South Sudan - Arms imports

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)

The latest value for Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in South Sudan was 8,000,000 as of 2016. Over the past 9 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 61,000,000 in 2011 and 1,000,000 in 2009.

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
2007 37,000,000
2008 44,000,000
2009 1,000,000
2010 2,000,000
2011 61,000,000
2012 2,000,000
2013 9,000,000
2014 35,000,000
2015 19,000,000
2016 8,000,000

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade