Burkina Faso vs Costa Rica: Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita

Burkina Faso
1.57 SIPRI trend indicator values per person
in 2024
Costa Rica
1.6 SIPRI trend indicator values per person
in 2019
Burkina Faso rank
95th
Costa Rica rank
94th

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

  • Burkina Faso
  • Costa Rica
0123196119922024

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 1.6 SIPRI trend indicator values per person against 1.57 SIPRI trend indicator values per person in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.03 SIPRI trend indicator values per person.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 9 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 95th and Costa Rica ranks 94th of 172 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 2 and Costa Rica in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso Costa Rica Difference Ahead
1960s 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per person
1970s 2.28 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 1.43 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 0.8438 SIPRI trend indicator values per person Burkina Faso
1980s 0.4431 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 0.1799 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 0.2632 SIPRI trend indicator values per person Burkina Faso
1990s 0.7091 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 0.8909 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 0.1818 SIPRI trend indicator values per person Costa Rica
2010s 0.7541 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 0.8001 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 0.046 SIPRI trend indicator values per person Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per capita, Burkina Faso or Costa Rica?
Costa Rica, at 1.6 SIPRI trend indicator values per person against 1.57 SIPRI trend indicator values per person in Burkina Faso as of 2019.
What is the difference in arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per capita between Burkina Faso and Costa Rica?
0.03 SIPRI trend indicator values per person, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Costa Rica?
9 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2019.
How do Burkina Faso and Costa Rica rank globally for arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per capita?
Burkina Faso ranks 95th and Costa Rica ranks 94th 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.