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 %)
U.S. arms exports 2000-2023
Revenue of the defense industry South Korea 2009-2022
Revenue of the defense industry South Korea 2022, by sector
U.S. arms exports 2023, by country
U.S. arms exports 2023, by weapon category
Arms exports from Australia 2022, by weapon category
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