Dominican Republic's arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) was 13 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 1,200% from 1 million in 2015 (29.24% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 13 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 4 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 1 million | 2015 |
| Highest | 51 million | 2010 |
| Lowest | 0 | 1962 |
| Average since 2016 | 6.83 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 9 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Dominican Republic's arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) rose 3 million on 2024 (from 10 million to 13 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1961 to 2024), the average change was +166,667 and a typical year strayed about 16.12 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 41 million in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 39 million in 2011. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Dominican Republic had the 80th highest value of the 105 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Dominican Republic | 13 million | 2025 |
| World | 33.33 billion | 2025 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 782 million | 2025 |
| Upper middle income | 7.32 billion | 2025 |
Closest to Dominican Republic in the 2025 ranking
- Chile — 77th of 105: 14 million
- Ireland — 78th of 105: 14 million
- Mozambique — 79th of 105: 14 million
- Luxembourg — 81st of 105: 11 million
- Maldives — 82nd of 105: 11 million
- Sri Lanka — 83rd of 105: 11 million
What this measures
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.
Limitations: SIPRI calculates the volume of transfers to, from and between all parties using the TIV and the number of weapon systems or subsystems delivered in a given year. This data is intended to provide a common unit to allow the measurement if trends in the flow of arms to particular countries and regions over time. Therefore, the main priority is to ensure that the TIV system remains consistent over time, and that any changes introduced are backdated. SIPRI TIV figures do not represent sales prices for arms transfers.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 42 values
| Year | Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 13,000,000 |
| 2024 | 10,000,000 |
| 2023 | 9,000,000 |
| 2022 | 5,000,000 |
| 2021 | no data |
| 2020 | 4,000,000 |
| 2019 | no data |
| 2018 | no data |
| 2017 | no data |
| 2016 | 0 |
| 2015 |
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in nearby economies
- Argentina — 108 million (2025)
- Bahamas, The — 12 million (2017)
- Bolivia — 0 (2024)
- Brazil — 462 million (2025)
- Chile — 14 million (2025)
- Colombia — 22 million (2025)
- Costa Rica — 8 million (2019)
- Ecuador — 30 million (2025)
- El Salvador — 3 million (2025)
- Guatemala — 6 million (2023)
More public sector data for Dominican Republic
- Military expenditure (current USD) — 1.04 billion (2025)
- Military expenditure (current LCU) — 64 billion (2025)
- Military expenditure (% of GDP) — 0.8% (2025)
- Grants and other revenue (current LCU) — 154.54 billion (2024)
- Grants and other revenue (% of revenue) — 11.93% (2024)
- Social contributions (current LCU) — 52.8 billion (2024)
- Social contributions (% of revenue) — 4.07% (2024)
- Revenue, excluding grants (current LCU) — 1.3 trillion (2024)
- Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP) — 17.5% (2024)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Dominican Republic's arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)?
- 13 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 44.44% from 9 million in 1960 (0.57% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 51 million in 2010 and the lowest 0 in 1962.
- How does Dominican Republic rank?
- 80th highest of 105 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) unusual for Dominican Republic?
- In 2025, Dominican Republic's arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) rose 3 million on 2024 (from 10 million to 13 million). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1961 to 2024), the average change was +166,667 and a typical year strayed about 16.12 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator MS.MIL.MPRT.KD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Arms Transfers Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), uri: https://armstransfers.sipri.org/ArmsTransfer/ Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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