Middle income - Arms exports

Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values)

The latest value for Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in Middle income was 7,530,000,000 as of 2019. Over the past 59 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 11,132,000,000 in 2011 and 80,000,000 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 317,000,000
1961 80,000,000
1967 454,000,000
1969 695,000,000
1970 969,000,000
1971 1,363,000,000
1972 1,378,000,000
1973 722,000,000
1995 5,259,000,000
2004 7,424,000,000
2006 7,050,000,000
2011 11,132,000,000
2014 7,927,000,000
2016 10,604,000,000
2017 8,476,000,000
2019 7,530,000,000

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade