The USA's Biggest Arms Export Partners

Published on: March 13, 2019 / Update from: March 13, 2019 - Author: Konrad Wolfenstein

According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Saudi Arabia was the largest importer of arms from the United States from 2009 to 2018. This infographic uses SIPRI's “Trend Indicator Values” (TIV). These are based on the known manufacturing costs of weapons and represent the transfer of military resources and not the financial value of the transfer.

According to data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the biggest importer of arms from the United States from 2009 to 2018 was Saudi Arabia. This infographic uses SIPRI's “trend-indicator values” (TIV). These are based on the known unit production costs of weapons and represent the transfer of military resources rather than the financial value of the transfer.

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