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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. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
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| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 573.89 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 2 | Palau | 339.08 constant 1990 US$ | 1996 | ||
| 3 | Israel | 205.19 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 4 | The Bahamas | 181.35 constant 1990 US$ | 2000 | ||
| 5 | Marshall Islands | 123.76 constant 1990 US$ | 1991 | ||
| 6 | Greece | 100.32 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 7 | Singapore | 99.16 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 8 | Kiribati | 79.63 constant 1990 US$ | 1994 | ||
| 9 | Tonga | 62.95 constant 1990 US$ | 1991 | ||
| 10 | Czech Republic | 61.55 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 11 | Eritrea | 56.86 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 12 | Federated States of Micronesia | 55.3 constant 1990 US$ | 1997 | ||
| 13 | Armenia | 49.91 constant 1990 US$ | 2004 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 46.04 constant 1990 US$ | 2004 | |||
| 14 | Malta | 44.57 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 15 | Oman | 38.85 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 16 | Portugal | 38.49 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 17 | Samoa | 37.17 constant 1990 US$ | 1988 | ||
| 18 | Chile | 27.91 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 19 | Romania | 26.76 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 20 | Kuwait | 23.95 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 23.04 constant 1990 US$ | 2002 | |||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 21.17 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | |||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 20.93 constant 1990 US$ | 2003 | |||
| 21 | Bulgaria | 20.41 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 22 | Australia | 19.42 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 23 | Switzerland | 19.36 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 19.04 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 25 | Solomon Islands | 18.71 constant 1990 US$ | 1991 | ||
| 26 | Malaysia | 18.07 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 27 | Azerbaijan | 17.13 constant 1990 US$ | 2002 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | 16.37 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | |||
| 28 | Mongolia | 15.79 constant 1990 US$ | 1988 | ||
| 29 | Tunisia | 15.55 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 30 | Fiji | 15.47 constant 1990 US$ | 1995 | ||
| 31 | Qatar | 15.15 constant 1990 US$ | 2003 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 14.92 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | |||
| 32 | Finland | 14.68 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 33 | Seychelles | 14.52 constant 1990 US$ | 1988 | ||
| 34 | Denmark | 14.39 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 35 | Yemen | 14.35 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 36 | Equatorial Guinea | 13.65 constant 1990 US$ | 2004 | ||
| 37 | Libya | 13.44 constant 1990 US$ | 2004 | ||
| 38 | Peru | 13.27 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 39 | Suriname | 13.04 constant 1990 US$ | 1999 | ||
| 40 | South Africa | 12.84 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 41 | Bahrain | 12.19 constant 1990 US$ | 2004 | ||
| 42 | Brunei | 11.8 constant 1990 US$ | 2001 | ||
| 43 | Sweden | 11.52 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 11.37 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | |||
| 44 | South Korea | 11.3 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 45 | Turkey | 11.01 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 46 | Iraq | 10.59 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 47 | Albania | 9.7 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 48 | Cuba | 8.98 constant 1990 US$ | 1991 | ||
| 49 | Sudan | 8.77 constant 1990 US$ | 2004 | ||
| 50 | Egypt | 8.3 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 51 | Guyana | 8.03 constant 1990 US$ | 2001 | ||
| 52 | Cyprus | 8.01 constant 1990 US$ | 2003 | ||
| 53 | Netherlands | 7.9 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 54 | Estonia | 7.43 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 7.08 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | |||
| 55 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.66 constant 1990 US$ | 1999 | ||
| 56 | Namibia | 6.49 constant 1990 US$ | 2004 | ||
| 57 | Spain | 6.47 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 58 | Laos | 6.22 constant 1990 US$ | 2001 | ||
| 59 | Iran | 5.74 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 60 | Uruguay | 5.41 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 61 | The Gambia | 5.03 constant 1990 US$ | 2004 | ||
| 62 | Slovakia | 5.02 constant 1990 US$ | 2002 | ||
| 63 | Botswana | 4.85 constant 1990 US$ | 2004 | ||
| 64 | Kazakhstan | 4.49 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 65 | Algeria | 4.39 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 66 | Jordan | 4.25 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 67 | Tajikistan | 4.21 constant 1990 US$ | 1994 | ||
| 68 | Belize | 4.19 constant 1990 US$ | 2000 | ||
| 69 | Panama | 4.18 constant 1990 US$ | 1997 | ||
| 70 | Belarus | 4.09 constant 1990 US$ | 1999 | ||
| 71 | Italy | 3.82 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 72 | Gabon | 3.71 constant 1990 US$ | 2004 | ||
| 73 | Vietnam | 3.53 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 74 | Canada | 3.47 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 75 | Honduras | 3.36 constant 1990 US$ | 1989 | ||
| 76 | Mauritania | 3.32 constant 1990 US$ | 2000 | ||
| 77 | Sierra Leone | 3.23 constant 1990 US$ | 1999 | ||
| 78 | Latvia | 3.04 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 79 | Dominican Republic | 2.93 constant 1990 US$ | 2004 | ||
| 80 | Georgia | 2.78 constant 1990 US$ | 2004 | ||
| 81 | Liberia | 2.77 constant 1990 US$ | 2000 | ||
| 82 | Djibouti | 2.69 constant 1990 US$ | 2002 | ||
| 83 | Lithuania | 2.64 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 84 | Germany | 2.62 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 85 | Austria | 2.55 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 86 | Poland | 2.52 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 87 | Papua New Guinea | 2.41 constant 1990 US$ | 1997 | ||
| 88 | Ecuador | 2.4 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 89 | Cape Verde | 2.26 constant 1990 US$ | 2000 | ||
| 90 | Luxembourg | 2.21 constant 1990 US$ | 2003 | ||
| 91 | Ethiopia | 2.19 constant 1990 US$ | 2004 | ||
| 92 | Turkmenistan | 2.13 constant 1990 US$ | 2004 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 2.11 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | |||
| 93 | China | 2.07 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 94 | Japan | 1.96 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 95 | Norway | 1.95 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 96 | Jamaica | 1.94 constant 1990 US$ | 1999 | ||
| 97 | New Zealand | 1.94 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 98 | Cambodia | 1.93 constant 1990 US$ | 1997 | ||
| 99 | Zimbabwe | 1.81 constant 1990 US$ | 2003 | ||
| 100 | Croatia | 1.8 constant 1990 US$ | 2004 | ||
| 101 | Chad | 1.74 constant 1990 US$ | 2001 | ||
| 102 | Argentina | 1.73 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 103 | Rwanda | 1.67 constant 1990 US$ | 2000 | ||
| 104 | Moldova | 1.63 constant 1990 US$ | 1995 | ||
| 105 | Belgium | 1.63 constant 1990 US$ | 2004 | ||
| 106 | United Kingdom | 1.56 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 107 | Togo | 1.55 constant 1990 US$ | 1997 | ||
| 108 | Thailand | 1.49 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 109 | El Salvador | 1.49 constant 1990 US$ | 2003 | ||
| 110 | Burkina Faso | 1.42 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 111 | Madagascar | 1.37 constant 1990 US$ | 1996 | ||
| 112 | Angola | 1.33 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 113 | United States | 1.31 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 114 | India | 1.31 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 115 | Ghana | 1.3 constant 1990 US$ | 2004 | ||
| 116 | Nepal | 1.28 constant 1990 US$ | 2004 | ||
| 117 | Hungary | 1.19 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 118 | Morocco | 1.06 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 119 | Slovenia | 1 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 120 | Bolivia | 0.962 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 121 | Ireland | 0.962 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 122 | Uganda | 0.936 constant 1990 US$ | 2004 | ||
| 123 | Swaziland | 0.93 constant 1990 US$ | 2001 | ||
| 124 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.918 constant 1990 US$ | 1993 | ||
| 125 | Costa Rica | 0.906 constant 1990 US$ | 1993 | ||
| 126 | Afghanistan | 0.885 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 127 | Mauritius | 0.871 constant 1990 US$ | 1997 | ||
| 128 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.817 constant 1990 US$ | 2004 | ||
| 129 | Benin | 0.809 constant 1990 US$ | 2002 | ||
| 130 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.786 constant 1990 US$ | 2001 | ||
| 131 | Brazil | 0.763 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 132 | Syria | 0.735 constant 1990 US$ | 2004 | ||
| 133 | Kenya | 0.699 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 134 | Ukraine | 0.611 constant 1990 US$ | 2004 | ||
| 135 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.581 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 136 | Burundi | 0.568 constant 1990 US$ | 2002 | ||
| 137 | Lesotho | 0.523 constant 1990 US$ | 2004 | ||
| 138 | Philippines | 0.443 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 139 | Sri Lanka | 0.407 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 140 | Burma | 0.399 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 141 | Cameroon | 0.358 constant 1990 US$ | 2002 | ||
| 142 | Central African Republic | 0.328 constant 1990 US$ | 1992 | ||
| 143 | Mexico | 0.316 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 144 | Niger | 0.305 constant 1990 US$ | 1997 | ||
| 145 | Russia | 0.27 constant 1990 US$ | 1995 | ||
| 146 | Venezuela | 0.262 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 147 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.259 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 148 | Colombia | 0.255 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 149 | Lebanon | 0.251 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 150 | Nicaragua | 0.236 constant 1990 US$ | 1991 | ||
| 151 | Senegal | 0.23 constant 1990 US$ | 1995 | ||
| 152 | Malawi | 0.203 constant 1990 US$ | 1994 | ||
| 153 | Uzbekistan | 0.198 constant 1990 US$ | 2002 | ||
| 154 | Bangladesh | 0.189 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 155 | Paraguay | 0.169 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 156 | Somalia | 0.14 constant 1990 US$ | 1999 | ||
| 157 | Tanzania | 0.136 constant 1990 US$ | 2003 | ||
| 158 | Guinea | 0.109 constant 1990 US$ | 2003 | ||
| 159 | Zambia | 0.0941 constant 1990 US$ | 2002 | ||
| 160 | Guatemala | 0.0935 constant 1990 US$ | 1998 | ||
| 161 | Mali | 0.0919 constant 1990 US$ | 2002 | ||
| 162 | Indonesia | 0.0846 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 163 | North Korea | 0.084 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 | ||
| 164 | Nigeria | 0.0735 constant 1990 US$ | 2004 | ||
| 165 | Mozambique | 0.0503 constant 1990 US$ | 2003 | ||
| 166 | France | 0.0475 constant 1990 US$ | 2005 |
Citation
Interesting observations about Military > Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ per capita
- Israel ranked first for arms imports > constant 1990 US$ per capita amongst High income OECD countries in 2005.
- Greece ranked first for arms imports > constant 1990 US$ per capita amongst European Union in 2005.
- Chile ranked first for arms imports > constant 1990 US$ per capita amongst Emerging markets in 2005.
- United States ranked second last for arms imports > constant 1990 US$ per capita amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2005.
- United Arab Emirates ranked first for arms imports > constant 1990 US$ per capita amongst Muslim countries in 2005.
- Czech Republic ranked first for arms imports > constant 1990 US$ per capita amongst Cold countries in 2005.
- Palau ranked first for arms imports > constant 1990 US$ per capita amongst Christian countries in 1996.
- France ranked last for arms imports > constant 1990 US$ per capita amongst Non-religious countries in 2005.
- United Kingdom ranked 4th last for arms imports > constant 1990 US$ per capita amongst NATO countries in 2005.
- All of the top 2 countries by arms imports > constant 1990 US$ per capita are Tourist destination.
