What is the highest arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?

The highest recorded value was 0.136 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 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?

The lowest recorded value was 0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in 2024.

How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) rank for arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp?

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 8th out of 42 groups with data for 2024.

Is arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?

Over the last ten years it is down 68.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)

Name: Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
Creator: Statizoid (derived)
License: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD): Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP was 0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)

0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP

Change on year

down 71.1%

Rank

8th

of 42 groups

All-time high

0.136 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP

in 1967

All-time low

0.0006 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 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), 1960–2024

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

Analysis

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) recorded 0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP for arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 71.1% on the previous year and down 68.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) peaked at 0.136 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in 1967 and was at its lowest, 0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP, in 2024.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 8th of 42 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.

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 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), year by year

Annual values for Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), 1960 to 2024.
Year	SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	Change
1960	0.031 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	—
1961	0.0453 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+46.1%
1962	0.0655 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+44.5%
1963	0.0613 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-6.5%
1964	0.0619 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+1.0%
1965	0.0744 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+20.3%
1966	0.1303 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+75.1%
1967	0.136 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+4.3%
1968	0.1023 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-24.8%
1969	0.1086 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+6.2%
1970	0.0981 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-9.7%
1971	0.103 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+5.0%
1972	0.1263 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+22.7%
1973	0.1324 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+4.8%
1974	0.0882 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-33.4%
1975	0.0751 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-14.8%
1976	0.0532 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-29.2%
1977	0.0652 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+22.5%
1978	0.0627 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-3.8%
1979	0.0427 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-31.9%
1980	0.0356 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-16.7%
1981	0.0375 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+5.3%
1982	0.0406 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+8.3%
1983	0.0302 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-25.5%
1984	0.0288 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-4.7%
1985	0.0219 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-24.0%
1986	0.0172 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-21.5%
1987	0.022 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+27.8%
1988	0.0152 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-30.8%
1989	0.0158 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+4.3%
1990	0.0105 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-33.5%
1991	0.0138 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+30.7%
1992	0.0055 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-59.9%
1993	0.0104 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+87.9%
1994	0.0104 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+0.2%
1995	0.0075 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-27.5%
1996	0.0055 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-26.6%
1997	0.005 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-9.0%
1998	0.0042 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-16.8%
1999	0.0045 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+8.5%
2000	0.004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-11.3%
2001	0.0045 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+10.6%
2002	0.0053 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+18.5%
2003	0.0035 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-33.5%
2005	0.0028 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-20.6%
2006	0.0024 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-15.4%
2007	0.0024 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-0.1%
2008	0.0028 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+18.6%
2009	0.0027 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-4.0%
2010	0.0036 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+35.6%
2011	0.0033 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-8.5%
2012	0.0024 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-27.6%
2013	0.0019 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-20.6%
2014	0.002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+4.6%
2015	0.0029 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+44.4%
2016	0.0046 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+59.7%
2017	0.0037 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-20.5%
2018	0.003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-17.3%
2019	0.0016 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-47.3%
2020	0.0019 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+19.7%
2021	0.0014 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-26.0%
2022	0.0016 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+11.5%
2023	0.0022 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+39.0%
2024	0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-71.1%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.0817 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.031 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.136 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	10
1970s	0.0847 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.0427 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.1324 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	10
1980s	0.0265 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.0152 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.0406 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	10
1990s	0.0077 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.0042 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.0138 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	10
2000s	0.0034 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.0024 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.0053 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	9
2010s	0.0029 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.0016 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.0046 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	10
2020s	0.0015 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.0022 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	5

Countries ranked near Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)

5 Turkmenistan 0.0145 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP compare
6 Tonga 0.0138 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP compare
7 Seychelles 0.0128 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP compare
8 Mauritania 0.0116 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP compare
9 Guinea-Bissau 0.0081 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP compare
10 Qatar 0.0053 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP compare
11 Haiti 0.005 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP compare

See the full ranking of 213 places →

More public sector data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)

Arms imports 1.39 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 1.88 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -69.58 % change on previous year (2024)
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 1.39 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 79.4 current USD per person (2024)
Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0268 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 8.95 % change on previous year (2024)
Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 58.47 billion current USD (2024)
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 453.25 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Military expenditure (current USD), per square kilometre 5,339 current USD per square kilometre (2023)

All data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) →

Frequently asked questions

What is arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?: Arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) was 0.0006 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 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?: The highest recorded value was 0.136 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 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?: The lowest recorded value was 0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in 2024.
How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) rank for arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp?: Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 8th out of 42 groups with data for 2024.
Is arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?: Over the last ten years it is down 68.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD). Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://public-sector.statizoid.com/stat/arms-imports-sipri-trend-indicator-values-per-unit-of-gdp/middle-east-north-africa-afghanistan-and-pakistan-ida-and-ibrd/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://public-sector.statizoid.com/stat/arms-imports-sipri-trend-indicator-values-per-unit-of-gdp/middle-east-north-africa-afghanistan-and-pakistan-ida-and-ibrd/">Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)</a> — Statizoid

How this figure is calculated

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.

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) ÷ GDP (current US$)

Computed from

Arms imports Arms Transfers Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks

Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.

About this data

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.