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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$ (1998) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Saudi Arabia :
2,512,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Saudi Military
# 2
Turkey :
2,375,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Turkish Military
# 3
Greece :
1,728,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Greek Military
# 4
Israel :
1,317,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Israeli Military
# 5
Japan :
1,249,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Japanese Military
# 6
Korea, South :
1,020,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Korean Military
# 7
United Kingdom :
897,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
British Military
# 8
Singapore :
763,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Singapore Military
# 9
United Arab Emirates :
743,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Emirati Military
# 10
India :
576,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Indian Military
# 11
Finland :
557,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Finnish Military
# 12
Egypt :
524,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Egyptian Military
# 13
Switzerland :
448,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Swiss Military
# 14
Iran :
340,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Iranian Military
# 15
Qatar :
337,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Qatari Military
# 16
Sweden :
335,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Swedish Military
# 17
Netherlands :
277,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Dutch Military
# 18
Jordan :
271,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Jordanian Military
# 19
China :
255,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Chinese Military
# 20
Eritrea :
230,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Eritrean Military
# 21
Argentina :
218,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Argentine Military
# 22
Ethiopia :
215,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Ethiopian Military
# 23
Brazil :
212,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Brazilian Military
# 24
Angola :
201,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Angolan Military
# 25
Austria :
188,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Austrian Military
# 26
Norway :
176,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Norwegian Military
# 27
Vietnam :
171,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Vietnamese Military
# 28
Germany :
158,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
German Military
# 29
Burma :
154,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Burmese Military
# 30
France :
151,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
French Military
# 31
Australia :
145,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Australian Military
# 32
Denmark :
134,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Danish Military
# 33
United States :
126,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
American Military
# 34
Colombia :
119,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Colombian Military
# 35
Mexico :
105,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Mexican Military
# 36
Algeria :
103,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Algerian Military
# 37
Indonesia :
99,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Indonesian Military
# 38
Chile :
88,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Chilean Military
# 39
Sri Lanka :
84,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Sri Lankan Military
# 40
Spain :
69,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Spanish Military
# 41
Belgium :
67,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Belgian Military
# 42
Uganda :
64,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Ugandan Military
# 43
Romania :
62,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Romanian Military
# 44
Thailand :
60,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Thai Military
# 45
Peru :
56,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Peruvian Military
# 46
Philippines :
56,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Philippine Military
# 47
Canada :
52,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Canadian Military
# 48
Kuwait :
50,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Kuwaiti Military
# 49
Belarus :
41,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Belarusian Military
# 50
Malaysia :
39,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Malaysian Military
# 51
Italy :
32,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Italian Military
# 52
Hungary :
31,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Hungarian Military
# 53
Ecuador :
30,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Ecuadorian Military
# 54
Oman :
22,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Omani Military
# 55
Syria :
20,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Syrian Military
# 56
Laos :
20,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Lao Military
# 57
Tunisia :
19,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Tunisian Military
# 58
Georgia :
17,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Georgian Military
# 59
Uruguay :
17,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Uruguayan Military
# 60
Lithuania :
16,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Lithuanian Military
# 61
New Zealand :
14,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
New Zealand Military
# 62
Portugal :
10,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Portuguese Military
# 63
Cameroon :
9,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Cameroonian Military
# 64
Cape Verde :
9,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Cape Verdean Military
# 65
Cyprus :
8,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Cypriot Military
# 66
Venezuela :
8,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Venezuelan Military
# 67
Bahrain :
8,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Bahraini Military
# 68
Macedonia, Republic of :
7,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Macedonian Military
# 69
Brunei :
7,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Bruneian Military
# 70
Namibia :
7,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Namibian Military
# 71
Chad :
7,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Chadian Military
# 72
Dominican Republic :
6,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Dominican Military
# 73
Serbia and Montenegro :
6,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Serbian Military
# 74
Lebanon :
5,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Lebanese Military
# 75
Slovenia :
4,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Slovenian Military
# 76
Jamaica :
4,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Jamaican Military
# 77
Guinea :
4,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Guinean Military
# 78
Lesotho :
4,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Basotho Military
# 79
Mauritania :
3,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Mauritanian Military
# 80
Mali :
3,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Malian Military
# 81
Albania :
3,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Albanian Military
# 82
Trinidad and Tobago :
3,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Tobagonian Military
# 83
Poland :
3,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Polish Military
# 84
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
3,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Herzegovinian Military
# 85
El Salvador :
3,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Salvadoran Military
# 86
Korea, North :
3,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Korean Military
# 87
Rwanda :
2,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Rwandan Military
# 88
Botswana :
2,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Motswana -Batswana Military
# 89
South Africa :
2,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
South African Military
# 90
Ireland :
2,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Irish Military
# 91
Estonia :
2,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Estonian Military
# 92
Yemen :
1,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Yemeni Military
# 93
Guatemala :
1,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Guatemalan Military
# 94
Zimbabwe :
1,000,000 constant 1990 US$
1998
Zimbabwean Military
Total :
20,605,000,000 constant 1990 US$
Weighted average:
219,202,127.7 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$ (1998) 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=1998
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