Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP by country

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.

Countries reporting
169
Highest
0.0274 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
Ukraine
Lowest
0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
El Salvador
Median
0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
8,924

What the numbers show

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP is currently reported for 169 countries. The highest value is 0.0274 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in Ukraine; the lowest is 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in El Salvador.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP, and the mean is 0.0015 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP.

Over the past decade 75 countries rose and 84 fell. The largest increase was in Ukraine (up 365,781.0%), and the largest decrease in Bolivia, Plurinational State of (down 100.0%).

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ukraine 0.0274 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 365,781.0% volatile
2 Bahrain 0.018 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 62,358.5% volatile
3 Central African Republic 0.0168 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2023 up 486.0% volatile
4 Micronesia, Federated States of 0.0158 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2023 volatile
5 Turkmenistan 0.0145 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2021 up 78.9% volatile
6 Tonga 0.0138 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2020 up 20.9% volatile
7 Seychelles 0.0128 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2021 up 69.1% volatile
8 Mauritania 0.0116 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 857.7% volatile
9 Guinea-Bissau 0.0081 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 1993 down 73.4% volatile
10 Qatar 0.0053 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 1,897.0% volatile
11 Haiti 0.005 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 1985 up 239.1% volatile
12 Afghanistan 0.0046 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2021 down 87.2% volatile
13 Namibia 0.004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 2,361.3% volatile
14 Kyrgyzstan 0.0035 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2023 up 482.9% volatile
15 Kuwait 0.0031 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 27.5% volatile
16 Cyprus 0.0031 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 1,175.6% volatile
17 Eritrea 0.003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2007 down 96.1% volatile
18 Myanmar 0.003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 78.6% volatile
19 Suriname 0.0027 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 99.7% volatile
20 Hungary 0.0027 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 5,364.4% volatile
21 Fiji 0.0027 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 1,335.2% volatile
22 Pakistan 0.0026 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 16.3% volatile
23 Rwanda 0.0025 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2023 up 28.5% volatile
24 Greece 0.0024 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 178.8% volatile
25 Senegal 0.0024 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 426.5% volatile
26 Barbados 0.0022 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2009 volatile
27 Slovak Republic 0.0021 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 4,092.3% volatile
28 Malta 0.002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2023 up 138.9% volatile
29 Belarus 0.0019 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 129.4% volatile
30 Kazakhstan 0.0019 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 403.4% volatile
31 Brunei Darussalam 0.0018 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 74.2% volatile
32 Serbia 0.0017 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 volatile
33 United Arab Emirates 0.0017 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 2.3% volatile
34 Burkina Faso 0.0016 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 278.4% volatile
35 South Sudan 0.0016 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2015 down 47.5% volatile
36 Poland 0.0016 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 211.0% volatile
37 Malawi 0.0015 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2022 up 1,241.1% volatile
38 Tunisia 0.0015 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 55.7% volatile
39 Estonia 0.0015 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 1,876.0% volatile
40 Kosovo 0.0013 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2023 up 846.2% volatile
41 Cape Verde 0.0013 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2019 up 23.4% volatile
42 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0013 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2021 up 180.0% volatile
43 Cambodia 0.0013 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2023 down 62.8% volatile
44 Nicaragua 0.001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2019 down 43.4% volatile
45 Denmark 0.001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 101.6% volatile
46 Maldives 0.001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 34.7% volatile
47 Croatia 0.001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 113.7% volatile
48 Bahamas 0.001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2017 up 216.1% volatile
49 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2023 down 75.1% volatile
50 Equatorial Guinea 0.0009 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 78.6% volatile
51 Saudi Arabia 0.0009 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 74.3% volatile
52 Niger 0.0009 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2023 down 24.6% volatile
53 Armenia 0.0008 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 43.8% volatile
54 Belgium 0.0008 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 325.7% volatile
55 New Zealand 0.0008 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 83.4% volatile
56 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.0007 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2021 down 67.3% volatile
57 Romania 0.0007 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 volatile
58 Norway 0.0007 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 2,146.3% volatile
59 Burundi 0.0007 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2019 up 23.7% volatile
60 Singapore 0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 181.3% volatile
61 Montenegro 0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 142.4% volatile
62 Lithuania 0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 188.1% volatile
63 Botswana 0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 1.7% volatile
64 Australia 0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 2.8% volatile
65 Zimbabwe 0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2023 volatile
66 Korea 0.0005 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 12.8% volatile
67 Philippines 0.0005 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 1,178.0% volatile
68 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0005 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2021 volatile
69 Georgia 0.0005 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 793.3% volatile
70 Algeria 0.0005 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 84.1% volatile
71 Syrian Arab Republic 0.0005 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2021 down 93.5% volatile
72 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.0005 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 1,512.8% volatile
73 Jamaica 0.0005 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 547.9% volatile
74 Albania 0.0004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 15.7% volatile
75 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 73.2% volatile
76 Lesotho 0.0004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2019 down 24.7% volatile
77 Yemen 0.0004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2018 down 72.7% volatile
78 Jordan 0.0004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 91.6% volatile
79 Israel 0.0004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 77.7% volatile
80 Azerbaijan 0.0004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 95.5% volatile
81 Mali 0.0004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 538.3% volatile
82 Guyana 0.0004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 volatile
83 Lebanon 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 177.8% volatile
84 Panama 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 1989 down 78.1% volatile
85 Somalia 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 43.6% volatile
86 Sierra Leone 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2016 down 88.1% volatile
87 Uganda 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2023 down 52.6% volatile
88 Belize 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2023 down 63.3% volatile
89 Ethiopia 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 46.0% volatile
90 India 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 80.2% volatile
91 Mauritius 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2022 down 85.4% volatile
92 Netherlands 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 3,242.0% volatile
93 Papua New Guinea 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2023 up 126.0% volatile
94 Türkiye 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 82.7% volatile
95 Tajikistan 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2022 down 40.9% volatile
96 Benin 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 74.8% volatile
97 Nigeria 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 34.3% volatile
98 Slovenia 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 1,189.2% volatile
99 Guinea 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 57.9% volatile
100 Japan 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 267.9% volatile
101 Latvia 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 37.6% volatile
102 Finland 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 67.8% volatile
103 Russia 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 112.5% volatile
104 Cuba 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2004 down 96.8% volatile
105 Togo 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2023 down 91.2% volatile
106 Congo 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2021 down 36.6% volatile
107 Ecuador 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 63.0% volatile
108 Chad 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 93.7% volatile
109 Brazil 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 130.6% volatile
110 Portugal 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 1,391.5% volatile
111 Honduras 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 71.2% volatile
112 Egypt 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 86.8% volatile
113 Italy 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 210.2% volatile
114 Mongolia 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2022 down 97.2% volatile
115 United Kingdom 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 147.4% volatile
116 Bangladesh 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 86.1% volatile
117 Uzbekistan 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2023 down 19.8% volatile
118 Angola 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 1,090.9% volatile
119 Czechia 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 119.2% volatile
120 Morocco 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 97.0% volatile
121 Kenya 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 43.3% volatile
122 Thailand 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 46.5% volatile
123 Indonesia 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 90.1% volatile
124 Ghana 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 48.4% volatile
125 Paraguay 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2021 down 47.2% volatile
126 Costa Rica 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2019 volatile
127 Viet Nam 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 97.7% volatile
128 Uruguay 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 17.0% volatile
129 Ireland 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2023 down 26.0% volatile
130 Sweden 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 46.6% volatile
131 Palestine, State of 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2023 down 79.2% volatile
132 Libya 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 93.4% volatile
133 Sri Lanka 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 49.1% volatile
134 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 191.8% volatile
135 Spain 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 9.6% volatile
136 Iraq 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 97.0% volatile
137 Dominican Republic 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 471.0% volatile
138 South Africa 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2023 up 3,052.9% volatile
139 Madagascar 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2020 volatile
140 Argentina 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 490.9% volatile
141 Canada 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 62.5% volatile
142 France 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 901.2% volatile
143 North Macedonia 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 36.2% volatile
144 Guatemala 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2023 up 42.7% volatile
145 Germany 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 112.9% volatile
146 Gabon 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 57.9% volatile
147 Colombia 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 89.7% volatile
148 Mozambique 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 95.1% volatile
149 Chile 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 91.8% volatile
150 United States 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 29.8% volatile
151 Cameroon 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2023 down 99.0% volatile
152 Sudan 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 97.0% volatile
153 Zambia 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 94.4% volatile
154 Oman 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2023 down 99.3% volatile
155 Switzerland 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2023 up 1,177.3% volatile
156 Côte d'Ivoire 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 72.0% volatile
157 Bulgaria 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2022 down 64.0% volatile
158 Luxembourg 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 77.4% volatile
159 Mexico 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 61.5% volatile
160 Austria 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 up 433.0% volatile
161 Malaysia 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2023 down 92.8% volatile
162 Peru 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 98.2% volatile
163 China (People’s Republic of) 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 96.0% volatile
164 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 100.0% volatile
164 Djibouti 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2023 down 100.0% volatile
164 Gambia 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2023 down 100.0% volatile
164 Liberia 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2022 volatile
164 Nepal 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2021 down 100.0% volatile
164 El Salvador 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 2024 down 100.0% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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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.

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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
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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.