Conventional arms imports (per capita) 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 capita figures expressed per 1 population.

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

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Rank

Countries

Amount

# 1

United Arab Emirates:

486.149 per 1 population

# 2

Greece:

134.421 per 1 population

# 3

Israel:

115.342 per 1 population

# 4

Singapore:

103.028 per 1 population

# 5

Eritrea:

81.799 per 1 population

# 6

Oman:

40.973 per 1 population

# 7

Denmark:

35.714 per 1 population

# 8

Saudi Arabia:

31.721 per 1 population

# 9

Namibia:

26.096 per 1 population

# 10

Jordan:

22.917 per 1 population

# 11

Armenia:

22.796 per 1 population

# 12

Switzerland:

16.691 per 1 population

# 13

Australia:

16.625 per 1 population

# 14

Korea, South:

15.152 per 1 population

# 15

Yemen:

14.908 per 1 population

# 16

Bahrain:

14.528 per 1 population

# 17

Libya:

12.834 per 1 population

# 18

Romania:

12.36 per 1 population

# 19

Malaysia:

11.564 per 1 population

# 20

Netherlands:

11.154 per 1 population

# 21

Finland:

10.913 per 1 population

# 22

New Zealand:

10.409 per 1 population

# 23

Canada:

10.364 per 1 population

# 24

Algeria:

8.668 per 1 population

# 25

Lithuania:

8.618 per 1 population

# 26

Slovenia:

6.962 per 1 population

# 27

Sudan:

6.719 per 1 population

# 28

Poland:

6.639 per 1 population

# 29

Spain:

6.47 per 1 population

# 30

Ireland:

6.225 per 1 population

# 31

Latvia:

6.114 per 1 population

# 32

Botswana:

6.098 per 1 population

# 33

Turkey:

6 per 1 population

# 34

Austria:

5.62 per 1 population

# 35

Portugal:

5.584 per 1 population

# 36

Italy:

5.456 per 1 population

# 37

Egypt:

5.135 per 1 population

# 38

Iran:

4.161 per 1 population

# 39

Turkmenistan:

4.039 per 1 population

# 40

Estonia:

3.751 per 1 population

# 41

Argentina:

3.263 per 1 population

# 42

Vietnam:

2.957 per 1 population

# 43

United Kingdom:

2.829 per 1 population

# 44

Chile:

2.691 per 1 population

# 45

Mexico:

2.495 per 1 population

# 46

Dominican Republic:

2.32 per 1 population

# 47

Ethiopia:

2.218 per 1 population

# 48

India:

2.199 per 1 population

# 49

Pakistan:

2.118 per 1 population

# 50

United States:

1.802 per 1 population

# 51

Croatia:

1.779 per 1 population

# 52

Kazakhstan:

1.778 per 1 population

# 53

Czech Republic:

1.758 per 1 population

# 54

China:

1.713 per 1 population

# 55

Albania:

1.684 per 1 population

# 56

Ecuador:

1.646 per 1 population

# 57

Thailand:

1.636 per 1 population

# 58

Bulgaria:

1.611 per 1 population

# 59

Japan:

1.53 per 1 population

# 60

Hungary:

1.499 per 1 population

# 61

France:

1.467 per 1 population

# 62

Sweden:

1.444 per 1 population

# 63

Burma:

1.383 per 1 population

# 64

Ghana:

1.23 per 1 population

# 65

Belgium:

1.158 per 1 population

# 66

Nepal:

1.156 per 1 population

# 67

Kyrgyzstan:

0.972 per 1 population

# 68

Côte d'Ivoire:

0.809 per 1 population

# 69

Uganda:

0.697 per 1 population

# 70

Philippines:

0.672 per 1 population

# 71

Paraguay:

0.63 per 1 population

# 72

Ukraine:

0.617 per 1 population

# 73

Peru:

0.501 per 1 population

# 74

Lesotho:

0.492 per 1 population

# 75

Venezuela:

0.473 per 1 population

# 76

Angola:

0.423 per 1 population

# 77

Colombia:

0.396 per 1 population

# 78

Indonesia:

0.351 per 1 population

# 79

Sri Lanka:

0.299 per 1 population

# 80

Norway:

0.218 per 1 population

# 81

Brazil:

0.204 per 1 population

= 82

Bangladesh:

0.18 per 1 population

= 82

South Africa:

0.18 per 1 population

# 84

Bolivia:

0.113 per 1 population

# 85

Nigeria:

0.078 per 1 population

Total:

1,418.386 per 1 population

Weighted average:

16.7 per 1 population

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 capita figures expressed per 1 population.

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

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

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