Upper middle income - Arms exports

Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values)

The latest value for Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in Upper middle income was 4,384,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 10,843,000,000 in 2013 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 417,000,000
1969 674,000,000
1970 895,000,000
1971 1,346,000,000
1972 1,270,000,000
1973 695,000,000
1995 4,992,000,000
2004 7,035,000,000
2006 6,366,000,000
2007 6,468,000,000
2008 7,503,000,000
2009 6,515,000,000
2010 8,496,000,000
2011 10,263,000,000
2012 10,207,000,000
2013 10,843,000,000
2014 7,205,000,000
2015 8,327,000,000
2016 9,906,000,000
2017 7,990,000,000
2018 8,478,000,000
2019 7,404,000,000
2020 4,384,000,000

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade