According to the data released by the Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the main exporter of weapons in the world over the past five years is the United States. This country in the last five years provides 34% of all world exports. And the main importer of arms is India, its share is 12% of the total world exports in 2013-2017, Novoe Vremya writes..

The main buyer of the United States is Saudi Arabia - 18% of US arms exports are shipped to that country. At the same time, the share of military expenditures of the United States was 3.3% of GDP in 2016. Compared with the period of 2008-2012, US arms exports grew by 25%.

Russia is the second largest arms exporter in the world, its share is 22% over the past five years (compared with 2008-2012, Russia's arms exports fell by 7.1%). Most of all - 35% - of Russian arms are supplied to India. The share of Russia's military expenditures is 5.3% of its GDP in 2016.

On the third place among the world arms exporters France. It provided 6.7% of world exports in the last five years. The consumer of 25% of the arms sold by France is Egypt. Compared with 2008-2012, France increased arms exports by 27%. The share of military spending in France's GDP in 2016 was 2.3%.

The largest importer of weapons in the world - India - compared with 2008-2012, increased imports by 24%. And 62% of the weapons that India buys, it sells to Russia. In 2016, the share of military spending in India's GDP was 2.5%.

The world's second importer of weapons - Saudi Arabia - in 2013-2017, bought 10% of the world's arms imports. In comparison with 2008-2012, the import of weapons to Saudi Arabia grew by as much as 225%. The main supplier of weapons to this country are the United States. States provide 61% of supplies. In 2016, Saudi Arabia's military expenditures amounted to 10.4% of its GDP.

The third world importer of weapons in 2013-2017 was Egypt, having purchased 4.5% of world imports. Its main supplier - France - provided 37% of arms deliveries to this country. Compared to 2008-2012, Egypt increased arms imports by 215%. The share of military expenditures in its GDP in 2016 was 1.6%.

Source: HB.