Sierra Leone vs Uganda: Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP

Sierra Leone
0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
in 2016
Uganda
0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
in 2023
Sierra Leone rank
86th
Uganda rank
87th

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

  • Sierra Leone
  • Uganda
00.020.040.06196419932023

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP against 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in Uganda, a difference of 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 11 shared years of data; in 1973 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Sierra Leone ranks 86th and Uganda ranks 87th of 169 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Sierra Leone averaged higher in 4 and Uganda in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sierra Leone Uganda Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0252 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0119 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0132 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Sierra Leone
1980s 0.0273 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0051 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0222 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Sierra Leone
1990s 0.0177 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0117 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Sierra Leone
2000s 0.0028 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0005 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0023 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Sierra Leone
2010s 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0051 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0049 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Uganda

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, Sierra Leone or Uganda?
Sierra Leone, at 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP against 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in Uganda as of 2016.
What is the difference in arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp between Sierra Leone and Uganda?
0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Uganda?
11 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2016.
How do Sierra Leone and Uganda rank globally for arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp?
Sierra Leone ranks 86th and Uganda ranks 87th 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.