Malaysia - Arms imports

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)

The latest value for Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in Malaysia was 55,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 1,499,000,000 in 2009 and 2,000,000 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).

See also:

Year Value
1960 5,000,000
1961 2,000,000
1962 31,000,000
1963 75,000,000
1964 97,000,000
1965 10,000,000
1966 58,000,000
1967 128,000,000
1968 91,000,000
1969 79,000,000
1970 25,000,000
1971 195,000,000
1972 112,000,000
1973 205,000,000
1974 50,000,000
1975 85,000,000
1976 394,000,000
1977 146,000,000
1978 72,000,000
1979 310,000,000
1980 127,000,000
1981 56,000,000
1982 26,000,000
1983 271,000,000
1984 546,000,000
1985 410,000,000
1986 146,000,000
1987 5,000,000
1988 14,000,000
1989 38,000,000
1991 34,000,000
1992 13,000,000
1993 13,000,000
1994 308,000,000
1995 848,000,000
1996 33,000,000
1997 563,000,000
1998 39,000,000
1999 730,000,000
2000 25,000,000
2001 28,000,000
2002 152,000,000
2003 147,000,000
2004 63,000,000
2005 59,000,000
2006 408,000,000
2007 519,000,000
2008 500,000,000
2009 1,499,000,000
2010 423,000,000
2011 5,000,000
2012 47,000,000
2013 77,000,000
2014 73,000,000
2015 118,000,000
2016 283,000,000
2017 193,000,000
2018 88,000,000
2019 65,000,000
2020 55,000,000

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade