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

Costa Rica
0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
in 2019
Uruguay
0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
126th
Uruguay rank
128th

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

  • Costa Rica
  • Uruguay
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How they compare

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

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

Costa Rica ranks 126th and Uruguay ranks 128th of 169 countries.

Uruguay has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Uruguay Difference Ahead
1960s 0.001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0017 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0007 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Uruguay
1970s 0.0011 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0009 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Uruguay
1980s 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0032 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0029 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Uruguay
1990s 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0012 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0009 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Uruguay
2010s 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Uruguay

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 Uruguay?
Costa Rica, at 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP against 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in Uruguay as of 2019.
What is the difference in arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp between Costa Rica and Uruguay?
0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Uruguay?
11 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2018.
How do Costa Rica and Uruguay rank globally for arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp?
Costa Rica ranks 126th and Uruguay ranks 128th 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.