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Which Country Exports the Most Military Equipment?

Arms Exports (Constant 1990 USD) (USD mil), 2024 or latest
Military & Defense | September 1, 2025
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Based on a comparison of 59 countries in 2024, USA ranked the highest in arms exports at constant USD prices from 1990 with USD 13,512 mil followed by France and Germany. On the other end of the scale was Latvia with USD 1.00 mil, Egypt with USD 2.00 mil and Estonia with USD 2.00 mil.

Average arms exports at constant USD prices from 1990 reached USD 26,995 mil in 2024 in the World according to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database. This is 42.1 % less than in the previous year.

Historically, average arms exports at constant USD prices from 1990 reached an all time high of USD 45,731 mil in 1992 and an all time low of USD 8,082 mil in 1960. The average annual growth amounted to -1.87 % since 1960.

Data for more countries are available at Arms Exports (Constant 1990 USD) indicator page.

Arms Exports (Constant 1990 USD) Unit 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
China USD mil 1,365 1,604 635 1,358 2,280
Dem. People's Republic of Korea USD mil ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
France USD mil 1,897 3,738 2,384 3,836 3,123
Germany USD mil 1,085 950 1,163 813 1,489
Israel USD mil 1,147 392 380 711 1,050
Italy USD mil 534 372 809 1,650 1,711
Netherlands USD mil 468 304 462 357 324
Norway USD mil 71.0 27.0 60.0 102 31.0
Russia USD mil 6,871 5,100 3,523 2,402 2,510
South Korea USD mil 1,047 680 772 510 220
Spain USD mil 705 318 1,010 676 1,018
Sweden USD mil 139 125 266 239 83.0
Turkey USD mil 248 274 265 482 589
USA USD mil 9,255 10,534 10,024 10,960 15,351
United Kingdom USD mil 682 886 662 679 1,711