{"id":8619,"date":"2026-03-09T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/ground_post\/trends-in-international-arms-transfers-2025\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T12:00:00","slug":"trends-in-international-arms-transfers-2025","status":"publish","type":"ground_post","link":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/ground_post\/trends-in-international-arms-transfers-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Trends in International Arms Transfers, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"content column\">\n<div class=\"highlighted\">\n<div data-drupal-messages-fallback class=\"hidden\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>    <a target=\"_blank\" id=\"main-content\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"sipri-2016-breadcrumbs\" class=\"block block-system\">\n<nav role=\"navigation\" aria-labelledby=\"system-breadcrumb\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Breadcrumb<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span><br \/>\n          \t\t            \t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/publications\">SIPRI Publications<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div id=\"sipri-2016-page-title\" class=\"block block-core\">\n<h1>\n<span>Trends in International Arms Transfers, 2025<\/span><br \/>\n<\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"views-element-container block block-views\" id=\"views-block-publications-block-4\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"js-view-dom-id-3af14cd53ebb7eb33d8ba09577bd8d6d6e7609d737d25284a460085d9bf2610c\">\n<div class=\"views-row\">\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-image\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">  <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/publications_lareg\/public\/2026-03\/fs_2603_at_2025_page_01_0.png?itok=Rsv28e02\" width=\"290\" height=\"435\" alt=\"Trends in International Arms Transfers, 2025\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-view\"><span class=\"field-content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"js-view-dom-id-8d949be387fbae4fe59e9db5bf6e1bee6c04785ef7940b9d842ced8593da7576\">\n<p> <span class=\"_240 views-row\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"views-field views-field-title\"><span class=\"field-content\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/dr-mathew-george\" hreflang=\"en\">Dr Mathew George<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"_488 views-row\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"views-field views-field-title\"><span class=\"field-content\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/katarina-djokic\" hreflang=\"en\">Katarina Djokic<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"_541 views-row\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"views-field views-field-title\"><span class=\"field-content\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/zain-hussain\" hreflang=\"en\">Zain Hussain<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"_3 views-row\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"views-field views-field-title\"><span class=\"field-content\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/pieter-d-wezeman\" hreflang=\"en\">Pieter D. Wezeman<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>   <span class=\"_1 views-row\"><br \/>\n     and <span class=\"views-field views-field-title\"><span class=\"field-content\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/siemon-t-wezeman\" hreflang=\"en\">Siemon T. Wezeman<\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-year-of-publication\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">March 2026<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-publisher-loaction\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">Stockholm<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-publisher-name\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">SIPRI<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-doi\">\n<p class=\"field-content\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55163\/OSMS3959\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55163\/OSMS3959<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"sipri-2016-content\" class=\"block block-system\">\n<div data-history-node-id=\"7691\" class=\"node node--type-publication node--view-mode-full ds-1col clearfix\">\n<div class=\"field-pdf-full-publication field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item button_style\">\n\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-03\/fs_2603_at_2025.pdf\">DOWNLOAD FULL PUBLICATION<\/a>\n      <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item\">\n<p>The global volume of major arms transferred between states in 2021\u201325 was 9.2 per cent higher than in the previous five-year period (2016\u201320). This was the biggest increase since 2011\u201315. Arms imports by states in Europe more than trebled between the two periods (+210 per cent). Arms imports by states in the Americas also increased (+12 per cent), while imports by states in Africa (\u201341 per cent), Asia and Oceania (\u201320 per cent) and the Middle East (\u201313 per cent) decreased.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine was the world\u2019s largest recipient of major arms in 2021\u201325, receiving 9.7 per cent of total global arms imports in 2021\u201325 compared with 0.1 per cent in 2016\u201320. The United States remained by far the world\u2019s largest supplier of major arms. Its arms exports went up by 27 per cent between 2016\u201320 and 2021\u201325, giving it a 42 per cent share of total global arms exports.<\/p>\n<p>From 9 March 2026 the freely available <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55163\/SAFC1241%20\">SIPRI Arms Transfers Database<\/a> includes updated data on transfers of major arms for 1950\u20132025. Based on the new data, this fact sheet presents key trends in arms exports and arms imports, and highlights selected issues related to transfers of major arms.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)\/EDITORS<\/h3>\n<div class=\"dynamic-block-fieldnode-commentary-about-the-authors field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item\">\n<div class=\"views-element-container\">\n<div class=\"js-view-dom-id-58b0af75da0930d4801f2dd71a4b51bdfe40c77d030751c8b32e2d0b3fdd8129\">\n<div class=\"views-row\">\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-image\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/dr-mathew-george\" hreflang=\"en\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/2023-05\/mathew_george.jpg?itok=9-QCA0B1\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Dr Mathew George\"><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-body\">\n<div class=\"field-content\"> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/dr-mathew-george\" hreflang=\"en\">Dr Mathew George<\/a> is the Director of the SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"views-row\">\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-image\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/katarina-djokic\" hreflang=\"en\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/2023-09\/dsc_0628_2.jpg?itok=34Hjag4H\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Katarina D\"><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-body\">\n<div class=\"field-content\"> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/katarina-djokic\" hreflang=\"en\">Katarina Djokic<\/a> is a Researcher in the SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"views-row\">\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-image\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/zain-hussain\" hreflang=\"en\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/2023-10\/2f367b81-7184-42b1-9b8b-3cc497180206_1_201_a.jpeg?itok=lPVGttYk\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Zain Hussain\"><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-body\">\n<div class=\"field-content\"> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/zain-hussain\" hreflang=\"en\">Zain Hussain<\/a> is a Researcher in the SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"views-row\">\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-image\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/pieter-d-wezeman\" hreflang=\"en\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/Pieter%20D.%20Wezeman_0.jpg?itok=8jepAAFu\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Pieter Wezeman\"><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-body\">\n<div class=\"field-content\"> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/pieter-d-wezeman\" hreflang=\"en\">Pieter D. Wezeman<\/a> is a Senior Researcher in the SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"views-row\">\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-image\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/siemon-t-wezeman\" hreflang=\"en\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/Siemon%20T.%20Wezeman.jpg?itok=Luy37JCO\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Siemon Wezeman\"><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-body\">\n<div class=\"field-content\"> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/siemon-t-wezeman\" hreflang=\"en\">Siemon T. Wezeman<\/a> is a Senior Researcher in the SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" id=\"back-to-top\" href=\"#\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg back-to-top\" role=\"button\" title=\"Click to return to the top of the page\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" data-placement=\"left\"><br \/>\n<i class=\"fa fa-chevron-circle-up fa-4x\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><br \/>\n  <\/section>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/publications\/2026\/sipri-fact-sheets\/trends-international-arms-transfers-2025?rand=6456\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breadcrumb SIPRI Publications Trends in International Arms Transfers, 2025 Dr Mathew George, Katarina Djokic, Zain Hussain, Pieter D. Wezeman and Siemon T. Wezeman March 2026 Stockholm SIPRI https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55163\/OSMS3959 DOWNLOAD FULL PUBLICATION The global volume of major arms transferred between states in 2021\u201325 was 9.2 per cent higher than in the previous five-year period (2016\u201320). 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