Venezuela

Arms imports in Venezuela

Arms imports in Venezuela: 64 million TIV in 1960 and 98 million TIV in 2023, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2023
98 million TIV
Since 1960
+34 million TIV
World, 2023
29.5 billion TIV

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Arms imports in VenezuelaArms imports in Venezuela: 64 million TIV in 1960 and 98 million TIV in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 1.01 billion TIV in 2013, the lowest 1 million TIV in 1994.
Estimates, SIPRIWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 1.01 billion TIV in 2013, the lowest 1 million TIV in 1994.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearVenezuelaWorld
2025–33.3 billion
2024–30.6 billion
202398 million29.5 billion
2022–33 billion
2021–26.8 billion
202079 million23.4 billion
2019–26.9 billion
201814 million27.3 billion
2017–31.2 billion
201695 million31.4 billion
2015138 million28.7 billion
2014186 million27 billion
20131.01 billion27.4 billion
2012692 million27.9 billion
2011600 million29.9 billion
2010211 million25.8 billion
2009366 million24 billion
2008741 million24.1 billion
2007770 million26.5 billion
2006380 million24.4 billion
200521 million21.3 billion
20049 million21.3 billion
200315 million19.2 billion
200244 million17.7 billion
2001106 million18.3 billion
2000108 million20.5 billion
199985 million25.3 billion
19988 million27.9 billion
199739 million28.9 billion
199637 million23.7 billion
19955 million22.9 billion
19941 million22.8 billion
199337 million25.8 billion
199272 million24.3 billion
1991318 million27.8 billion
1990189 million28.6 billion
1989120 million31.7 billion
1988105 million32.9 billion
198773 million36.2 billion
198692 million35.5 billion
1985517 million33.2 billion
1984234 million36.8 billion
1983241 million39.1 billion
1982698 million41.4 billion
1981908 million42 billion
1980361 million37.4 billion
197914 million33.3 billion
197859 million39.2 billion
1977216 million37 billion
1976170 million33 billion
1975230 million34.2 billion
1974252 million32.9 billion
1973395 million32.6 billion
1972165 million28.7 billion
1971130 million29.3 billion
197015 million22.1 billion
19698 million24.7 billion
196820 million22.4 billion
1967205 million22.1 billion
196669 million22.4 billion
1965–23.1 billion
19646 million24.2 billion
196334 million18.1 billion
196232 million15.5 billion
196132 million15 billion
196064 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.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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