Top Arms Exporting Countries (2020–2024);

Top Arms Exporting Countries (20202024)

1. ???????? United States ~43?% share of global arms exports

   • 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.

   • Major weapons sold include F?35/F?16 jets, Patriot HIMARS systems, and Abrams tanks reuters.com+1wsj.com+1.

2. ???????? France ~9.6?%

   • Surpassed Russia to be the second-largest arms exporter ft.com+4worldpolicyhub.com+4it.wikipedia.org+4.

   • Key exports: combat aircraft (Rafale) to Greece, Croatia, plus sales to India, Qatar, Egypt ir-ia.com+4hindustantimes.com+4vaticannews.va+4.

3. ???????? Russia ~7.8?%

   • Exports declined sharply (~?64?%) due to domestic military demands and sanctions reddit.com+3ft.com+3worldpolicyhub.com+3.

   • Primary buyers: India (38?%), China (17?%), Kazakhstan (11?%) defensenews.com+2ir-ia.com+2theweek.in+2.

4. ???????? China ~5.9?%

   • Remains fourth; exports hindered as many buyers avoid Chinese arms for political reasons it.wikipedia.org+2hindustantimes.com+2theweek.in+2.

   • Main customer: Pakistan (63?% of its exports) reddit.com+10ir-ia.com+10reddit.com+10.

5. ???????? Germany ~5.6?%

   • Exports markets include Middle East, Europe (Ukraine, Egypt, Israel) ft.com+4ir-ia.com+4defensenews.com+4.

6. ???????? Italy ~4.8?%, ???????? UK ~3.6?%, ???????? Israel ~3.1?%, ???????? Spain ~3.0?%, ???????? South Korea ~2.2?% .

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???? Top Arms Importers (20202024)

• Ukraine tops the listits arms imports increased nearly 100-fold, accounting for ~8.8?% of global arms imports ir-ia.com+9sipri.org+9washingtonpost.com+9.

• India is the second-largest importer (~8.3?%), responding to regional threats .

• Other major importers include Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Japan, Australia, Egypt, the U.S., etc. ir-ia.com+1reddit.com+1.