Who Sells the Most Weapons?

By Anna Fleck – Statista

The United States was the world’s largest arms exporter between 2020 and 2024, delivering weapons to 107 states. It accounted for 43 percent of global exports in that time period, up from 35 percent of all international arms sales between 2015 and 2019. France was in second place, accounting for 9.6 percent of arms exports in 2020-2024, up from 8.6 percent in the five year period before. This is according to the latest release of weapons transfer data by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).