Conventional arms exports (most recent) by country

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).

Military Statistics > Conventional arms exports (most recent) by country

Showing latest available data.

Rank

Countries

Amount

# 1

Russia:

$6,197,000,000.00

# 2

United States:

$5,453,000,000.00

# 3

France:

$2,122,000,000.00

# 4

United Kingdom:

$985,000,000.00

# 5

Canada:

$543,000,000.00

# 6

Ukraine:

$452,000,000.00

# 7

Israel:

$283,000,000.00

# 8

Italy:

$261,000,000.00

# 9

Sweden:

$260,000,000.00

# 10

Netherlands:

$211,000,000.00

# 11

Uzbekistan:

$170,000,000.00

# 12

Switzerland:

$154,000,000.00

# 13

China:

$125,000,000.00

# 14

Brazil:

$100,000,000.00

# 15

Poland:

$86,000,000.00

# 16

Spain:

$75,000,000.00

# 17

Jordan:

$72,000,000.00

# 18

Singapore:

$70,000,000.00

# 19

Australia:

$52,000,000.00

# 20

Norway:

$51,000,000.00

= 21

Korea, South:

$50,000,000.00

= 21

Belarus:

$50,000,000.00

= 21

Indonesia:

$50,000,000.00

# 24

South Africa:

$35,000,000.00

# 25

Macedonia, Republic of:

$29,000,000.00

# 26

India:

$22,000,000.00

# 27

Georgia:

$20,000,000.00

# 28

Turkey:

$18,000,000.00

# 29

Finland:

$17,000,000.00

= 30

Pakistan:

$10,000,000.00

= 30

Malta:

$10,000,000.00

# 32

Denmark:

$6,000,000.00

= 33

Peru:

$5,000,000.00

= 33

Kazakhstan:

$5,000,000.00

= 33

Thailand:

$5,000,000.00

# 36

United Arab Emirates:

$3,000,000.00

= 37

New Zealand:

$1,000,000.00

= 37

Austria:

$1,000,000.00

= 37

Iran:

$1,000,000.00

= 37

Venezuela:

$1,000,000.00

Total:

$18,061,000,000.00

Weighted average:

$451,525,000.00

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).

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

Military Statistics > Conventional arms exports (most recent) by country

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