Bahrain vs United Arab Emirates: Arms imports

Bahrain

848.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values

in 2024

United Arab Emirates

932.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values

in 2024

Bahrain rank

12th

United Arab Emirates rank

11th

Arms imports over time

Bahrain
United Arab Emirates

How they compare

United Arab Emirates currently reports 932.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values against 848.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values in Bahrain, a difference of 84.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values.

That makes United Arab Emirates's figure about 1.1 times Bahrain's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1971 it was United Arab Emirates ahead.

Globally, Bahrain ranks 12th and United Arab Emirates ranks 11th of 172 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)
Unit: SIPRI trend indicator values
Source: Arms Transfers Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 217 places, 9,420 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Arms transfers (imports) cover the volume of transfers of major arms through sales and gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships. Figures are SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIVs). A '0' indicates that the volume of deliveries is between 0 and 0.5 million SIPRI TIV.