Eritrea - Arms imports

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)

The latest value for Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in Eritrea was 4,000,000 as of 2007. Over the past 14 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 214,000,000 in 1998 and 4,000,000 in 2007.

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
1993 21,000,000
1994 18,000,000
1995 7,000,000
1996 41,000,000
1997 53,000,000
1998 214,000,000
1999 31,000,000
2000 20,000,000
2001 57,000,000
2002 18,000,000
2003 17,000,000
2004 80,000,000
2005 98,000,000
2007 4,000,000

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade