000
2000 158,000,000
2001 85,000,000
2002 592,000,000
2003 58,000,000
2004 248,000,000
2005 311,000,000
2006 38,000,000
2007 66,000,000
2008 40,000,000
2009 5,000,000
2010 258,000,000
2011 45,000,000
2012 38,000,000
2013 23,000,000
2014 6,000,000
2015 33,000,000
2016 7,000,000
2017 6,000,000
2018 9,000,000

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade