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

Eritrea
0.003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
in 2007
Lower middle income
0.0004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Eritrea rank
17th
Lower middle income rank
15th

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

  • Eritrea
  • Lower middle income
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How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 0.003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP against 0.0004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in Lower middle income, a difference of 0.0026 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP.

That makes Eritrea's figure about 6.9 times Lower middle income's.

Across all 14 years both countries report, Eritrea has been ahead every year.

Eritrea ranks 17th and Lower middle income 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 Lower middle income Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0805 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0038 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0767 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Eritrea
2000s 0.0448 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0025 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0423 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 Lower middle income?
Eritrea, at 0.003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP against 0.0004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in Lower middle income as of 2007.
What is the difference in arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp between Eritrea and Lower middle income?
0.0026 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP, with Eritrea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Lower middle income?
14 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2007.
How do Eritrea and Lower middle income rank globally for arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp?
Eritrea ranks 17th and Lower middle income 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.