Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) vs Tonga: Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Tonga
0.0138 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
in 2020
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
9th
Tonga rank
6th

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

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
  • Tonga
00.050.10.15196019922024

How they compare

Tonga currently reports 0.0138 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP against 0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 0.0132 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP.

That makes Tonga's figure about 21.9 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 8 shared years of data; in 1986 it was Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ahead.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 9th and Tonga ranks 6th of 42 groups.

Tonga has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Tonga Difference Ahead
1980s 0.0164 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0282 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0118 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Tonga
1990s 0.0099 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0327 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0229 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
2020s 0.0019 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0138 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0119 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, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) or Tonga?
Tonga, at 0.0138 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP against 0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2020.
What is the difference in arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Tonga?
0.0132 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP, with Tonga ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Tonga?
8 years are reported by both, from 1986 to 2020.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Tonga rank globally for arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 9th and Tonga ranks 6th 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.