FACTOID # 4: In the 1990's, nearly half of all arms exported to developing countries came from the United States of America.
 
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Military Statistics > Conventional arms exports (per $ GDP) (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   Russia: 4.401 per $1,000 
#2   Uzbekistan: 3.572 per $1,000 
#3   Jordan: 2.824 per $1,000 
#4   Israel: 2.194 per $1,000 
#5   Macedonia, Republic of: 2.014 per $1,000 
#6   Ukraine: 1.511 per $1,000 
#7   Georgia: 1.384 per $1,000 
#8   Malta: 1.384 per $1,000 
#9   France: 1.222 per $1,000 
#10   Sweden: 1.018 per $1,000 
#11   Belarus: 0.709 per $1,000 
#12   Switzerland: 0.611 per $1,000 
#13   Singapore: 0.579 per $1,000 
#14   United Kingdom: 0.553 per $1,000 
#15   Canada: 0.531 per $1,000 
#16   United States: 0.464 per $1,000 
#17   Netherlands: 0.439 per $1,000 
#18   Norway: 0.279 per $1,000 
#19   Poland: 0.186 per $1,000 
#20   Italy: 0.162 per $1,000 
#21   Finland: 0.112 per $1,000 
#22   Australia: 0.085 per $1,000 
#23   Spain: 0.08 per $1,000 
#24   South Africa: 0.071 per $1,000 
#25   Brazil: 0.067 per $1,000 
#26   Indonesia: 0.06 per $1,000 
#27   Korea, South: 0.054 per $1,000 
#28   United Arab Emirates: 0.047 per $1,000 
#29   Kazakhstan: 0.042 per $1,000 
#30   Turkey: 0.035 per $1,000 
#31   Denmark: 0.034 per $1,000 
#32   Peru: 0.032 per $1,000 
#33   Pakistan: 0.029 per $1,000 
#34   China: 0.017 per $1,000 
#35   New Zealand: 0.011 per $1,000 
#36   Thailand: 0.01 per $1,000 
#37   India: 0.007 per $1,000 
#38   Venezuela: 0.007 per $1,000 
#39   Austria: 0.004 per $1,000 
#40   Iran: 0.002 per $1,000 
Total: 26.843 per $1,000  
Weighted average: 0.7 per $1,000  


DEFINITION: Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Exports (US$ millions) Refers to the voluntary transfer by the supplier (and thus excludes captured weapons and weapons obtained through defectors) of weapons with a military purpose destined for the armed forces, paramilitary forces or intelligence agencies of another country. These include major conventional weapons or systems in six categories: ships, aircraft, missiles, artillery, armoured vehicles and guidance and radar systems (excluded are trucks, services, ammunition, small arms, support items, components and component technology and towed or naval artillery under 100-millimetre calibre). Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1,000 $ gross domestic product.

SOURCE: SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.

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