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Military > Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ > Per capita: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.

CONTENTS

# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 United Arab Emirates 525.24 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
2 Israel 205.38 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
3 The Bahamas 179.14 constant 1990 US$ per c 2000
4 Marshall Islands 127.33 constant 1990 US$ per c 1991
5 Greece 100.32 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
6 Singapore 97.42 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
7 Kiribati 76.5 constant 1990 US$ per c 1994
8 Tonga 63.21 constant 1990 US$ per c 1991
9 Eritrea 62.71 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
10 Czech Republic 61.56 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
11 Federated States of Micronesia 55.62 constant 1990 US$ per c 1997
12 Armenia 49.9 constant 1990 US$ per c 2004
13 Malta 44.61 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
OPEC countries average (profile) 40.03 constant 1990 US$ per c 2004
14 Portugal 38.48 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
15 Oman 38.18 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
16 Samoa 37.68 constant 1990 US$ per c 1988
17 Chile 27.98 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
18 Romania 26.76 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) 22.41 constant 1990 US$ per c 2002
19 Kuwait 21.69 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
High income OECD countries average (profile) 21.18 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
Eurozone average (profile) 21.13 constant 1990 US$ per c 2003
20 Bulgaria 20.41 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
21 Saudi Arabia 20.33 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
22 Australia 19.48 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
23 Switzerland 19.36 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
24 Malaysia 18.42 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
25 Solomon Islands 18.41 constant 1990 US$ per c 1991
26 Azerbaijan 17.13 constant 1990 US$ per c 2002
European Union average (profile) 16.37 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
27 Equatorial Guinea 16.25 constant 1990 US$ per c 2004
28 Mongolia 16.24 constant 1990 US$ per c 1988
29 Fiji 15.63 constant 1990 US$ per c 1995
30 Tunisia 15.55 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
NATO countries average (profile) 14.9 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
31 Finland 14.68 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
32 Seychelles 14.53 constant 1990 US$ per c 1988
33 Denmark 14.4 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
34 Bahrain 13.97 constant 1990 US$ per c 2004
35 Suriname 13.95 constant 1990 US$ per c 1999
36 Yemen 13.78 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
37 Qatar 13.64 constant 1990 US$ per c 2003
38 Peru 13.16 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
39 South Africa 12.92 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
40 Libya 12.89 constant 1990 US$ per c 2004
41 Brunei 11.72 constant 1990 US$ per c 2001
42 Sweden 11.53 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
Non-religious countries average (profile) 11.31 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
43 South Korea 11.26 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
44 Iraq 11.12 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
45 Cyprus 11.07 constant 1990 US$ per c 2003
46 Turkey 10.35 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
47 Albania 9.9 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
48 Cuba 9.04 constant 1990 US$ per c 1991
49 Egypt 8.05 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
50 Guyana 8.05 constant 1990 US$ per c 2001
51 Netherlands 7.9 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
52 Sudan 7.6 constant 1990 US$ per c 2004
53 Estonia 7.43 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
Emerging markets average (profile) 7.08 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
54 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.67 constant 1990 US$ per c 1999
55 Spain 6.47 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
56 Namibia 6.47 constant 1990 US$ per c 2004
57 Laos 6.4 constant 1990 US$ per c 2001
58 Iran 5.91 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
59 Uruguay 5.45 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
60 Botswana 5.09 constant 1990 US$ per c 2004
61 Slovakia 5.02 constant 1990 US$ per c 2002
62 The Gambia 4.74 constant 1990 US$ per c 2004
63 Algeria 4.54 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
64 Kazakhstan 4.49 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
65 Panama 4.32 constant 1990 US$ per c 1997
66 Jordan 4.25 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
67 Tajikistan 4.22 constant 1990 US$ per c 1994
68 Belarus 4.09 constant 1990 US$ per c 1999
69 Belize 4 constant 1990 US$ per c 2000
70 Italy 3.82 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
71 Gabon 3.67 constant 1990 US$ per c 2004
72 Vietnam 3.5 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
73 Canada 3.47 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
74 Mauritania 3.4 constant 1990 US$ per c 2000
75 Honduras 3.39 constant 1990 US$ per c 1989
76 Serbia and Montenegro 3.32 constant 1990 US$ per c 2001
77 Latvia 3.04 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
78 Sierra Leone 2.97 constant 1990 US$ per c 1999
79 Dominican Republic 2.9 constant 1990 US$ per c 2004
80 Djibouti 2.67 constant 1990 US$ per c 2002
81 Georgia 2.66 constant 1990 US$ per c 2004
82 Lithuania 2.64 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
83 Germany 2.62 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
84 Liberia 2.61 constant 1990 US$ per c 2000
85 Austria 2.55 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
86 Poland 2.52 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
87 Ecuador 2.5 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
88 Papua New Guinea 2.43 constant 1990 US$ per c 1997
89 Ethiopia 2.32 constant 1990 US$ per c 2004
90 Luxembourg 2.22 constant 1990 US$ per c 2003
91 Cape Verde 2.22 constant 1990 US$ per c 2000
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 2.11 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
92 Turkmenistan 2.1 constant 1990 US$ per c 2004
93 China 2.07 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
94 Japan 1.96 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
95 New Zealand 1.95 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
96 Norway 1.95 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
97 Jamaica 1.94 constant 1990 US$ per c 1999
98 Cambodia 1.84 constant 1990 US$ per c 1997
99 Croatia 1.8 constant 1990 US$ per c 2004
100 Zimbabwe 1.79 constant 1990 US$ per c 2003
101 Chad 1.76 constant 1990 US$ per c 2001
102 Rwanda 1.75 constant 1990 US$ per c 2000
103 Argentina 1.73 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
104 Belgium 1.63 constant 1990 US$ per c 2004
105 United Kingdom 1.56 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
106 Thailand 1.53 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
107 Togo 1.45 constant 1990 US$ per c 1997
108 Burkina Faso 1.44 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
109 Angola 1.38 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
110 Moldova 1.37 constant 1990 US$ per c 1995
111 El Salvador 1.35 constant 1990 US$ per c 2003
112 India 1.34 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
113 Madagascar 1.32 constant 1990 US$ per c 1996
114 United States 1.31 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
115 Ghana 1.25 constant 1990 US$ per c 2004
116 Nepal 1.2 constant 1990 US$ per c 2004
117 Hungary 1.19 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
118 Morocco 1.06 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
119 Slovenia 1 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
120 Bolivia 0.98 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
121 Ireland 0.962 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
122 Swaziland 0.936 constant 1990 US$ per c 2001
123 Uganda 0.935 constant 1990 US$ per c 2004
124 Costa Rica 0.907 constant 1990 US$ per c 1993
125 Guinea-Bissau 0.895 constant 1990 US$ per c 1993
126 Mauritius 0.871 constant 1990 US$ per c 1997
=127 Cote d'Ivoire 0.783 constant 1990 US$ per c 2004
=127 Benin 0.783 constant 1990 US$ per c 2002
129 Trinidad and Tobago 0.776 constant 1990 US$ per c 2001
130 Brazil 0.762 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
131 Afghanistan 0.735 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
132 Kenya 0.73 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
133 Syria 0.7 constant 1990 US$ per c 2004
134 Ukraine 0.611 constant 1990 US$ per c 2004
135 Burundi 0.587 constant 1990 US$ per c 2002
136 Kyrgyzstan 0.583 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
137 Lesotho 0.556 constant 1990 US$ per c 2004
138 Philippines 0.458 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
139 Sri Lanka 0.408 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
140 Burma 0.396 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
141 Cameroon 0.388 constant 1990 US$ per c 2002
142 Mexico 0.34 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
143 Central African Republic 0.316 constant 1990 US$ per c 1992
144 Congo, Republic of the 0.3 constant 1990 US$ per c 1999
145 Niger 0.282 constant 1990 US$ per c 1997
146 Russia 0.27 constant 1990 US$ per c 1995
147 Venezuela 0.263 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
148 Lebanon 0.249 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
149 Nicaragua 0.246 constant 1990 US$ per c 1991
150 Colombia 0.245 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
151 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.243 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
152 Senegal 0.219 constant 1990 US$ per c 1995
153 Malawi 0.201 constant 1990 US$ per c 1994
154 Uzbekistan 0.198 constant 1990 US$ per c 2002
155 Bangladesh 0.19 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
156 Paraguay 0.17 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
157 Somalia 0.147 constant 1990 US$ per c 1999
158 Tanzania 0.137 constant 1990 US$ per c 2003
159 Guinea 0.115 constant 1990 US$ per c 2003
160 Guatemala 0.094 constant 1990 US$ per c 1998
161 Zambia 0.09 constant 1990 US$ per c 2002
162 North Korea 0.089 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
163 Indonesia 0.086 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005
164 Mali 0.081 constant 1990 US$ per c 2002
165 Nigeria 0.072 constant 1990 US$ per c 2004
166 Mozambique 0.052 constant 1990 US$ per c 2003
167 France 0.049 constant 1990 US$ per c 2005

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