Arms exports - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Arms exports, million constant U.S. dollars, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 48 countries was 665.56 million U.S. dollars. The highest value was in the USA: 14515 million U.S. dollars and the lowest value was in Luxembourg: 0 million U.S. dollars. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: million U.S. dollars; Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
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Countries Arms exports, 2022 Global rank Available data
USA 14515 1 1960 - 2022
France 3021 2 1960 - 2022
Russia 2820 3 1992 - 2022
China 2017 4 1960 - 2022
Italy 1825 5 1960 - 2022
Germany 1510 6 1960 - 2022
UK 1504 7 1960 - 2022
Spain 950 8 1960 - 2022
Israel 831 9 1964 - 2022
Poland 452 10 1960 - 2022
Turkey 398 11 1980 - 2022
Netherlands 295 12 1960 - 2022
South Korea 209 13 1972 - 2022
Switzerland 175 14 1960 - 2022
Canada 171 15 1960 - 2022
Iran 123 16 1962 - 2022
Belgium 121 17 1960 - 2022
Czechia 116 18 1993 - 2022
Norway 88 19 1960 - 2022
Slovakia 71 20 1993 - 2022
Sweden 68 21 1960 - 2022
Denmark 67 22 1960 - 2022
Belarus 57 23 1993 - 2022
Jordan 51 24 1971 - 2022
Ukraine 50 25 1992 - 2022
South Africa 48 26 1960 - 2022
Ireland 46 27 1978 - 2022
Egypt 41 28 1961 - 2022
Slovenia 38 29 2016 - 2022
Australia 33 30 1961 - 2022
North Macedonia 31 31 2022 - 2022
Finland 29 32 1960 - 2022
Lithuania 29 33 2002 - 2022
Morocco 21 34 1962 - 2022
New Zealand 20 35 1967 - 2022
Bulgaria 18 36 1983 - 2022
Austria 14 37 1964 - 2022
Japan 13 38 1960 - 2022
UA Emirates 12 39 1974 - 2022
India 11 40 1968 - 2022
Latvia 10 41 1994 - 2022
Greece 7 42 1964 - 2022
Brazil 6 43 1960 - 2022
Estonia 6 44 1996 - 2022
Croatia 4 45 2000 - 2022
Nigeria 3 46 1989 - 2022
Portugal 2 47 1967 - 2022
Luxembourg 0 48 2007 - 2022



Definition: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services. Figures are SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIVs) expressed in US$ m. A '0' indicates that the value of deliveries is less than US$0.5m

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1. USA
2. France
3. Russia
4. China
5. Italy
6. Germany
7. UK
8. Spain
9. Israel
10. Poland
11. Turkey
12. Netherlands
13. South Korea
14. Switzerland
15. Canada
16. Iran
17. Belgium
18. Czechia
19. Norway
20. Slovakia
21. Sweden
22. Denmark
23. Belarus
24. Jordan
25. Ukraine
26. South Africa
27. Ireland
28. Egypt
29. Slovenia
30. Australia
31. North Macedonia
32. Finland
33. Lithuania
34. Morocco
35. New Zealand
36. Bulgaria
37. Austria
38. Japan
39. UA Emirates
40. India
41. Latvia
42. Greece
43. Brazil
44. Estonia
45. Croatia
46. Nigeria
47. Portugal
48. Luxembourg
14515.00
3021.00
2820.00
2017.00
1825.00
1510.00
1504.00
950.00
831.00
452.00
398.00
295.00
209.00
175.00
171.00
123.00
121.00
116.00
88.00
71.00
68.00
67.00
57.00
51.00
50.00
48.00
46.00
41.00
38.00
33.00
31.00
29.00
29.00
21.00
20.00
18.00
14.00
13.00
12.00
11.00
10.00
7.00
6.00
6.00
4.00
3.00
2.00
0.00
0
3628.8
7257.5
10886.3
14515


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