South Africa - Arms imports

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)

The latest value for Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in South Africa was 2,000,000 as of 2015. Over the past 55 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 910,000,000 in 2007 and 2,000,000 in 2013.

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 13,000,000
1962 215,000,000
1963 476,000,000
1964 266,000,000
1965 350,000,000
1966 471,000,000
1967 260,000,000
1968 183,000,000
1969 176,000,000
1970 475,000,000
1971 274,000,000
1972 227,000,000
1973 311,000,000
1974 193,000,000
1975 226,000,000
1976 415,000,000
1977 508,000,000
1978 391,000,000
1979 130,000,000
1980 200,000,000
1981 121,000,000
1982 49,000,000
1983 225,000,000
1984 127,000,000
1985 28,000,000
1986 212,000,000
1987 21,000,000
1988 7,000,000
1989 13,000,000
1990 13,000,000
1991 28,000,000
1992 363,000,000
1993 244,000,000
1994 241,000,000
1995 42,000,000
1996 42,000,000
1997 11,000,000
1999 21,000,000
2000 6,000,000
2001 18,000,000
2005 267,000,000
2006 741,000,000
2007 910,000,000
2008 493,000,000
2009 134,000,000
2010 180,000,000
2011 212,000,000
2012 132,000,000
2013 2,000,000
2014 50,000,000
2015 2,000,000

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade