Arms imports — all countries

Arms imports — Eritrea

Arms imports in Eritrea in 2007 — 4,000,000 M TIV. Ranked 95 in the world out of 109. Since 1993, the indicator has fallen by 81%.

2007 4,000,000 M TIV −95.96% vs 2005
World rank 95of 109
Period maximum 212,000,000 M TIV1998
Period minimum 4,000,000 M TIV2007

Trend over time

1993–2007 · million TIV (constant 1990 prices)

Arms imports — Eritrea, 1993–20070100,000,000200,000,000300,000,000199319951997199920012003200520071993: 21,000,000 M TIV1994: 20,000,000 M TIV1995: 7,000,000 M TIV1996: 43,000,000 M TIV1997: 53,000,000 M TIV1998: 212,000,000 M TIV1999: 31,000,000 M TIV2000: 20,000,000 M TIV2001: 57,000,000 M TIV2002: 18,000,000 M TIV2003: 17,000,000 M TIV2004: 80,000,000 M TIV2005: 99,000,000 M TIV2007: 4,000,000 M TIV
Change over the period: −17,000,000 (−80.95%) Average annual rate: -11.17 %

Comparison, 2007

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Eritrea

Eritrea 4,000,000 M TIV
World 26,511,000,000 M TIV
Sub-Saharan Africa 1,251,000,000 M TIV
Arms imports — Eritrea, by year Eritrea All countries CSV XLSX
Year M TIV Change Change, %
2007 4,000,000
2005 99,000,000 +19,000,000 +23.75%
2004 80,000,000 +63,000,000 +370.59%
2003 17,000,000 −1,000,000 −5.56%
2002 18,000,000 −39,000,000 −68.42%
2001 57,000,000 +37,000,000 +185%
2000 20,000,000 −11,000,000 −35.48%
1999 31,000,000 −181,000,000 −85.38%
1998 212,000,000 +159,000,000 +300%
1997 53,000,000 +10,000,000 +23.26%
1996 43,000,000 +36,000,000 +514.29%
1995 7,000,000 −13,000,000 −65%
1994 20,000,000 −1,000,000 −4.76%
1993 21,000,000

Eastern Africa, 2007

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

Transfers of major conventional weapons into the country, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV) in constant 1990 prices. The indicator reflects dependence on arms supplies from abroad: countries with a developed defense industry have low imports alongside high military expenditure.

Source: Military Expenditure Database (SIPRI), license SIPRI terms of use.