Arms imports — all countries

Arms imports — Central America

Arms imports in Central America in 2019 — 60,000,000 M TIV. Since 1963, the indicator has fallen by 18.9%.

2019 60,000,000 M TIV +172.73% vs 2018
World rank
Period maximum 507,000,000 M TIV1982
Period minimum 18,000,000 M TIV1965

Trend over time

1963–2019 · million TIV (constant 1990 prices)

Arms imports — Central America, 1963–20190200,000,000400,000,000600,000,00019631969197519811987199319992005201120171963: 74,000,000 M TIV1965: 18,000,000 M TIV1966: 31,000,000 M TIV1971: 118,000,000 M TIV1973: 188,000,000 M TIV1975: 258,000,000 M TIV1976: 147,000,000 M TIV1977: 107,000,000 M TIV1978: 135,000,000 M TIV1979: 95,000,000 M TIV1980: 111,000,000 M TIV1981: 248,000,000 M TIV1982: 507,000,000 M TIV1983: 233,000,000 M TIV1984: 264,000,000 M TIV1985: 208,000,000 M TIV1986: 317,000,000 M TIV1988: 233,000,000 M TIV1989: 102,000,000 M TIV2018: 22,000,000 M TIV2019: 60,000,000 M TIV
Change over the period: −14,000,000 (−18.92%) Average annual rate: -0.37 %

Comparison, 2019

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

Central America 60,000,000 M TIV
World 26,606,000,000 M TIV
Arms imports — Central America, by year Central America All countries CSV XLSX
Year M TIV Change Change, %
2019 60,000,000 +38,000,000 +172.73%
2018 22,000,000
1989 102,000,000 −131,000,000 −56.22%
1988 233,000,000
1986 317,000,000 +109,000,000 +52.4%
1985 208,000,000 −56,000,000 −21.21%
1984 264,000,000 +31,000,000 +13.3%
1983 233,000,000 −274,000,000 −54.04%
1982 507,000,000 +259,000,000 +104.44%
1981 248,000,000 +137,000,000 +123.42%
1980 111,000,000 +16,000,000 +16.84%
1979 95,000,000 −40,000,000 −29.63%
1978 135,000,000 +28,000,000 +26.17%
1977 107,000,000 −40,000,000 −27.21%
1976 147,000,000 −111,000,000 −43.02%
1975 258,000,000
1973 188,000,000
1971 118,000,000
1966 31,000,000 +13,000,000 +72.22%
1965 18,000,000
1963 74,000,000

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.