• Sri Lanka: arms imports

In 2019, the import of arms to Sri Lanka amounted to approximately 59 million U.S. dollars. This was a significant increase from 2014, in which the arms imports amounted to approximately five million U.S. dollars.

Arms imports in Sri Lanka from 2010 to 2019 (in million U.S. dollars)

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Release date

May 2020

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Region

Sri Lanka

Survey time period

2010 to 2019

Supplementary notes

Data for 2012, 2015, and 2016 not available.

Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services.

Figures are SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIVs) expressed in million U.S. dollars at constant (1990) prices.

Figures have been rounded.