Arms imports (constant 1990 US$) - Defense & arms trade - Public Sector - World Development Indicators



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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.
Arms imports (constant 1990 US$) - Defense & arms trade - Public Sector - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Low & middle income (2008)12,224,000,000
2Middle income (2008)11,720,000,000
3High income (2008)10,457,000,000
4High income: nonOECD (1997)10,223,000,000
5High income: OECD (2008)7,928,000,000
6Upper middle income (2007)6,157,000,000
7Lower middle income (2008)5,971,000,000
8South Asia (2008)3,160,000,000
9Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (1989)2,721,000,000
10Middle East & North Africa (2008)2,647,000,000
11Europe & Central Asia (2007)2,565,000,000
12Euro area (2008)2,429,000,000
13East Asia & Pacific (2008)2,352,000,000
14Latin America & Caribbean (2007)2,067,000,000
15South Korea (2008)1,898,000,000
16North Korea (2008)1,898,000,000
17India (2008)1,847,000,000
18Algeria (2008)1,590,000,000
19China (2008)1,241,000,000
20Pakistan (2008)1,094,000,000
21Singapore (2008)1,014,000,000
22United States (2008)904,000,000
23Venezuela (2008)733,000,000
24Turkey (2008)723,000,000
25United Arab Emirates (2008)671,000,000
26Poland (2008)611,000,000
27Sub-Saharan Africa (2008)608,000,000
28United Kingdom (2008)590,000,000
29Norway (2008)590,000,000
30Japan (2008)578,000,000
31Chile (2008)543,000,000
32Malaysia (2008)529,000,000
33Israel (2008)524,000,000
34Greece (2008)518,000,000
35Low income (2007)480,000,000
36Austria (2008)434,000,000
37Canada (2008)434,000,000
38Least developed countries: UN classification (2008)386,000,000
39Spain (2008)363,000,000
40Iraq (2008)351,000,000
41Australia (2008)344,000,000
42Jordan (2008)336,000,000
43South Africa (2008)312,000,000
44Indonesia (2008)290,000,000
45Kuwait (2007)276,000,000
46Italy (2008)270,000,000
47Belarus (2006)254,000,000
48Vietnam (2008)250,000,000
49Ethiopia (2004)207,000,000
50Portugal (2008)183,000,000
51Peru (2007)172,000,000
52Belgium (2008)171,000,000
53Brazil (2008)156,000,000
54Netherlands (2008)152,000,000
55Finland (2008)142,000,000
56Afghanistan (2008)134,000,000
57Ecuador (2008)133,000,000
58Colombia (2008)131,000,000
59Bulgaria (2008)127,000,000
60Egypt (2008)119,000,000
61Germany (2008)104,000,000
62Russia (2007)100,000,000
63Croatia (2008)99,000,000
64Sudan (2008)94,000,000
65Cuba (1991)91,000,000
66Denmark (2008)90,000,000
67Iran (2008)87,000,000
68Syria (2008)81,000,000
69Sri Lanka (2008)75,000,000
70France (2008)68,000,000
71Namibia (2008)66,000,000
72Oman (2008)66,000,000
73Uruguay (2008)63,000,000
74Georgia (2008)63,000,000
75Saudi Arabia (2008)56,000,000
76Estonia (2008)50,000,000
77Yemen (2008)44,000,000
78Latvia (2008)44,000,000
79Cambodia (2007)40,000,000
80Romania (2008)37,000,000
81Angola (2008)37,000,000
82Chad (2008)36,000,000
83Morocco (2008)32,000,000
84Argentina (2008)32,000,000
85Switzerland (2008)32,000,000
86Lithuania (2008)26,000,000
87Barbados (2008)25,000,000
88Bosnia and Herzegovina (1999)25,000,000
89Gabon (2008)21,000,000
90Sweden (2008)21,000,000
91Madagascar (1996)20,000,000
92Zimbabwe (2006)20,000,000
93Senegal (2007)19,000,000
94Malta (2005)18,000,000
95Nigeria (2008)17,000,000
96Democratic Republic of the Congo (2006)17,000,000
97Czech Republic (2008)17,000,000
98Ireland (2008)16,000,000
99Rwanda (2007)15,000,000
100Equatorial Guinea (2008)14,000,000
101Ivory Coast (2004)14,000,000
102Mongolia (2008)14,000,000
103Ghana (2007)13,000,000
104Tajikistan (2006)13,000,000
105Albania (2008)13,000,000
106Fiji (1995)12,000,000
107Guatemala (2008)12,000,000
108Papua New Guinea (1997)12,000,000
109Thailand (2008)12,000,000
110Cyprus (2007)12,000,000
111Mexico (2007)11,000,000
112Philippines (2008)11,000,000
113Qatar (2003)11,000,000
114Eritrea (2007)10,000,000
115Bangladesh (2008)10,000,000
116Sierra Leone (2006)10,000,000
117Seychelles (2005)10,000,000
118Turkmenistan (2004)10,000,000
119Botswana (2004)9,000,000
120Central African Republic (2006)9,000,000
121Djibouti (2005)8,000,000
122Kenya (2008)8,000,000
123Mali (2007)8,000,000
124Liberia (2000)8,000,000
125Slovenia (2008)8,000,000
126Moldova (1995)7,000,000
127Niger (2008)7,000,000
128Gambia (2004)7,000,000
129Mauritania (2003)7,000,000
130Togo (1997)7,000,000
131Tunisia (2008)7,000,000
132St. Kitts and Nevis (1985)6,000,000
133Palau (1996)6,000,000
134Kiribati (1994)6,000,000
135Solomon Islands (1991)6,000,000
136Samoa (1988)6,000,000
137Micronesia (1997)6,000,000
138Suriname (1999)6,000,000
139Marshall Islands (1991)6,000,000
140Uzbekistan (2002)6,000,000
141Vanuatu (1987)6,000,000
142Nepal (2005)5,000,000
143Hungary (2008)5,000,000
144Bolivia (2007)5,000,000
145Comoros (2008)5,000,000
146St. Vincent and the Grenadines (1987)5,000,000
147Guinea-Bissau (1993)4,000,000
148Laos (2005)4,000,000
149Mauritius (2006)4,000,000
150New Zealand (2008)4,000,000
151El Salvador (2008)4,000,000
152Burkina Faso (2007)4,000,000
153Burundi (2002)4,000,000
154Costa Rica (1993)3,000,000
155Lebanon (2007)3,000,000
156Iceland (1986)3,000,000
157Uganda (2008)3,000,000
158Libya (2007)3,000,000
159Kazakhstan (2008)3,000,000
160Zambia (2007)3,000,000
161Kyrgyzstan (2006)2,000,000
162West Bank and Gaza (2007)2,000,000
163Benin (2008)2,000,000
164Malawi (1994)2,000,000
165Bahrain (2008)2,000,000
166Jamaica (2008)2,000,000
167Brunei Darussalam (2006)2,000,000
168Dominican Republic (2005)2,000,000
169Burma (2007)1,000,000
170Somalia (1999)1,000,000
171Belize (2000)1,000,000
172Bahamas (2007)1,000,000
173Azerbaijan (2008)1,000,000
174Armenia (2007)1,000,000
175Paraguay (2005)1,000,000
176Swaziland (2001)1,000,000
177Guinea (2003)1,000,000
178Haiti (2007)1,000,000
179Trinidad and Tobago (2001)1,000,000
180Nicaragua (1991)1,000,000
181Mozambique (2003)1,000,000
182Lesotho (2006)1,000,000
183Slovakia (2007)1,000,000
184Luxembourg (2003)1,000,000
185Cape Verde (2000)1,000,000
186Bhutan (2004)0
187Panama (2002)0
188Tonga (1996)0
189Macedonia (2006)0
190Grenada (1982)0
191Maldives (1997)0
192Cameroon (2007)0
193Tanzania (2007)0
194Guyana (2008)0
195Republic of the Congo (2007)0
196Honduras (2008)0
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