Small arms exports (value), 2022 (SIPRI TIV)

This statistic reports the estimated value of each country’s exports of major conventional weapons in 2022 using SIPRI’s Trend Indicator Value (TIV) methodology. TIV is not a monetary value; it is a standardized measure designed to compare the volume/“military resource” of international transfers of major weapon systems (e.g., aircraft, missiles, ships, armored vehicles, air-defense systems) across countries and over time.

SIPRI derives TIVs from the known unit production costs of a core set of weapons and applies them to recorded transfers. Because prices, offsets, services, and contract terms vary widely—and are often confidential—TIV is best interpreted as a comparable indicator of the scale of transfers rather than actual revenue. Values below reflect 2022 exports only (not stocks, deliveries in other years, or small arms/light weapons).