Middle income vs Rwanda: Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP

Middle income
0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Rwanda
0.0025 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
in 2023
Middle income rank
26th
Rwanda rank
23rd

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

  • Middle income
  • Rwanda
00.020.040.060.08196019922024

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 0.0025 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP against 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in Middle income, a difference of 0.0022 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 8.8 times Middle income's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1962 it was Rwanda ahead.

Middle income ranks 26th and Rwanda ranks 23rd of 42 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, Middle income averaged higher in 2 and Rwanda in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle income Rwanda Difference Ahead
1960s 0.019 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0293 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0103 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Rwanda
1970s 0.0181 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0028 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0153 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Middle income
1980s 0.0067 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0018 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0049 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Middle income
1990s 0.0022 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0033 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Rwanda
2000s 0.001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0033 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0024 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Rwanda
2010s 0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0013 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0008 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Rwanda
2020s 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0026 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Rwanda

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 income or Rwanda?
Rwanda, at 0.0025 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP against 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in Middle income as of 2023.
What is the difference in arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp between Middle income and Rwanda?
0.0022 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP, with Rwanda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle income and Rwanda?
37 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2023.
How do Middle income and Rwanda rank globally for arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp?
Middle income ranks 26th and Rwanda ranks 23rd 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.