Facts & figures

Top 10 arms exporting countries


Country Total Arms Exports in 20081
USA $12,232m
Russia $5,400m
Germany $2,900m
UK $2,000m
China $1,400m
France $900m
Israel $900m
Sweden $800m
Netherlands $700m
Austria $500m
Spain $400m

1. Taken from the US Congressional Research Service report, 'Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations 2001-2008, Table 39', 4 September 2009. Figures are in current US dollars and refer to deliveries of arms rather than agreements. Non-US figures are rounded, but where the rounded data totals are the same, the actual rank order is maintained.

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