What is the lowest arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp recorded in Low & middle income?

The lowest recorded value was 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in 2024.

How does Low & middle income rank for arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp?

Low & middle income ranks 27th out of 42 groups with data for 2024.

Is arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp rising or falling in Low & middle income?

Over the last ten years it is down 50.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP in Low & middle income

Name: Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP in Low & middle income
Creator: Statizoid (derived)
License: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page

Low & middle income: Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP was 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)

0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP

Change on year

down 25.3%

Rank

27th

of 42 groups

All-time high

0.0267 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP

in 1967

All-time low

0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP

in 2024

Years of data

1960–2024

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP in Low & middle income, 1960–2024

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP.

Analysis

In 2024, arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp in Low & middle income stood at 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 25.3% on the previous year and down 50.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp in Low & middle income peaked at 0.0267 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in 1967 and was at its lowest, 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP, in 2024.

That places Low & middle income 27th out of 42 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP in Low & middle income, year by year

Annual values for Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP in Low & middle income, 1960 to 2024.
Year	SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	Change
1960	0.0229 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	—
1962	0.0216 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-5.7%
1963	0.0171 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-21.0%
1964	0.0181 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+5.8%
1965	0.018 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-0.2%
1966	0.0254 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+40.7%
1967	0.0267 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+5.2%
1968	0.0253 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-5.4%
1969	0.0219 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-13.5%
1970	0.0205 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-6.1%
1971	0.026 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+26.6%
1972	0.0257 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-1.3%
1973	0.0236 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-7.9%
1974	0.0182 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-22.8%
1975	0.0164 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-10.3%
1976	0.0141 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-13.9%
1977	0.0165 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+16.8%
1978	0.0152 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-7.6%
1979	0.0112 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-26.3%
1980	0.0103 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-7.8%
1981	0.0102 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-1.4%
1982	0.0106 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+4.4%
1983	0.01 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-5.7%
1984	0.0096 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-4.2%
1985	0.0081 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-16.1%
1986	0.0074 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-7.7%
1987	0.008 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+7.4%
1988	0.0061 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-24.3%
1989	0.0052 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-14.0%
1990	0.0039 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-24.3%
1991	0.0036 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-9.5%
1992	0.0024 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-31.7%
1993	0.0027 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+10.0%
1994	0.0025 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-5.3%
1995	0.0021 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-16.7%
1996	0.0018 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-14.3%
1997	0.002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+8.6%
1998	0.0015 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-26.1%
1999	0.002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+38.7%
2000	0.0016 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-20.1%
2001	0.0017 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+6.4%
2002	0.0018 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+4.0%
2003	0.0015 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-18.3%
2004	0.0013 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-7.6%
2005	0.0011 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-15.5%
2006	0.001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-12.7%
2007	0.0009 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-7.6%
2008	0.0007 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-20.0%
2009	0.0007 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+1.5%
2010	0.0007 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-5.5%
2011	0.0008 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+12.7%
2012	0.0007 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-5.4%
2013	0.0007 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-11.8%
2014	0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-13.2%
2015	0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+3.2%
2016	0.0007 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+19.9%
2017	0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-16.9%
2018	0.0005 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-18.4%
2019	0.0004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-18.7%
2020	0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-18.4%
2021	0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-0.4%
2022	0.0004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+10.5%
2023	0.0004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+8.2%
2024	0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-25.3%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.0219 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.0171 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.0267 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	9
1970s	0.0187 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.0112 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.026 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	10
1980s	0.0085 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.0052 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.0106 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	10
1990s	0.0024 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.0015 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.0039 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	10
2000s	0.0012 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.0007 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.0018 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	10
2010s	0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.0004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.0008 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	10
2020s	0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.0004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	5

Countries ranked near Low & middle income

24 Greece 0.0024 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP compare
25 Senegal 0.0024 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP compare
26 Barbados 0.0022 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP compare
27 Slovakia 0.0021 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP compare
28 Malta 0.002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP compare
29 Belarus 0.0019 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP compare
30 Kazakhstan 0.0019 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP compare

See the full ranking of 213 places →

More public sector data for Low & middle income

Arms imports 11.23 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 1.67 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -22.65 % change on previous year (2024)
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 11.23 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 102.29 current USD per person (2024)
Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0174 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 6.41 % change on previous year (2024)
Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 687.69 billion current USD (2024)
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 186.09 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Military expenditure (current USD), per square kilometre 8,286 current USD per square kilometre (2023)

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Frequently asked questions

What is arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp in Low & middle income?: Arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp in Low & middle income was 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp recorded in Low & middle income?: The highest recorded value was 0.0267 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in 1967.
What is the lowest arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp recorded in Low & middle income?: The lowest recorded value was 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in 2024.
How does Low & middle income rank for arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp?: Low & middle income ranks 27th out of 42 groups with data for 2024.
Is arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp rising or falling in Low & middle income?: Over the last ten years it is down 50.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Low & middle income data come from?: The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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: 18 August 2026

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.