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Global Military Spending & Arms Trade

This map shows three dimensions of the global arms landscape for 167 countries, across six five-year periods from 1996 to 2024.

• Military Spending % GDP — each country's defence budget as a share of its economy, sourced from the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database.
• Arms Imports — the average annual value of major arms imported, in constant US dollars, sourced from the World Bank / SIPRI Arms Transfers Database.
• Arms Exports — the average annual value of major arms exported, in constant US dollars.

Arms figures cover major conventional weapons only — aircraft, ships, armoured vehicles, missiles and artillery. They represent actual deliveries, not licences or orders, and do not include small arms, ammunition, cyber systems or military aid.

Each period button shows the average of five years up to and including that year. The most recent period (2024) covers 2021–2024, as 2025 data is not yet available.

Click any country to see its figures across all six periods.

Data: SIPRI Military Expenditure Database & World Bank Arms Transfers.

Map by KnowWhere Consulting