Italy vs Kuwait: Arms imports

Italy
432.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2024
Kuwait
503.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2024
Italy rank
21st
Kuwait rank
18th

Arms imports over time

  • Italy
  • Kuwait
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How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 503.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values against 432.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values in Italy, a difference of 71.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values.

That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.2 times Italy's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Italy ahead.

Globally, Italy ranks 21st and Kuwait ranks 18th 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

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.