Mauritania vs Tonga: Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP

Mauritania
0.0116 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Tonga
0.0138 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
in 2020
Mauritania rank
8th
Tonga rank
6th

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

  • Mauritania
  • Tonga
00.020.040.06196119922024

How they compare

Tonga currently reports 0.0138 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP against 0.0116 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in Mauritania, a difference of 0.0022 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP.

That makes Tonga's figure about 1.2 times Mauritania's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Tonga ahead.

Mauritania ranks 8th and Tonga ranks 6th of 169 countries.

Tonga has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mauritania Tonga Difference Ahead
1980s 0.0055 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0564 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0509 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Tonga
1990s 0.0068 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0327 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0259 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Tonga
2010s 0.0022 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0126 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0104 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Tonga

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, Mauritania or Tonga?
Tonga, at 0.0138 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP against 0.0116 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in Mauritania as of 2020.
What is the difference in arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp between Mauritania and Tonga?
0.0022 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP, with Tonga ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Tonga?
6 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2019.
How do Mauritania and Tonga rank globally for arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp?
Mauritania ranks 8th and Tonga ranks 6th 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.