Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Greece - the fifth largest recipient of conventional weapons

Appendix 7A. The suppliers and recipients of major conventional weapons

THE SIPRI ARMS TRANSFERS PROGRAMME

Appendix 7A provides data on the suppliers and recipients of major conventional weapons and the size of the international arms trade.

The five largest suppliers of major conventional weapons, 2004–2008


Supplier
Share of
global arms
exports (%)
Main recipients
(share of supplier's)
transfers)
USA


  31  


  South Korea (15%)
  Israel (13%)
  UAE (11%)
Russia


  25  


  China (42%)
  India (21%)
  Algeria (8%)
Germany


  10  


  Turkey (15%)
  Greece (13%)
  South Africa (12%)
France


   8  


  UAE (32%)
  Singapore (13%)
  Greece (12%)
UK


   4  


  USA (21%)
  India (14%)
  Chile (9%)
The five largest recipients of major conventional weapons, 2004–2008


Recipient
Share of
global arms
imports (%)
Main supplier
(share of recipient's)
transfers)
China     11     Russia (92%)
India      7     Russia (71%)
UAE      6     USA (54%)
South Korea      6     USA (73%)
Greece      4     Germany (31%)

This data is obtained from the SIPRI Arms Transfers Database.

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