North America - Arms imports

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)

The latest value for Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in North America was 894,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 2,779,000,000 in 1987 and 321,000,000 in 1967.

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 392,000,000
1961 1,814,000,000
1962 1,495,000,000
1963 1,368,000,000
1964 1,090,000,000
1965 753,000,000
1966 415,000,000
1967 321,000,000
1968 406,000,000
1969 586,000,000
1970 666,000,000
1971 1,042,000,000
1972 1,161,000,000
1973 744,000,000
1974 816,000,000
1975 588,000,000
1976 527,000,000
1977 412,000,000
1978 541,000,000
1979 488,000,000
1980 821,000,000
1981 983,000,000
1982 524,000,000
1983 1,112,000,000
1984 1,027,000,000
1985 1,503,000,000
1986 1,230,000,000
1987 2,779,000,000
1988 2,529,000,000
1989 1,851,000,000
1990 527,000,000
1991 1,271,000,000
1992 942,000,000
1993 1,161,000,000
1994 1,425,000,000
1995 1,165,000,000
1996 984,000,000
1997 944,000,000
1998 396,000,000
1999 420,000,000
2000 912,000,000
2001 1,037,000,000
2002 947,000,000
2003 762,000,000
2004 931,000,000
2005 655,000,000
2006 758,000,000
2007 1,308,000,000
2008 1,387,000,000
2009 1,078,000,000
2010 1,319,000,000
2011 1,348,000,000
2012 1,404,000,000
2013 993,000,000
2014 906,000,000
2015 921,000,000
2016 684,000,000
2017 847,000,000
2018 540,000,000
2019 1,040,000,000
2020 894,000,000

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade