Afghanistan - Arms imports

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)

The latest value for Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in Afghanistan was 227,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 2,152,000,000 in 1989 and 3,000,000 in 2006.

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 40,000,000
1961 56,000,000
1962 64,000,000
1963 40,000,000
1964 56,000,000
1965 91,000,000
1966 198,000,000
1967 230,000,000
1968 145,000,000
1969 92,000,000
1970 9,000,000
1971 149,000,000
1972 124,000,000
1975 90,000,000
1976 230,000,000
1977 75,000,000
1978 281,000,000
1979 360,000,000
1980 352,000,000
1981 382,000,000
1982 294,000,000
1983 236,000,000
1984 368,000,000
1985 153,000,000
1986 287,000,000
1987 561,000,000
1988 1,046,000,000
1989 2,152,000,000
1990 1,871,000,000
1991 1,411,000,000
2002 34,000,000
2005 35,000,000
2006 3,000,000
2007 41,000,000
2008 150,000,000
2009 344,000,000
2010 377,000,000
2011 661,000,000
2012 523,000,000
2013 235,000,000
2014 288,000,000
2015 116,000,000
2016 174,000,000
2017 252,000,000
2018 349,000,000
2019 382,000,000
2020 227,000,000

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade