Conventional arms imports (per $ GDP) statistics - countries compared

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). Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1,000 $ gross domestic product.

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

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Rank

Countries

Amount

# 1

Eritrea:

91.96 per $1,000

# 2

United Arab Emirates:

19.57 per $1,000

# 3

Yemen:

19.015 per $1,000

# 4

Greece:

6.334 per $1,000

# 5

Israel:

5.612 per $1,000

# 6

Jordan:

5.176 per $1,000

# 7

Armenia:

4.982 per $1,000

# 8

Singapore:

3.772 per $1,000

# 9

Namibia:

3.591 per $1,000

# 10

Sudan:

3.544 per $1,000

# 11

Oman:

3.229 per $1,000

# 12

Ethiopia:

2.951 per $1,000

# 13

Saudi Arabia:

2.701 per $1,000

# 14

Libya:

1.974 per $1,000

# 15

Romania:

1.609 per $1,000

# 16

Algeria:

1.328 per $1,000

# 17

Egypt:

1.258 per $1,000

# 18

Malaysia:

1.208 per $1,000

# 19

Denmark:

1.112 per $1,000

# 20

Vietnam:

1.087 per $1,000

# 21

Pakistan:

0.99 per $1,000

# 22

Burma:

0.875 per $1,000

# 23

Turkey:

0.822 per $1,000

# 24

Nepal:

0.81 per $1,000

# 25

Korea, South:

0.797 per $1,000

# 26

Bahrain:

0.769 per $1,000

# 27

Turkmenistan:

0.725 per $1,000

# 28

India:

0.716 per $1,000

# 29

Lithuania:

0.685 per $1,000

# 30

Botswana:

0.664 per $1,000

# 31

Kyrgyzstan:

0.589 per $1,000

# 32

Côte d'Ivoire:

0.565 per $1,000

# 33

Ghana:

0.559 per $1,000

# 34

Poland:

0.553 per $1,000

# 35

Iran:

0.548 per $1,000

# 36

Australia:

0.546 per $1,000

# 37

Latvia:

0.528 per $1,000

# 38

Switzerland:

0.496 per $1,000

# 39

Uganda:

0.482 per $1,000

# 40

New Zealand:

0.454 per $1,000

# 41

Ecuador:

0.444 per $1,000

# 42

Netherlands:

0.38 per $1,000

= 43

Finland:

0.377 per $1,000

= 43

Dominican Republic:

0.377 per $1,000

# 45

Slovenia:

0.355 per $1,000

# 46

Albania:

0.344 per $1,000

# 47

Canada:

0.332 per $1,000

# 48

Portugal:

0.313 per $1,000

# 49

China:

0.308 per $1,000

# 50

Spain:

0.278 per $1,000

# 51

Argentina:

0.267 per $1,000

# 52

Mexico:

0.263 per $1,000

# 53

Estonia:

0.26 per $1,000

# 54

Chile:

0.254 per $1,000

# 55

Kazakhstan:

0.228 per $1,000

# 56

Angola:

0.216 per $1,000

# 57

Thailand:

0.2 per $1,000

# 58

Ireland:

0.198 per $1,000

# 59

Italy:

0.197 per $1,000

# 60

Bulgaria:

0.195 per $1,000

# 61

Austria:

0.18 per $1,000

# 62

Lesotho:

0.17 per $1,000

# 63

Croatia:

0.159 per $1,000

# 64

Philippines:

0.137 per $1,000

# 65

Paraguay:

0.134 per $1,000

# 66

Czech Republic:

0.105 per $1,000

# 67

Indonesia:

0.103 per $1,000

# 68

Hungary:

0.1 per $1,000

# 69

Ukraine:

0.097 per $1,000

# 70

United Kingdom:

0.096 per $1,000

# 71

Bangladesh:

0.094 per $1,000

# 72

Peru:

0.09 per $1,000

# 73

Venezuela:

0.083 per $1,000

# 74

Nigeria:

0.08 per $1,000

# 75

Sri Lanka:

0.074 per $1,000

# 76

Colombia:

0.06 per $1,000

# 77

Japan:

0.052 per $1,000

= 78

France:

0.051 per $1,000

= 78

Sweden:

0.051 per $1,000

= 80

United States:

0.045 per $1,000

= 80

Bolivia:

0.045 per $1,000

# 82

Belgium:

0.038 per $1,000

# 83

Brazil:

0.025 per $1,000

# 84

South Africa:

0.016 per $1,000

# 85

Norway:

0.005 per $1,000

Total:

203.062 per $1,000

Weighted average:

2.4 per $1,000

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). Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1,000 $ gross domestic product.

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

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

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