Costa Rica vs Ghana: Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP

Costa Rica
0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
in 2019
Ghana
0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
126th
Ghana rank
124th

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

  • Costa Rica
  • Ghana
00.020.040.060.08196019922024

How they compare

Ghana currently reports 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP against 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in Costa Rica, a difference of 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP.

That makes Ghana's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 11 shared years of data; in 1963 it was Ghana ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 126th and Ghana ranks 124th of 169 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Ghana in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Ghana Difference Ahead
1960s 0.001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0076 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0066 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Ghana
1970s 0.0011 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0052 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0041 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Ghana
1980s 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0033 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0031 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Ghana
2010s 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Costa Rica

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, Costa Rica or Ghana?
Ghana, at 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP against 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in Costa Rica as of 2024.
What is the difference in arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp between Costa Rica and Ghana?
0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP, with Ghana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Ghana?
11 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2019.
How do Costa Rica and Ghana rank globally for arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp?
Costa Rica ranks 126th and Ghana ranks 124th 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.