Eritrea vs Kuwait: Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP

Eritrea
0.003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
in 2007
Kuwait
0.0031 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Eritrea rank
17th
Kuwait rank
15th

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

  • Eritrea
  • Kuwait
00.10.20.3196219932024

How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 0.0031 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP against 0.003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in Eritrea, a difference of 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 14 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Eritrea ahead.

Eritrea ranks 17th and Kuwait ranks 15th of 169 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Eritrea Kuwait Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0805 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0166 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0639 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Eritrea
2000s 0.0448 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0017 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0431 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Eritrea

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, Eritrea or Kuwait?
Kuwait, at 0.0031 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP against 0.003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in Eritrea as of 2024.
What is the difference in arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp between Eritrea and Kuwait?
0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP, with Kuwait ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Kuwait?
14 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2007.
How do Eritrea and Kuwait rank globally for arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp?
Eritrea ranks 17th and Kuwait ranks 15th 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.