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Arms procurements (non‑allies)

Arms imports from non-allied Index countries expressed in SIPRI trend indicator values (2013–18)

Distribution of Asia Power Index countriesThis chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for arms procurements (non-allies). Embed

Arms procurements (non-allies)

Arms imports from non-allied Index countries expressed in SIPRI trend indicator values (2013–18)

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
Rank Score Trend Country / Territory
Weighting × 1 Source Year
  • 1 100.0 — India
    $ 14.7 Bn* 2013-2018
  • 2 +1 37.1 China
    $ 5.44 Bn* 2013-2018
  • 3 −1 29.8 Pakistan
    $ 4.36 Bn* 2013-2018
  • 4 26.0 Vietnam
    $ 3.81 Bn* 2013-2018
  • 5 14.8 Bangladesh
    $ 2.17 Bn* 2013-2018
  • 6 14.7 Indonesia
    $ 2.15 Bn* 2013-2018
  • 7 10.3 Singapore
    $ 1.50 Bn* 2013-2018
  • 8 6.7 Myanmar
    $ 976 M* 2013-2018
  • 9 +1 4.2 Thailand
    $ 611 M* 2013-2018
  • 10 −1 2.7 Philippines
    $ 402 M* 2013-2018
  • 11 +3 1.0 Sri Lanka
    $ 153 M* 2013-2018
  • 12 0.9 — Malaysia
    $ 129 M* 2013-2018
  • 13 +3 0.9 Laos
    $ 127 M* 2013-2018
  • 14 −1 0.6 — Brunei
    $ 87 M* 2013-2018
  • 15 −4 0.5 — Mongolia
    $ 74 M* 2013-2018
  • 16 −1 0.3 — Cambodia
    $ 41 M* 2013-2018
  • 17 0.2 — Nepal
    $ 28 M* 2013-2018
  • 18 0.1 — Papua New Guinea
    $ 14 M* 2013-2018
  • 19 0.0 — Japan
    $ 2 M* 2013-2018
  • 26 0.0 — Australia
    $ 0 2013-2018
  • 26 0.0 — New Zealand
    $ 0 2013-2018
  • 26 0.0 — North Korea
    $ 0 2013-2018
  • 26 0.0 — Russia
    $ 0 2013-2018
  • 26 0.0 — South Korea
    $ 0 2013-2018
  • 26 0.0 — Taiwan
    $ 0 2013-2018
  • 26 −8 0.0 — United States
    $ 0 2013-2018
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