IBRD only - Arms imports

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)

The latest value for Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in IBRD only was 8,603,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 21,224,000,000 in 1981 and 5,653,000,000 in 1962.

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 7,210,000,000
1962 5,653,000,000
1963 6,214,000,000
1964 7,541,000,000
1965 7,803,000,000
1966 8,687,000,000
1967 10,032,000,000
1968 9,481,000,000
1969 9,728,000,000
1970 10,156,000,000
1971 12,916,000,000
1972 14,525,000,000
1973 16,317,000,000
1974 15,697,000,000
1975 16,770,000,000
1976 16,194,000,000
1977 20,445,000,000
1978 20,909,000,000
1979 17,291,000,000
1980 18,622,000,000
1981 21,224,000,000
1982 20,760,000,000
1983 19,487,000,000
1984 19,213,000,000
1985 16,101,000,000
1986 16,764,000,000
1987 17,499,000,000
1988 13,318,000,000
1989 11,142,000,000
1990 10,282,000,000
1991 9,068,000,000
1992 7,811,000,000
1993 8,253,000,000
1994 9,195,000,000
1995 9,586,000,000
1996 9,058,000,000
1997 9,932,000,000
1998 6,828,000,000
1999 9,419,000,000
2000 8,683,000,000
2001 8,958,000,000
2002 9,226,000,000
2003 8,520,000,000
2004 9,241,000,000
2005 10,218,000,000
2006 11,288,000,000
2007 12,599,000,000
2008 11,261,000,000
2009 10,386,000,000
2010 10,261,000,000
2011 14,413,000,000
2012 14,521,000,000
2013 13,570,000,000
2014 13,671,000,000
2015 13,563,000,000
2016 16,751,000,000
2017 14,954,000,000
2018 11,988,000,000
2019 9,880,001,000
2020 8,603,000,000

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade