Qatar: Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values)

Key figures

Since 1993 it is down 95% from 40 million in 1993 (8.94% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 22 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

How it compares

In 2025, Qatar had the 38th highest value of the 42 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.

Closest to Qatar in the 2025 ranking

• Ireland — 36th of 42: 24 million
• Slovak Republic — 37th of 42: 9 million
• Greece — 38th of 42: 2 million
• Austria — 40th of 42: 1 million
• Belarus — 41st of 42: 1 million
• Portugal — 42nd of 42: 1 million

What this measures

Arms transfers (exports) 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 11 values

Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in nearby economies

• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 2 million (2024)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 80 million (2025)
• Israel — 2.62 billion (2025)
• Jordan — 226 million (2024)
• Libya — 0 (2016)
• Pakistan — 127 million (2025)
• Saudi Arabia — 3 million (2023)
• United Arab Emirates — 33 million (2025)

More public sector data for Qatar

• Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) — 1.05 billion (2025)
• Armed forces personnel, total — 22,000 (2020)
• Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) — 1.07% (2020)
• Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) — 0.07 (2022)
• Military expenditure (current USD) — 15.41 billion (2022)
• Military expenditure (current LCU) — 56.1 billion (2022)
• Military expenditure (% of GDP) — 6.5% (2022)
• Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 1 data use score (scale 0-100) — 80 (2024)
• Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 3 data products score (scale 0-100) — 67.53 (2024)

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Questions people ask

What is Qatar's arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values)?

2 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1993?

It is down 95% from 40 million in 1993 (8.94% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 54 million in 2023 and the lowest 0 in 2011.

How does Qatar rank?

38th highest of 42 economies with data for 2025.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Arms Transfers Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), uri: https://armstransfers.sipri.org/ArmsTransfer/.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator MS.MIL.XPRT.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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