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.

Arms imports in constant prices of 1990 (US dollars)

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Democratic Republic of the Congo1,90,00,00050,00,0008,90,00,0002,60,00,00015,60,00,0001,50,00,00010,00,00030,00,0004,30,00,00010,00,00060,00,0002,70,00,0003,50,00,000
Guinea10,00,00010,00,0002,60,00,00010,00,00050,00,00010,00,00040,00,00050,00,00020,00,00010,00,00040,00,00010,00,00010,00,00060,00,000
Chad4,20,00,00010,00,00040,00,0005,90,00,0005,80,00,00010,00,00020,00,00060,00,00070,00,00010,00,00040,00,0004,30,00,00050,00,0003,20,00,00040,00,000
Somalia1,60,00,00030,00,00010,00,00020,00,00020,00,00080,00,00020,00,00020,00,00040,00,00040,00,000
Côte d'Ivoire70,00,000060,00,00050,00,00050,00,0001,40,00,0001,00,00,0001,50,00,00030,00,00090,00,0002,20,00,0006,70,00,00030,00,000
Papua New Guinea40,00,00030,00,000080,00,0001,40,00,00090,00,000
Solomon Islands70,00,00070,00,000
Timor-Leste1,80,00,0001,40,00,000
Yemen7,80,00,00015,80,00,00031,10,00,00026,10,00,0004,70,00,0003,80,00,0002,30,00,00060,00,0003,30,00,00070,00,00060,00,00090,00,00010,00,000
Afghanistan90,00,0001,69,00,00,0003,30,00,00036,50,00,00063,20,00,00051,80,00,00025,30,00,00032,30,00,00013,10,00,00017,10,00,00023,60,00,00031,30,00,00038,10,00,00023,10,00,0006,50,00,000
Burundi60,00,00020,00,00050,00,00010,00,00030,00,00020,00,000
Central African Republic70,00,00020,00,00010,00,0004,40,00,00020,00,0004,30,00,000
Comoros10,00,000
Guinea Bissau2,00,00,000
Liberia30,00,00090,00,00010,00,0000
Sierra Leone20,00,000010,00,00010,00,00020,00,000
South Sudan20,00,0006,50,00,00020,00,0001,00,00,0003,60,00,0001,90,00,00080,00,00080,00,0001,00,00,000
Togo20,00,00010,00,0001,50,00,00060,00,00050,00,0001,00,00,0005,90,00,00020,00,000