Low income - Arms imports

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)

The latest value for Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in Low income was 576,000,000 as of 2019. Over the past 59 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 4,786,000,000 in 1974 and 178,000,000 in 1961.

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 563,000,000
1961 178,000,000
1962 333,000,000
1963 394,000,000
1964 409,000,000
1965 392,000,000
1966 1,767,000,000
1967 2,146,000,000
1968 2,342,000,000
1969 1,801,000,000
1970 2,236,000,000
1971 2,790,000,000
1972 2,352,000,000
1973 4,180,000,000
1974 4,786,000,000
1975 2,916,000,000
1977 2,707,000,000
1978 3,361,000,000
1979 3,165,000,000
1980 3,291,000,000
1981 2,828,000,000
1982 3,597,000,000
1983 3,552,000,000
1984 3,019,000,000
1985 3,230,000,000
1986 3,161,000,000
1987 3,294,000,000
1988 3,494,000,000
1989 3,623,000,000
1997 274,000,000
1998 579,000,000
1999 638,000,000
2000 541,000,000
2002 816,000,000
2003 542,000,000
2004 934,000,000
2005 671,000,000
2006 278,000,000
2008 790,000,000
2009 793,000,000
2010 1,520,000,000
2011 2,004,000,000
2012 1,625,000,000
2013 1,185,000,000
2014 565,000,000
2015 374,000,000
2016 394,000,000
2018 652,000,000
2019 576,000,000

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade