The United Arab Emirates and Kuwait followed immediately behind the United States in the 11th and 12th positions respectively, with Washington providing the majority of their imports at 66% for the UAE and 78% for Kuwait. ![]() The United States, the world’s top arms exporter, barely made it as one of the top 10 arms importers, coming in at 10th place. New SIPRI data on global #ArmsTransfers out now ➡️ /EDD0xltLsC Together, they received 36% of total global arms imports in 2018–22. Who were the five largest arms importers in 2018–22? Its main supplier was Russia at 34%, followed by Italy and France both at 19%.Įastern Mediterranean countries like Egypt notably increased their naval capabilities between 20 as a result of ongoing maritime disputes, SIPRI stated.Įgypt, Israel and Turkey have received a number of frigates from leading European arms exporters, with the latter two having placed orders for submarines from Germany that are expected to arrive starting this year. In the last five years, Qatar imported 36 combat aircraft from France, 36 from the United Kingdom, and three frigate warships from Italy.Įgypt came in at sixth position, accounting for 4.5% of global arms imports during the five-year period. Its top supplier was also the United States, accounting for less than half of its imports at 42%, followed by France (29%) and Italy (14%). Qatar was ranked as the third-largest weapons importer, taking in 6.4% of the world’s arms. The kingdom received the vast majority, 78%, of its imports from the United States, which included the delivery of 91 combat aircraft, hundreds of land-attack missiles and over 20,000 guided bombs.įrance and Spain fell far behind the United States as Saudi Arabia’s second- and third-largest arms suppliers, providing 6.4% and 4.9% of imports respectively. Saudi Arabia was the world’s second-largest arms importer during that period and received 9.6% of all arms imports, second only to India at 11%, according to SIPRI’s Trends in International Arms Transfers 2022. Russia, meanwhile, will likely play a smaller role in the global arms trade in the coming years both because its weapons are needed for the war and due to sanctions aimed at reducing its capacity to produce more.DUBAI - Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Egypt were classified among the top 10 global arms importers from 2018 to 2022, according to a report published Monday by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).Īrms imports by Middle Eastern and North African countries in those five years were overall 8.8% lower than the previous five-year period from 2013 to 2017, and the United States accounted for 54% of them.įrance (12%), Russia (8.6%) and Italy (8.4%) came after Washington as the top suppliers of weaponry to the region.and EU are contemplating how to build up their defense industrial bases to keep up with the demands of the war, replenish their stockpiles and prepare for future conflicts. ![]() What to watch: Ukraine accounted for less than one-tenth of 1 percent of global arms imports until recently, but the flow of arms to Ukraine is now starting to reshape the global defense industry. ![]() Other major exporters include Italy, the U.K., Spain, South Korea and Israel. ![]() 3 exporter over the last five years, thanks largely to contracts to sell combat aircraft, followed by China and Germany. 2013-2017, though Russia remained India's top supplier. The world’s top arms importer, India, reduced its purchases of Russian weaponry by 37% from 2018-2022 vs.provided more than half of the weapons purchased by 13 of the top 17 arms importers, with Saudi Arabia, Japan and Australia buying the most from the U.S. accounted for 40% of total exports from 2018-2022, up from 33% in the previous five years, while Russia declined from 22% to 16%. The big picture: Russia slipped to an increasingly distant second place, while China’s share of global exports stayed relatively flat.īy the numbers: The U.S. dominance in the global weapons trade increased dramatically over the past five years, according to new data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Data: SIPRI Map: Madison Dong/Axios Visuals
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