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

Costa Rica
0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
in 2019
Vietnam
0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
126th
Vietnam rank
127th

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

  • Costa Rica
  • Vietnam
00.0050.010.0150.02196319932024

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 Vietnam, a difference of 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP.

Across all 5 years both countries report, Vietnam has been ahead every year.

Costa Rica ranks 126th and Vietnam ranks 127th of 169 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Vietnam Difference Ahead
1980s 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0084 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0081 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Vietnam
2010s 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0012 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0012 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Vietnam

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 Vietnam?
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 Vietnam as of 2019.
What is the difference in arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp between Costa Rica and Vietnam?
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 Vietnam?
5 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2019.
How do Costa Rica and Vietnam rank globally for arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp?
Costa Rica ranks 126th and Vietnam ranks 127th 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.