Afghanistan vs Namibia: Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP

Afghanistan
0.0046 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
in 2021
Namibia
0.004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
12th
Namibia rank
13th

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Namibia
00.010.020.030.04199420092024

How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 0.0046 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP against 0.004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in Namibia, a difference of 0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP.

That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.2 times Namibia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 11 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Afghanistan ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 12th and Namibia ranks 13th of 169 countries.

Afghanistan has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Namibia Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0126 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0043 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0082 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Afghanistan
2010s 0.0193 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0012 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.018 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Afghanistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp, Afghanistan or Namibia?
Afghanistan, at 0.0046 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP against 0.004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in Namibia as of 2021.
What is the difference in arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp between Afghanistan and Namibia?
0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP, with Afghanistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Namibia?
11 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2017.
How do Afghanistan and Namibia rank globally for arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp?
Afghanistan ranks 12th and Namibia ranks 13th of 169 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP. 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 unit of GDP
Unit
SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
213 places, 8,924 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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