Afghanistan vs Nicaragua: Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita
Afghanistan
1.62 SIPRI trend indicator values per person
in 2021
Nicaragua
2.01 SIPRI trend indicator values per person
in 2019
Afghanistan rank
92nd
Nicaragua rank
91st
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita over time
- Afghanistan
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 2.01 SIPRI trend indicator values per person against 1.62 SIPRI trend indicator values per person in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.39 SIPRI trend indicator values per person.
That makes Nicaragua's figure about 1.2 times Afghanistan's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 92nd and Nicaragua ranks 91st of 172 countries.
Afghanistan has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.9 SIPRI trend indicator values per person | 1.95 SIPRI trend indicator values per person | 5.95 SIPRI trend indicator values per person | Afghanistan |
| 1970s | 13.03 SIPRI trend indicator values per person | 3.45 SIPRI trend indicator values per person | 9.58 SIPRI trend indicator values per person | Afghanistan |
| 1980s | 50.8 SIPRI trend indicator values per person | 22.39 SIPRI trend indicator values per person | 28.41 SIPRI trend indicator values per person | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | 120.64 SIPRI trend indicator values per person | 12.97 SIPRI trend indicator values per person | 107.67 SIPRI trend indicator values per person | Afghanistan |
| 2000s | 6.71 SIPRI trend indicator values per person | 2.6 SIPRI trend indicator values per person | 4.11 SIPRI trend indicator values per person | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 7.07 SIPRI trend indicator values per person | 4.27 SIPRI trend indicator values per person | 2.8 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 Nicaragua?
- Nicaragua, at 2.01 SIPRI trend indicator values per person against 1.62 SIPRI trend indicator values per person in Afghanistan as of 2019.
- What is the difference in arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per capita between Afghanistan and Nicaragua?
- 0.39 SIPRI trend indicator values per person, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Nicaragua?
- 30 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2019.
- How do Afghanistan and Nicaragua rank globally for arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per capita?
- Afghanistan ranks 92nd and Nicaragua ranks 91st 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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About this data
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.