Arms imports

The volume of major weapons a country imports, in SIPRI's trend-indicator values.

Arms imports are the deliveries of major conventional weapons, such as aircraft, ships, tanks, missiles and artillery, that a country received in a year. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) values them in its trend-indicator value, a measure of military capability based on production costs rather than the price paid, in constant 1990 US dollars, so that volumes can be compared across years and countries. Small arms are not included. Deliveries are lumpy, so single years jump. The World Bank republishes the figures.

• Governance
• Defence
• Weapons
• Arms trade
• SIPRI
• Country
• Year