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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$ (1997) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Saudi Arabia :
2,809,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Saudi Military
# 2
India :
1,538,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Indian Military
# 3
Turkey :
1,491,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Turkish Military
# 4
Egypt :
1,047,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Egyptian Military
# 5
Thailand :
874,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Thai Military
# 6
Greece :
803,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Greek Military
# 7
Korea, South :
774,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Korean Military
# 8
China :
705,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Chinese Military
# 9
United Arab Emirates :
688,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Emirati Military
# 10
Japan :
619,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Japanese Military
# 11
United Kingdom :
597,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
British Military
# 12
Singapore :
573,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Singapore Military
# 13
Malaysia :
556,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Malaysian Military
# 14
Italy :
535,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Italian Military
# 15
Qatar :
528,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Qatari Military
# 16
United States :
484,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
American Military
# 17
Brazil :
460,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Brazilian Military
# 18
Kuwait :
435,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Kuwaiti Military
# 19
Peru :
415,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Peruvian Military
# 20
Finland :
392,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Finnish Military
# 21
Switzerland :
388,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Swiss Military
# 22
Mexico :
384,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Mexican Military
# 23
Iran :
280,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Iranian Military
# 24
New Zealand :
278,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
New Zealand Military
# 25
Canada :
249,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Canadian Military
# 26
Spain :
209,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Spanish Military
# 27
Burma :
204,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Burmese Military
# 28
Sweden :
194,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Swedish Military
# 29
Colombia :
186,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Colombian Military
# 30
Oman :
174,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Omani Military
# 31
France :
173,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
French Military
# 32
Norway :
168,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Norwegian Military
# 33
Kazakhstan :
163,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Kazakhstani Military
# 34
Austria :
142,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Austrian Military
# 35
Netherlands :
137,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Dutch Military
# 36
Argentina :
136,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Argentine Military
# 37
Chile :
130,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Chilean Military
# 38
Morocco :
118,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Moroccan Military
# 39
Indonesia :
111,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Indonesian Military
# 40
Vietnam :
105,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Vietnamese Military
# 41
Cyprus :
95,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Cypriot Military
# 42
Denmark :
91,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Danish Military
# 43
Jordan :
84,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Jordanian Military
# 44
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
70,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Herzegovinian Military
# 45
Hungary :
70,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Hungarian Military
# 46
Botswana :
67,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Motswana -Batswana Military
# 47
Sudan :
66,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Sudanese Military
# 48
Bahrain :
66,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Bahraini Military
# 49
Ethiopia :
62,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Ethiopian Military
# 50
Germany :
61,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
German Military
# 51
Kenya :
61,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Kenyan Military
# 52
Israel :
56,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Israeli Military
# 53
Belgium :
55,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Belgian Military
# 54
Ecuador :
52,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Ecuadorian Military
# 55
Philippines :
47,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Philippine Military
# 56
Eritrea :
39,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Eritrean Military
# 57
Venezuela :
36,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Venezuelan Military
# 58
Algeria :
35,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Algerian Military
# 59
Tunisia :
35,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Tunisian Military
# 60
Croatia :
31,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Croatian Military
# 61
Brunei :
30,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Bruneian Military
# 62
Congo, Republic of the :
27,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Congolese Military
# 63
Australia :
27,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Australian Military
# 64
Bangladesh :
25,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Bangladeshi Military
# 65
Romania :
23,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Romanian Military
# 66
Cambodia :
22,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Cambodian Military
# 67
Uruguay :
19,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Uruguayan Military
# 68
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
18,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Congolese Military
# 69
Sierra Leone :
15,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Sierra Leonean Military
# 70
Estonia :
14,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Estonian Military
# 71
Laos :
14,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Lao Military
# 72
Panama :
12,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Panamanian Military
# 73
Papua New Guinea :
12,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Papua New Guinean Military
# 74
South Africa :
9,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
South African Military
# 75
Georgia :
8,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Georgian Military
# 76
Serbia and Montenegro :
8,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Serbian Military
# 77
Slovenia :
8,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Slovenian Military
# 78
Mauritania :
8,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Mauritanian Military
# 79
Togo :
7,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Togolese Military
# 80
Mali :
7,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Malian Military
# 81
Czech Republic :
6,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Czech Military
# 82
Cameroon :
6,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Cameroonian Military
# 83
Malta :
6,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Maltese Military
# 84
Micronesia, Federated States of :
6,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Micronesian Military
# 85
Lebanon :
6,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Lebanese Military
# 86
Ghana :
4,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Ghanaian Military
# 87
Korea, North :
3,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Korean Military
# 88
Angola :
3,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Angolan Military
# 89
Niger :
3,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Nigerien Military
# 90
Namibia :
2,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Namibian Military
# 91
Rwanda :
2,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Rwandan Military
# 92
Sri Lanka :
2,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Sri Lankan Military
# 93
Mauritius :
1,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Mauritian Military
# 94
Poland :
1,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Polish Military
# 95
Nigeria :
1,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1997
Nigerian Military
Total :
21,796,000,000 constant 1990 US$
Weighted average:
229,431,578.9 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$ (1997) 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=1997
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