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Arms Imports (% of total imports), 2015

2015, as U.S. Department of State’s 2021 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

What share of each country's imports are weapons and military services, valued in U.S. dollars by the State Department's World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers report. The report's final edition, published in 2021, covers 2009 to 2019.

Arms Imports (% of total imports), 2015 covers 170 countries on 2 measures. Afghanistan is highest, at 36.2; 25 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0. The middle country reads 0.3. Against 2014, 121 values changed (68 up, 53 down), the same countries are covered.

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Arms Imports (% of total imports) · Data for 2015

HighestAfghanistan

36.2

Lowest25 countries share it

0.0

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Arms Imports (% of total imports), 2015, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 170 countries · select a heading to sort

Arms Imports (% of total imports), 2015: every country, as published by U.S. Department of State.
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia36.23.3
SyriaSYRWestern Asia19.81.3
IraqIRQWestern Asia9.76.1
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa8.50.3
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa6.95.0
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia5.815.4
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia5.70.3
IsraelISRWestern Asia5.44.9
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia4.60.9
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa4.4—
JapanJPNEastern Asia3.630.9
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.98.4
QatarQATWestern Asia2.91.9
VenezuelaVENSouth America2.91.5
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa2.71.9
OmanOMNWestern Asia2.71.1
SudanSDNNorthern Africa2.70.3
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia2.51.3
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean2.50.3
JordanJORWestern Asia2.40.6
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia2.31.2
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia2.36.6
HondurasHNDCentral America2.00.2
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia2.00.3
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa1.80.2

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Afghanistan36.2
  2. Syria19.8
  3. Iraq9.7
  4. Djibouti8.5
  5. Egypt6.9

Lowest

  1. Kosovoshared0.0
  2. Uruguayshared0.0
  3. Timor-Lesteshared0.0
  4. Togoshared0.0
  5. Eswatinishared0.0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.3. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Arms imports (billions of constant 2019 US$)

    HighestJapan30.9

    Lowest2 share it

    Middle country: 0.6

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 121values changed, of 170 in both
  • 68 · 53rose · fell
  • 49unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • One year of the 2021 release

    Every year in this series comes from U.S. Department of State’s 2021 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 2015.

  • 35 distinct values among 170

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 33 countries share 0.1. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • 82 empty cells

    An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

05The files

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U.S. Department of State (2015). Arms Imports (% of total imports), 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/arms-imports/2015

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