Brunei vs Upper middle income: Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP

Brunei
0.0018 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Upper middle income
0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Brunei rank
31st
Upper middle income rank
29th

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

  • Brunei
  • Upper middle income
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How they compare

Brunei currently reports 0.0018 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP against 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in Upper middle income, a difference of 0.0015 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP.

That makes Brunei's figure about 7.3 times Upper middle income's.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Brunei ahead.

Brunei ranks 31st and Upper middle income ranks 29th of 169 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Brunei averaged higher in 4 and Upper middle income in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brunei Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0468 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0167 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0301 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Brunei
1970s 0.0171 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0151 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0019 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Brunei
1980s 0.0048 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0073 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0025 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Upper middle income
1990s 0.0016 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0017 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Upper middle income
2000s 0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Upper middle income
2010s 0.0044 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Brunei
2020s 0.0009 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Brunei

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, Brunei or Upper middle income?
Brunei, at 0.0018 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP against 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in Upper middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp between Brunei and Upper middle income?
0.0015 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP, with Brunei ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brunei and Upper middle income?
40 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
How do Brunei and Upper middle income rank globally for arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp?
Brunei ranks 31st and Upper middle income ranks 29th 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.