Lao PDR - Arms imports

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)

The latest value for Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in Lao PDR was 17,000,000.00 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 134,000,000.00 in 1977 and 0.00 in 2003.

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 3,000,000.00
1961 4,000,000.00
1962 19,000,000.00
1963 15,000,000.00
1964 7,000,000.00
1965 7,000,000.00
1966 14,000,000.00
1967 14,000,000.00
1968 4,000,000.00
1969 6,000,000.00
1970 32,000,000.00
1971 17,000,000.00
1972 14,000,000.00
1973 43,000,000.00
1974 1,000,000.00
1975 37,000,000.00
1976 21,000,000.00
1977 134,000,000.00
1978 26,000,000.00
1980 35,000,000.00
1981 54,000,000.00
1982 2,000,000.00
1983 94,000,000.00
1984 26,000,000.00
1985 59,000,000.00
1987 29,000,000.00
1988 18,000,000.00
1990 8,000,000.00
1997 44,000,000.00
1998 21,000,000.00
1999 30,000,000.00
2000 7,000,000.00
2003 0.00
2005 4,000,000.00
2008 7,000,000.00
2009 26,000,000.00
2011 14,000,000.00
2012 19,000,000.00
2013 19,000,000.00
2015 7,000,000.00
2017 2,000,000.00
2018 115,000,000.00
2019 27,000,000.00
2020 17,000,000.00

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade