Japan - Arms imports

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)

The latest value for Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in Japan was 724,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 2,948,000,000 in 1991 and 204,000,000 in 1963.

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 859,000,000
1961 338,000,000
1962 221,000,000
1963 204,000,000
1964 1,718,000,000
1965 1,162,000,000
1966 324,000,000
1967 605,000,000
1968 552,000,000
1969 529,000,000
1970 651,000,000
1971 777,000,000
1972 677,000,000
1973 636,000,000
1974 1,004,000,000
1975 1,676,000,000
1976 1,665,000,000
1977 966,000,000
1978 1,086,000,000
1979 995,000,000
1980 1,067,000,000
1981 1,347,000,000
1982 1,461,000,000
1983 1,706,000,000
1984 2,062,000,000
1985 1,981,000,000
1986 1,903,000,000
1987 1,949,000,000
1988 2,006,000,000
1989 2,296,000,000
1990 2,698,000,000
1991 2,948,000,000
1992 2,520,000,000
1993 2,135,000,000
1994 1,022,000,000
1995 1,244,000,000
1996 859,000,000
1997 831,000,000
1998 1,477,000,000
1999 1,270,000,000
2000 497,000,000
2001 435,000,000
2002 446,000,000
2003 483,000,000
2004 404,000,000
2005 398,000,000
2006 481,000,000
2007 517,000,000
2008 693,000,000
2009 622,000,000
2010 403,000,000
2011 268,000,000
2012 205,000,000
2013 252,000,000
2014 307,000,000
2015 329,000,000
2016 330,000,000
2017 441,000,000
2018 654,000,000
2019 899,000,000
2020 724,000,000

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade