Central Europe and the Baltics - Arms imports

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)

The latest value for Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in Central Europe and the Baltics was 722,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 3,690,000,000 in 1974 and 198,000,000 in 2001.

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 2,573,000,000
1961 2,641,000,000
1962 2,202,000,000
1963 2,730,000,000
1964 3,635,000,000
1965 3,410,000,000
1966 2,440,000,000
1967 2,561,000,000
1968 2,841,000,000
1969 3,151,000,000
1970 3,023,000,000
1971 3,131,000,000
1972 2,894,000,000
1973 3,327,000,000
1974 3,690,000,000
1975 3,332,000,000
1976 2,040,000,000
1977 2,461,000,000
1978 3,430,000,000
1979 3,076,000,000
1980 3,033,000,000
1981 3,200,000,000
1982 2,785,000,000
1983 2,463,000,000
1984 2,782,000,000
1985 3,234,000,000
1986 3,634,000,000
1987 2,412,000,000
1988 1,954,000,000
1989 2,039,000,000
1990 1,881,000,000
1991 561,000,000
1992 429,000,000
1993 1,171,000,000
1994 221,000,000
1995 515,000,000
1996 499,000,000
1997 216,000,000
1999 275,000,000
2000 221,000,000
2001 198,000,000
2004 688,000,000
2005 725,000,000
2006 846,000,000
2007 1,403,000,000
2008 1,030,000,000
2009 473,000,000
2010 398,000,000
2011 331,000,000
2013 268,000,000
2014 304,000,000
2017 376,000,000
2018 216,000,000
2019 537,000,000
2020 722,000,000

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade