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

The highest recorded value was 0.0268 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in 1960.

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

The lowest recorded value was 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in 2021.

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

Upper middle income ranks 29th out of 42 groups with data for 2024.

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

Over the last ten years it is down 36.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

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

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

Upper 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 0.8%

Rank

29th

of 42 groups

All-time high

0.0268 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP

in 1960

All-time low

0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP

in 2021

Years of data

1960–2024

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP in Upper 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 Upper middle income stood at 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP.

That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 36.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp in Upper middle income peaked at 0.0268 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in 1960 and was at its lowest, 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP, in 2021.

Upper middle income ranks 29th of 42 groups on this measure, 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 Upper middle income, year by year

Annual values for Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP in Upper middle income, 1960 to 2024.
Year	SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	Change
1960	0.0268 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	—
1962	0.025 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-6.9%
1963	0.0166 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-33.6%
1964	0.0176 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+6.2%
1965	0.016 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-9.3%
1966	0.017 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+6.2%
1967	0.0165 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-2.6%
1968	0.0172 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+4.3%
1969	0.016 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-7.4%
1970	0.0152 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-4.5%
1971	0.0184 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+20.8%
1972	0.0176 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-4.5%
1973	0.0175 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-0.7%
1974	0.0144 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-17.5%
1975	0.015 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+3.9%
1976	0.0134 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-10.6%
1977	0.0155 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+16.2%
1978	0.015 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-3.2%
1979	0.0098 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-35.0%
1980	0.0083 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-15.0%
1981	0.0087 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+4.2%
1982	0.0081 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-7.0%
1983	0.0079 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-2.4%
1984	0.0074 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-5.8%
1985	0.0053 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-28.7%
1986	0.0043 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-19.5%
1987	0.0049 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+14.7%
1988	0.0034 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-30.5%
1989	0.0026 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-23.2%
1990	0.002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-24.5%
1991	0.0022 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+12.4%
1992	0.0018 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-16.6%
1993	0.002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+9.6%
1994	0.0018 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-10.8%
1995	0.0015 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-15.6%
1996	0.0016 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+3.5%
1997	0.0015 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-5.2%
1998	0.0012 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-20.5%
1999	0.0016 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+36.0%
2000	0.0013 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-17.5%
2001	0.0014 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+6.2%
2002	0.0012 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-12.2%
2003	0.0009 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-28.4%
2004	0.001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+7.4%
2005	0.0009 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-1.2%
2006	0.0008 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-14.1%
2007	0.0007 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-16.3%
2008	0.0005 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-20.1%
2009	0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+3.6%
2010	0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-40.8%
2011	0.0004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+24.5%
2012	0.0004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-4.0%
2013	0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-27.7%
2014	0.0004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+38.0%
2015	0.0004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+0.5%
2016	0.0005 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+33.1%
2017	0.0004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-29.3%
2018	0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-16.6%
2019	0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-36.2%
2020	0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-24.2%
2021	0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-10.5%
2022	0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+57.9%
2023	0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	+18.8%
2024	0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	-0.8%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.0187 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.016 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.0268 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	9
1970s	0.0152 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.0098 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.0184 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	10
1980s	0.0061 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.0026 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.0087 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	10
1990s	0.0017 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.0012 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.0022 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	10
2000s	0.0009 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.0005 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.0014 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	10
2010s	0.0004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.0005 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	10
2020s	0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP	5

Countries ranked near Upper middle income

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
31 Brunei Darussalam 0.0018 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP compare
32 Serbia 0.0017 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP compare

See the full ranking of 213 places →

More public sector data for Upper middle income

Arms imports 8.06 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 2.63 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 2.75 % change on previous year (2024)
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 8.06 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 179.69 current USD per person (2024)
Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0172 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 6.71 % change on previous year (2024)
Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 551.35 billion current USD (2024)
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 176.55 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Military expenditure (current USD), per square kilometre 11,632 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 Upper middle income?: Arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp in Upper 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 Upper middle income?: The highest recorded value was 0.0268 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in 1960.
What is the lowest arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp recorded in Upper middle income?: The lowest recorded value was 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in 2021.
How does Upper middle income rank for arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp?: Upper middle income ranks 29th out of 42 groups with data for 2024.
Is arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp rising or falling in Upper middle income?: Over the last ten years it is down 36.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Upper 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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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$)

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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.