Major arms imports volume
Compare major arms imports volume across 111 ISO-mapped countries or territories using one fixed 2024 official-source slice.
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Key Insights
- •111 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite 2024 observation.
- •Ukraine has the highest published value (5230000000 SIPRI trend-indicator value).
- •El Salvador has the lowest published value (0 SIPRI trend-indicator value).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 257,144,144.1SIPRI trend-indicator value)
About This Statistic
Arms transfers (imports) cover the volume of transfers of major arms through sales and gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships. Figures are SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIVs). A '0' indicates that the volume of deliveries is between 0 and 0.5 million SIPRI TIV.
MapTheory retains one fixed year, unit and explicit source slice. Only finite ISO-mapped observations are included; aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies and conflicting duplicates are excluded. No values are estimated or imputed by MapTheory.
Methodology
Arms transfers (imports) cover the volume of transfers of major arms through sales and gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships. Figures are SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIVs). A '0' indicates that the volume of deliveries is between 0 and 0.5 million SIPRI TIV.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine | 5,230,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 2 | Poland | 1,448,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 3 | United States of America | 1,209,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 4 | India | 1,168,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 5 | Qatar | 1,152,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 1,111,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 7 | South Korea | 1,009,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 8 | Australia | 983,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 9 | Pakistan | 982,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 10 | Japan | 977,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 11 | United Arab Emirates | 932,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 12 | Bahrain | 848,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 13 | United Kingdom | 643,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 14 | Greece | 623,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 15 | Hungary | 604,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 16 | Kazakhstan | 550,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 17 | Belgium | 515,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 18 | Kuwait | 503,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 19 | Russian Federation | 467,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 20 | Brazil | 435,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 21 | Italy | 432,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 22 | Denmark | 427,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 23 | Türkiye | 381,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 24 | Netherlands | 360,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 25 | Norway | 349,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 26 | Singapore | 348,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 27 | Slovakia | 298,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 28 | Romania | 278,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 29 | Germany | 239,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 30 | Philippines | 238,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 31 | Myanmar | 222,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 32 | Israel | 211,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 33 | New Zealand | 200,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 34 | France | 188,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 35 | Indonesia | 186,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 36 | Serbia | 153,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 37 | Belarus | 151,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 38 | Canada | 149,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 39 | Spain | 148,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 40 | Algeria | 128,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 41 | Mauritania | 126,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 42 | Cyprus | 115,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 43 | Croatia | 90,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 44 | Tunisia | 78,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 45 | Senegal | 77,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 46 | Bangladesh | 75,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 47 | Thailand | 73,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 48 | People's Republic of China | 72,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 49 | Egypt | 72,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 50 | Nigeria | 67,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 51 | Sweden | 66,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 52 | Finland | 64,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 53 | Estonia | 63,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 54 | Portugal | 61,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 55 | Vietnam | 58,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 56 | Namibia | 54,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 57 | Lithuania | 51,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 58 | Czech Republic | 50,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 59 | Ethiopia | 48,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 60 | Mexico | 46,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 61 | Argentina | 43,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 62 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 42,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 63 | Burkina Faso | 37,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 64 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 35,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 65 | Azerbaijan | 28,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 66 | Brunei Darussalam | 28,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 67 | Ecuador | 25,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 68 | Jordan | 24,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 69 | Iraq | 23,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 70 | Morocco | 23,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 71 | Armenia | 21,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 72 | Colombia | 19,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 73 | Slovenia | 19,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 74 | Georgia | 17,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 75 | Kenya | 17,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 76 | Fiji | 16,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 77 | Angola | 16,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 78 | Chile | 14,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 79 | Austria | 13,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 80 | Equatorial Guinea | 12,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 81 | Suriname | 12,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 82 | Albania | 12,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 83 | Ghana | 11,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 84 | Botswana | 11,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 10,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 86 | Jamaica | 10,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 87 | Latvia | 10,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 88 | Mali | 10,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 89 | Uruguay | 10,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 90 | Sri Lanka | 9,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 91 | Guyana | 9,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 92 | Lebanon | 9,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 93 | Honduras | 7,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 94 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 7,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 95 | Maldives | 7,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 96 | Benin | 6,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 97 | Guinea | 6,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 98 | Libya | 5,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 99 | Montenegro | 5,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 100 | Chad | 4,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 101 | Peru | 4,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 102 | Somalia | 4,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 103 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 104 | Luxembourg | 3,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 105 | Sudan | 2,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 106 | Gabon | 1,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 107 | Mozambique | 1,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 108 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 1,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 109 | Zambia | 1,000,000.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 110 | El Salvador | 0.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
| 111 | Bolivia | 0.0SIPRI trend-indicator value |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2024).
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