Sri Lanka

Arms imports in Sri Lanka

Arms imports in Sri Lanka: 4 million TIV in 1960 and 11 million TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
11 million TIV
Since 1960
+7 million TIV
World, 2025
33.3 billion TIV
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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Arms imports in Sri LankaArms imports in Sri Lanka: 4 million TIV in 1960 and 11 million TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 294 million TIV in 2000, the lowest 0 TIV in 1964.
Estimates, SIPRIWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 294 million TIV in 2000, the lowest 0 TIV in 1964.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearSri LankaWorld
202511 million33.3 billion
20249 million30.6 billion
20235 million29.5 billion
20223 million33 billion
202154 million26.8 billion
2020–23.4 billion
201959 million26.9 billion
2018100 million27.3 billion
201745 million31.2 billion
2016–31.4 billion
2015–28.7 billion
20145 million27 billion
201322 million27.4 billion
2012–27.9 billion
201121 million29.9 billion
20105 million25.8 billion
200921 million24 billion
200879 million24.1 billion
200791 million26.5 billion
200696 million24.4 billion
200563 million21.3 billion
200438 million21.3 billion
200334 million19.2 billion
200243 million17.7 billion
2001154 million18.3 billion
2000294 million20.5 billion
199962 million25.3 billion
199883 million27.9 billion
199759 million28.9 billion
1996196 million23.7 billion
199563 million22.9 billion
199477 million22.8 billion
199337 million25.8 billion
199222 million24.3 billion
1991168 million27.8 billion
199019 million28.6 billion
19896 million31.7 billion
198819 million32.9 billion
1987111 million36.2 billion
198628 million35.5 billion
198542 million33.2 billion
198448 million36.8 billion
1983–39.1 billion
1982–41.4 billion
1981–42 billion
198018 million37.4 billion
1979–33.3 billion
19787 million39.2 billion
197717 million37 billion
1976033 billion
19751 million34.2 billion
1974–32.9 billion
1973–32.6 billion
197247 million28.7 billion
197133 million29.3 billion
1970–22.1 billion
19692 million24.7 billion
1968–22.4 billion
1967–22.1 billion
1966–22.4 billion
1965–23.1 billion
1964024.2 billion
1963–18.1 billion
1962–15.5 billion
1961–15 billion
19604 million15.7 billion

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.
  • Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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