221 companies in Germany produced either weapons or ammunition in 2020. Consequently, Germany had the most robust arms manufacturing industry among all European Union (E-27) member states. Italy and France had the second and third most enterprises in the segment with 157 and 122 manufacturers respectively. Estonia and Lithuania ranked among the countries with the smallest weapons or ammunition manufacturing industry, while also being among the countries with the highest defense spending GDP share.
Number of weapons & ammunition manufacturers in the European Union (EU-27) in 2020, by country
Structural business statistics (SBS) describes the structure, conduct and performance of economic activities, down to the most detailed activity level (several hundred economic sectors).
number of enterprises: a count of the number of enterprises active during at least a part of the reference period.
The data refers to section [SBS_NA_IND_R2] of the Eurostat Database Statistics under the code [C254].
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