East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) vs Nicaragua: Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Nicaragua
0.001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
in 2019
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) rank
41st
Nicaragua rank
44th

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

  • East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
  • Nicaragua
00.0250.050.0750.1196019922024

How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 0.001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP against 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries), a difference of 0.001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP.

That makes Nicaragua's figure about 26.1 times East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)'s.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1960 it was East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ahead.

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 41st and Nicaragua ranks 44th of 42 groups.

Across the 6 decades both report, East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) averaged higher in 1 and Nicaragua in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) Nicaragua Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0234 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0133 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0101 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
1970s 0.0035 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0063 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0028 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Nicaragua
1980s 0.0031 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.029 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.026 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Nicaragua
1990s 0.0019 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0533 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0515 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Nicaragua
2000s 0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0018 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0013 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Nicaragua
2010s 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0018 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Nicaragua

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, East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) or Nicaragua?
Nicaragua, at 0.001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP against 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) as of 2019.
What is the difference in arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp between East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Nicaragua?
0.001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Nicaragua?
28 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2019.
How do East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Nicaragua rank globally for arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp?
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 41st and Nicaragua ranks 44th of 42 groups.
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.