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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Namibia30,00,00010,00,0005,70,00,00090,00,00020,00,00030,00,0003,50,00,0005,40,00,000
Botswana2,20,00,0005,30,00,0001,00,00,00060,00,00080,00,00050,00,00050,00,00070,00,0007,60,00,0001,60,00,0001,10,00,00010,00,0001,10,00,000
Lesotho10,00,00010,00,00010,00,000
South Africa51,00,00,0001,10,00,00060,00,00026,20,00,00017,80,00,00020,80,00,00012,70,00,00010,00,0005,00,00,00020,00,0003,00,00,0003,00,00,000
इस्वातिनी10,00,00020,00,000