Afghanistan vs Brazil: Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita

Afghanistan
1.62 SIPRI trend indicator values per person
in 2021
Brazil
2.05 SIPRI trend indicator values per person
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
92nd
Brazil rank
90th

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Brazil
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How they compare

Brazil currently reports 2.05 SIPRI trend indicator values per person against 1.62 SIPRI trend indicator values per person in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.43 SIPRI trend indicator values per person.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.3 times Afghanistan's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Afghanistan ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 92nd and Brazil ranks 90th of 172 countries.

Afghanistan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Brazil Difference Ahead
1960s 9.9 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 1.75 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 8.16 SIPRI trend indicator values per person Afghanistan
1970s 12.21 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 4.39 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 7.82 SIPRI trend indicator values per person Afghanistan
1980s 48.41 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 1.47 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 46.94 SIPRI trend indicator values per person Afghanistan
1990s 120.64 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 0.9832 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 119.66 SIPRI trend indicator values per person Afghanistan
2000s 3.68 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 1.01 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 2.67 SIPRI trend indicator values per person Afghanistan
2010s 10.32 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 1.04 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 9.28 SIPRI trend indicator values per person Afghanistan
2020s 3.77 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 0.9177 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 2.85 SIPRI trend indicator values per person Afghanistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per capita, Afghanistan or Brazil?
Brazil, at 2.05 SIPRI trend indicator values per person against 1.62 SIPRI trend indicator values per person in Afghanistan as of 2024.
What is the difference in arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per capita between Afghanistan and Brazil?
0.43 SIPRI trend indicator values per person, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Brazil?
48 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2021.
How do Afghanistan and Brazil rank globally for arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per capita?
Afghanistan ranks 92nd and Brazil ranks 90th of 172 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita
Unit
SIPRI trend indicator values per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
217 places, 9,420 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.