According to recent SIPRI data, European states nearly doubled their major arms imports, increasing by 94% between 2014–18 and 2019–23. This was despite the global volume of international arms transfers decreasing marginally, by 3.3% during the same period. There was a drop in arms transfers to all other regions, but states in Asia and Oceania and the Middle East continued imports in volumes larger than those in Europe. Nine of the 10 biggest arms importers in 2019–23, including the top three of India, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, were in Asia and Oceania or the Middle East. Watch the video to know who was the largest exporter of the arms who is the world’s top arms importer.
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00:00 – INTRODUCTION
01:16 – US LEADS IN ARMS EXPORTS
02:50 – FRENCH ARMS EXPORTS CLIMB, RUSSIAN WEAPONS SALES SLIP
04:15 – INDIA CONTINUES TO BE WORLD’S TOP ARMS IMPORTER
05:05 – CHINA CUTS ARMS IMPORTS TO PRIORITISE DOMESTIC TECH
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