Costa Rica vs Panama

Costa Rica vs Panama: Arms imports

Arms imports: 8 million TIV in Costa Rica in 2019 and 2 million TIV in Panama in 1989, by SIPRI estimates. In 1989 both had 2 million TIV.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Costa Rica vs Panama: Arms importsArms imports: 8 million TIV in Costa Rica in 2019 and 2 million TIV in Panama in 1989, by SIPRI estimates. In 1989 both had 2 million TIV.
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What the numbers say

  • The world as a whole: 31.7 billion TIV in 1989.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearCosta RicaPanamaWorld
2025––33.3 billion
2024––30.6 billion
2023––29.5 billion
2022––33 billion
2021––26.8 billion
2020––23.4 billion
20198 million–26.9 billion
20180–27.3 billion
2017––31.2 billion
2016––31.4 billion
2015––28.7 billion
2014––27 billion
2013––27.4 billion
2012––27.9 billion
2011––29.9 billion
2010––25.8 billion
2009––24 billion
2008––24.1 billion
2007––26.5 billion
2006––24.4 billion
2005––21.3 billion
2004––21.3 billion
2003––19.2 billion
2002––17.7 billion
2001––18.3 billion
2000––20.5 billion
1999––25.3 billion
1998––27.9 billion
1997––28.9 billion
1996––23.7 billion
1995––22.9 billion
1994––22.8 billion
19933 million–25.8 billion
1992––24.3 billion
1991––27.8 billion
1990––28.6 billion
19892 million2 million31.7 billion
1988–23 million32.9 billion
1987––36.2 billion
19861 million–35.5 billion
19851 million7 million33.2 billion
19840036.8 billion
1983–8 million39.1 billion
1982–13 million41.4 billion
1981–4 million42 billion
198003 million37.4 billion
19792 million–33.3 billion
19786 million5 million39.2 billion
1977–4 million37 billion
1976–6 million33 billion
19753 million27 million34.2 billion
1974––32.9 billion
19731 million16 million32.6 billion
1972–2 million28.7 billion
1971–18 million29.3 billion
1970–15 million22.1 billion
1969–3 million24.7 billion
1968–022.4 billion
1967––22.1 billion
19660–22.4 billion
1965––23.1 billion
1964–024.2 billion
19631 million–18.1 billion
1962––15.5 billion
1961––15 billion
1960––15.7 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
  • Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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