South Asia - Arms exports

Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values)

The latest value for Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in South Asia was 151,000,000.00 as of 2020. Over the past 53 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 151,000,000.00 in 2020 and 0.00 in 1999.

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
1967 6,000,000.00
1968 1,000,000.00
1971 10,000,000.00
1972 2,000,000.00
1973 21,000,000.00
1974 24,000,000.00
1975 31,000,000.00
1978 27,000,000.00
1982 32,000,000.00
1989 1,000,000.00
1990 86,000,000.00
1991 3,000,000.00
1994 4,000,000.00
1998 8,000,000.00
1999 0.00
2000 24,000,000.00
2001 3,000,000.00
2002 9,000,000.00
2003 12,000,000.00
2004 37,000,000.00
2005 43,000,000.00
2006 37,000,000.00
2007 23,000,000.00
2008 16,000,000.00
2009 27,000,000.00
2010 5,000,000.00
2011 3,000,000.00
2013 15,000,000.00
2014 36,000,000.00
2015 42,000,000.00
2016 47,000,000.00
2017 59,000,000.00
2018 46,000,000.00
2019 19,000,000.00
2020 151,000,000.00

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade