Largest Arms Importers 2021-2025
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Largest Arms Importers 2021-2025Ukraine has become the world's single largest arms importer at 9.7% of the global total, a direct consequence of Western military aid supporting its defence against Russia's invasion. India follows at 8.2%, continuing decades of large-scale weapons purchases to modernise its forces. Wealthy Gulf states feature prominently: Saudi Arabia (6.8%) and Qatar (6.4%) rank third and fourth. Pakistan (4.2%), Japan (3.9%) and Poland (3.6%) reflect regional security concerns from South Asia to NATO's eastern flank. Even the United States (2.9%) - the top exporter - appears as a significant importer, alongside Kuwait (2.8%) and Australia (2.8%). The spread across conflict zones, Gulf monarchies and NATO members shows how varied the drivers of arms demand are.
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Methodology & source
- Data source
- SIPRI Arms Transfers Database
- Coverage
- 10 entities · 10 observations
- Measure
- Share of Global Arms Imports 2021-2025 (%)
- Last updated
- 13 July 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value.
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