Kuwait - Arms imports

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)

The latest value for Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in Kuwait was 67,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 1,189,000,000 in 1996 and 2,000,000 in 2004.

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 44,000,000
1962 10,000,000
1963 34,000,000
1964 46,000,000
1965 25,000,000
1966 8,000,000
1968 104,000,000
1969 97,000,000
1970 54,000,000
1971 111,000,000
1972 30,000,000
1974 5,000,000
1975 77,000,000
1976 230,000,000
1977 490,000,000
1978 487,000,000
1979 198,000,000
1980 35,000,000
1981 13,000,000
1982 175,000,000
1983 291,000,000
1984 494,000,000
1985 621,000,000
1986 170,000,000
1987 50,000,000
1988 6,000,000
1989 132,000,000
1990 325,000,000
1991 516,000,000
1992 896,000,000
1993 694,000,000
1994 35,000,000
1995 632,000,000
1996 1,189,000,000
1997 478,000,000
1998 46,000,000
1999 212,000,000
2000 245,000,000
2001 67,000,000
2002 23,000,000
2003 43,000,000
2004 2,000,000
2005 12,000,000
2006 5,000,000
2007 288,000,000
2008 5,000,000
2009 9,000,000
2010 85,000,000
2011 113,000,000
2012 31,000,000
2013 73,000,000
2014 692,000,000
2015 339,000,000
2016 164,000,000
2017 111,000,000
2018 95,000,000
2019 51,000,000
2020 67,000,000

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade