Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) vs Kuwait: Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
26.15 SIPRI trend indicator values per person
in 2024
Kuwait
102.71 SIPRI trend indicator values per person
in 2024
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) rank
2nd
Kuwait rank
5th

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

  • Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
  • Kuwait
0200400600196019922024

How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 102.71 SIPRI trend indicator values per person against 26.15 SIPRI trend indicator values per person in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), a difference of 76.56 SIPRI trend indicator values per person.

That makes Kuwait's figure about 3.9 times Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Kuwait ahead.

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 2nd and Kuwait ranks 5th of 43 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) Kuwait Difference Ahead
1960s 4.74 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 95.32 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 90.58 SIPRI trend indicator values per person Kuwait
1970s 5.23 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 157.02 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 151.79 SIPRI trend indicator values per person Kuwait
1980s 4.06 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 106.87 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 102.81 SIPRI trend indicator values per person Kuwait
1990s 8.84 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 292.23 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 283.39 SIPRI trend indicator values per person Kuwait
2000s 4.65 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 25.38 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 20.73 SIPRI trend indicator values per person Kuwait
2010s 6.9 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 47.23 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 40.33 SIPRI trend indicator values per person Kuwait
2020s 14.38 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 182.67 SIPRI trend indicator values per person 168.29 SIPRI trend indicator values per person Kuwait

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per capita, Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) or Kuwait?
Kuwait, at 102.71 SIPRI trend indicator values per person against 26.15 SIPRI trend indicator values per person in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per capita between Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and Kuwait?
76.56 SIPRI trend indicator values per person, with Kuwait ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and Kuwait?
54 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and Kuwait rank globally for arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per capita?
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 2nd and Kuwait ranks 5th of 43 groups.
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.