Conventional arms imports 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).

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

Rank

Countries

Amount

# 1

India:

$2,375,000,000.00

# 2

China:

$2,238,000,000.00

# 3

Greece:

$1,434,000,000.00

# 4

United Arab Emirates:

$1,246,000,000.00

# 5

Saudi Arabia:

$838,000,000.00

# 6

Korea, South:

$737,000,000.00

# 7

Israel:

$724,000,000.00

# 8

United States:

$533,000,000.00

# 9

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

= 42

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

= 53

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

= 64

Slovenia:

$14,000,000.00

= 64

Peru:

$14,000,000.00

= 64

Côte d'Ivoire:

$14,000,000.00

# 68

Sweden:

$13,000,000.00

= 69

Belgium:

$12,000,000.00

= 69

Bulgaria:

$12,000,000.00

= 69

Venezuela:

$12,000,000.00

= 72

Nigeria:

$10,000,000.00

= 72

Bahrain:

$10,000,000.00

= 72

Botswana:

$10,000,000.00

= 75

Croatia:

$8,000,000.00

= 75

South Africa:

$8,000,000.00

= 77

Albania:

$6,000,000.00

= 77

Sri Lanka:

$6,000,000.00

= 79

Angola:

$5,000,000.00

= 79

Estonia:

$5,000,000.00

= 79

Kyrgyzstan:

$5,000,000.00

# 82

Paraguay:

$4,000,000.00

= 83

Lesotho:

$1,000,000.00

= 83

Bolivia:

$1,000,000.00

= 83

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. via NationMaster

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

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