Top Arms Exporting Countries (2020–2024)
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United States – ~43?% share of global arms exports
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Its share jumped from ~35?% to ~43?%, largely fueled by Ukraine aid and rising European defense orders reuters.comit.wikipedia.org+7washingtonpost.com+7theweek.in+7vaticannews.va+2militarytimes.com+2defensenews.com+2.
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Major weapons sold include F?35/F?16 jets, Patriot & HIMARS systems, and Abrams tanks reuters.com+1wsj.com+1.
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France – ~9.6?%
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Surpassed Russia to be the second-largest arms exporter ft.com+4worldpolicyhub.com+4it.wikipedia.org+4.
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Key exports: combat aircraft (Rafale) to Greece, Croatia, plus sales to India, Qatar, Egypt ir-ia.com+4hindustantimes.com+4vaticannews.va+4.
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Russia – ~7.8?%
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Exports declined sharply (~?64?%) due to domestic military demands and sanctions reddit.com+3ft.com+3worldpolicyhub.com+3.
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Primary buyers: India (38?%), China (17?%), Kazakhstan (11?%) defensenews.com+2ir-ia.com+2theweek.in+2.
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China – ~5.9?%
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Remains fourth; exports hindered as many buyers avoid Chinese arms for political reasons it.wikipedia.org+2hindustantimes.com+2theweek.in+2.
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Main customer: Pakistan (63?% of its exports) reddit.com+10ir-ia.com+10reddit.com+10.
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Germany – ~5.6?%
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Exports markets include Middle East, Europe (Ukraine, Egypt, Israel) ft.com+4ir-ia.com+4defensenews.com+4.
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Italy – ~4.8?%, UK – ~3.6?%, Israel – ~3.1?%, Spain – ~3.0?%, South Korea – ~2.2?% .
Top Arms Importers (2020–2024)
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Ukraine tops the list—its arms imports increased nearly 100-fold, accounting for ~8.8?% of global arms imports ir-ia.com+9sipri.org+9washingtonpost.com+9.
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India is the second-largest importer (~8.3?%), responding to regional threats .
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Other major importers include Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Japan, Australia, Egypt, the U.S., etc. ir-ia.com+1reddit.com+1.
