NationMaster - Conventional arms imports (most recent) by country

DEFINITION
Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Imports (US$ millions) Refers to the voluntary transfer by the supplier (and thus excludes captured weapons and weapons obtained through defectors) of weapons with a military purpose destined for the armed forces, paramilitary forces or intelligence agencies of another country. These include major conventional weapons or systems in six categories: ships, aircraft, missiles, artillery, armoured vehicles and guidance and radar systems (excluded are trucks, services, ammunition, small arms, support items, components and component technology and towed or naval artillery under 100-millimetre calibre).

Military Statistics > Conventional arms imports (most recent) by country

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Rank

Countries

Amount (top to bottom)

India:

$2,375,000,000.00

China:

$2,238,000,000.00

Greece:

$1,434,000,000.00

United Arab Emirates:

$1,246,000,000.00

Saudi Arabia:

$838,000,000.00

Korea, South:

$737,000,000.00

Israel:

$724,000,000.00

United States:

$533,000,000.00

Singapore:

$456,000,000.00

#10

Turkey:

$418,000,000.00

#11

Egypt:

$398,000,000.00

#12

Eritrea:

$382,000,000.00

#13

Pakistan:

$344,000,000.00

#14

Canada:

$340,000,000.00

#15

Australia:

$334,000,000.00

#16

Italy:

$317,000,000.00

#17

Yemen:

$309,000,000.00

#18

Iran:

$283,000,000.00

#19

Algeria:

$282,000,000.00

#20

Malaysia:

$277,000,000.00

#21

Romania:

$276,000,000.00

#22

Sudan:

$270,000,000.00

#23

Mexico:

$265,000,000.00

#24

Spain:

$261,000,000.00

#25

Poland:

$256,000,000.00

#26

Vietnam:

$247,000,000.00

#27

Japan:

$195,000,000.00

#28

Denmark:

$194,000,000.00

#29

Netherlands:

$183,000,000.00

#30

United Kingdom:

$171,000,000.00

#31

Ethiopia:

$162,000,000.00

#32

Jordan:

$132,000,000.00

#33

Argentina:

$129,000,000.00

#34

Switzerland:

$125,000,000.00

#35

Oman:

$123,000,000.00

#36

Thailand:

$105,000,000.00

#37

France:

$89,000,000.00

#38

Indonesia:

$85,000,000.00

#39

Libya:

$74,000,000.00

#40

Armenia:

$68,000,000.00

#41

Burma:

$65,000,000.00

#42

Portugal:

$59,000,000.00

#43

Philippines:

$59,000,000.00

#44

Finland:

$57,000,000.00

#45

Namibia:

$53,000,000.00

#46

Austria:

$46,000,000.00

#47

Chile:

$43,000,000.00

#48

New Zealand:

$42,000,000.00

#49

Brazil:

$38,000,000.00

#50

Nepal:

$32,000,000.00

#51

Lithuania:

$31,000,000.00

#52

Ukraine:

$29,000,000.00

#53

Ghana:

$27,000,000.00

#54

Kazakhstan:

$27,000,000.00

#55

Bangladesh:

$26,000,000.00

#56

Ireland:

$25,000,000.00

#57

Ecuador:

$22,000,000.00

#58

Dominican Republic:

$21,000,000.00

#59

Turkmenistan:

$20,000,000.00

#60

Uganda:

$19,000,000.00

#61

Czech Republic:

$18,000,000.00

#62

Colombia:

$17,000,000.00

#63

Hungary:

$15,000,000.00

#64

Latvia:

$14,000,000.00

#65

Slovenia:

$14,000,000.00

#66

Peru:

$14,000,000.00

#67

Côte d'Ivoire:

$14,000,000.00

#68

Sweden:

$13,000,000.00

#69

Belgium:

$12,000,000.00

#70

Bulgaria:

$12,000,000.00

#71

Venezuela:

$12,000,000.00

#72

Nigeria:

$10,000,000.00

#73

Bahrain:

$10,000,000.00

#74

Botswana:

$10,000,000.00

#75

Croatia:

$8,000,000.00

#76

South Africa:

$8,000,000.00

#77

Albania:

$6,000,000.00

#78

Sri Lanka:

$6,000,000.00

#79

Angola:

$5,000,000.00

#80

Estonia:

$5,000,000.00

#81

Kyrgyzstan:

$5,000,000.00

#82

Paraguay:

$4,000,000.00

#83

Lesotho:

$1,000,000.00

#84

Bolivia:

$1,000,000.00

#85

Norway:

$1,000,000.00

Total:

$18,651,000,000.00

Weighted average:

$219,423,529.41

DEFINITION: Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Imports (US$ millions) Refers to the voluntary transfer by the supplier (and thus excludes captured weapons and weapons obtained through defectors) of weapons with a military purpose destined for the armed forces, paramilitary forces or intelligence agencies of another country. These include major conventional weapons or systems in six categories: ships, aircraft, missiles, artillery, armoured vehicles and guidance and radar systems (excluded are trucks, services, ammunition, small arms, support items, components and component technology and towed or naval artillery under 100-millimetre calibre).

SOURCE: SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.

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