Arms & Defense

The World's Arms Exports

The volume of international transfers of major weapons in 2012 to 2016 was 8.4 per cent higher than in 2007 to 2011, according to the SIPRI Arms Transfers Database. This was the highest volume for any five-year period since 1990. The total for 2016 stood at $ 31 billion. The biggest exporters by far are the United States and Russia.

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This chart shows worldwide arms exports (in SIPRI trend-indicator value, US $ million) and major exporters (in %)

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Arms exports from Australia 2022, by weapon category
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Revenue of the defense industry South Korea 2009-2021
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Revenue of the defense industry South Korea 2021, by sector
Arms exports from Sweden 2010-2023
Arms exports from Sweden 2023, by recipient
Export share of major arms exports in Russia 2018-2023, by main client

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