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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.
Military Statistics > Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ (1988) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
India :
3,915,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Indian Military
# 2
Iraq :
2,103,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Iraqi Military
# 3
Turkey :
1,634,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Turkish Military
# 4
Spain :
1,626,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Spanish Military
# 5
Saudi Arabia :
1,455,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Saudi Military
# 6
Japan :
1,315,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Japanese Military
# 7
Syria :
1,308,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Syrian Military
# 8
Angola :
1,168,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Angolan Military
# 9
Afghanistan :
1,079,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Afghan Military
# 10
Korea, North :
989,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Korean Military
# 11
Korea, South :
984,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Korean Military
# 12
Poland :
805,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Polish Military
# 13
Australia :
760,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Australian Military
# 14
Canada :
712,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Canadian Military
# 15
Thailand :
646,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Thai Military
# 16
Israel :
611,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Israeli Military
# 17
Iran :
553,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Iranian Military
# 18
Greece :
525,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Greek Military
# 19
Singapore :
452,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Singapore Military
# 20
Serbia and Montenegro :
418,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Serbian Military
# 21
United States :
361,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
American Military
# 22
Germany :
343,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
German Military
# 23
Netherlands :
319,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Dutch Military
# 24
Algeria :
313,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Algerian Military
# 25
Egypt :
303,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Egyptian Military
# 26
Indonesia :
287,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Indonesian Military
# 27
Norway :
286,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Norwegian Military
# 28
Bulgaria :
258,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Bulgarian Military
# 29
Jordan :
253,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Jordanian Military
# 30
Belgium :
245,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Belgian Military
# 31
United Kingdom :
240,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
British Military
# 32
Ethiopia :
232,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Ethiopian Military
# 33
Peru :
215,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Peruvian Military
# 34
Bangladesh :
155,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Bangladeshi Military
# 35
Finland :
152,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Finnish Military
# 36
Bahrain :
148,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Bahraini Military
# 37
Cuba :
140,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Cuban Military
# 38
Morocco :
135,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Moroccan Military
# 39
Brazil :
128,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Brazilian Military
# 40
Sweden :
125,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Swedish Military
# 41
Austria :
119,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Austrian Military
# 42
Portugal :
110,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Portuguese Military
# 43
Switzerland :
104,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Swiss Military
# 44
Cyprus :
104,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Cypriot Military
# 45
Romania :
101,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Romanian Military
# 46
France :
96,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
French Military
# 47
Denmark :
95,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Danish Military
# 48
Qatar :
92,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Qatari Military
# 49
Mexico :
75,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Mexican Military
# 50
Italy :
68,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Italian Military
# 51
Venezuela :
67,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Venezuelan Military
# 52
Argentina :
61,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Argentine Military
# 53
Nicaragua :
60,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Nicaraguan Military
# 54
Nigeria :
57,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Nigerian Military
# 55
Chile :
54,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Chilean Military
# 56
New Zealand :
48,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
New Zealand Military
# 57
Sudan :
47,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Sudanese Military
# 58
Bolivia :
46,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Bolivian Military
# 59
United Arab Emirates :
45,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Emirati Military
# 60
China :
38,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Chinese Military
# 61
Colombia :
36,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Colombian Military
# 62
Honduras :
34,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Honduran Military
# 63
Gabon :
34,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Gabonese Military
# 64
Mongolia :
33,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Mongolian Military
# 65
Botswana :
33,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Motswana -Batswana Military
# 66
Ireland :
24,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Irish Military
# 67
Ecuador :
23,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Ecuadorian Military
# 68
Panama :
23,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Panamanian Military
# 69
Laos :
17,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Lao Military
# 70
Hungary :
16,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Hungarian Military
# 71
Kuwait :
16,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Kuwaiti Military
# 72
Guinea-Bissau :
15,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Guinean Military
# 73
Vietnam :
15,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Vietnamese Military
# 74
Libya :
13,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Libyan Military
# 75
Tunisia :
12,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Tunisian Military
# 76
Paraguay :
12,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Paraguayan Military
# 77
Oman :
10,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Omani Military
# 78
Cambodia :
10,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Cambodian Military
# 79
Philippines :
9,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Philippine Military
# 80
Chad :
7,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Chadian Military
# 81
Solomon Islands :
6,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Solomon Islander Military
# 82
Papua New Guinea :
6,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Papua New Guinean Military
# 83
Samoa :
6,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Samoan Military
# 84
Dominican Republic :
4,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Dominican Military
# 85
Uruguay :
3,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Uruguayan Military
# 86
Congo, Republic of the :
3,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Congolese Military
# 87
Sri Lanka :
3,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Sri Lankan Military
# 88
Rwanda :
2,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Rwandan Military
# 89
Malaysia :
2,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Malaysian Military
# 90
Malawi :
2,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Malawian Military
# 91
Zimbabwe :
2,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Zimbabwean Military
# 92
Central African Republic :
1,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Central African Military
# 93
Seychelles :
1,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Seychellois Military
# 94
Uganda :
1,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Ugandan Military
# 95
Cameroon :
1,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Cameroonian Military
# 96
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
1,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1988
Congolese Military
Total :
29,619,000,000 constant 1990 US$
Weighted average:
308,531,250.0 constant 1990 US$
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.
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"Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ (1988) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/mil_arm_imp_con_1990_us-arms-imports-constant-1990-us&date=1988
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