Costa Rica - Arms imports

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)

The latest value for Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in Costa Rica was 1,000,000.00 as of 2014. Over the past 51 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 6,000,000.00 in 1978 and 0.00 in 1966.

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
1963 1,000,000.00
1966 0.00
1973 2,000,000.00
1975 3,000,000.00
1978 6,000,000.00
1979 2,000,000.00
1980 1,000,000.00
1984 0.00
1985 2,000,000.00
1986 1,000,000.00
1989 2,000,000.00
1993 3,000,000.00
2012 1,000,000.00
2014 1,000,000.00

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade