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The 2024 #SthlmForum kicks off on 6 May on the theme ‘On the edge: Navigating a changing world’. Tune in📺 to the live stream of the opening panel ‘Building trust in a divided world’ with: 🎙️ @FontehAkum , @AmitabhBehar , @bbigombe , @KatjaKeul & Jan Knutsson, and moderator…
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At the start of 2020, the 9 nuclear-armed states possessed an estimated 13 400 #nuclear weapons: Russia🇷🇺 6 375 USA🇺🇸 5 800 China🇨🇳 320 France🇫🇷 290 UK🇬🇧 215 Pakistan🇵🇰 160 India🇮🇳 150 Israel🇮🇱 90 North Korea🇰🇵 30–40 Read more in #SIPRIYearbook 2020 ➡️
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SIPRI welcomes the appointment of Stefan Löfven, former Prime Minister of Sweden🇸🇪 and leader of @socialdemokrat from 2012–21, as the new Chair of the Governing Board. Löfven will formally take up his position on 1 June and succeeds Amb @JanKEliasson ➡️
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Who were the top 10 military spenders in 2019? 1) USA🇺🇸 2) China🇨🇳 3) India🇮🇳 4) Russia🇷🇺 5) Saudi Arabia🇸🇦 6) France🇫🇷 7) Germany🇩🇪 8) UK🇬🇧 9) Japan🇯🇵 10) South Korea🇰🇷 Together they spent $1430 billion, accounting for 75% of global military spending ➡️
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At the start of 2020, the 9 nuclear-armed states—the USA🇺🇸, Russia🇷🇺, the UK🇬🇧, France🇫🇷, China🇨🇳, India🇮🇳, Pakistan🇵🇰, Israel🇮🇱 and North Korea🇰🇵—together possessed an estimated 13 400 #nuclear weapons. Full analysis in #SIPRIYearbook 2020 ➡️
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At the start of 2023, the 9 nuclear-armed states possessed an estimated 12 512 nuclear weapons: USA🇺🇸 5 244 Russia🇷🇺 5 889 UK🇬🇧 225 France🇫🇷 290 China🇨🇳 410 India🇮🇳 164 Pakistan🇵🇰 170 North Korea🇰🇵 30 Israel🇮🇱 90 Read more in #SIPRIYearbook 2023 ➡️
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At the start of 2021, the 9 nuclear-armed states possessed an estimated 13 080 nuclear weapons: USA🇺🇸 5 550 Russia🇷🇺 6 255 UK🇬🇧 225 France🇫🇷 290 China🇨🇳 350 India🇮🇳 156 Pakistan🇵🇰 165 Israel🇮🇱 90 North Korea🇰🇵 40–50 Read more in #SIPRIYearbook 2021 ➡️
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Who were the top 10 military spenders in 2020? 1) USA🇺🇸 2) China🇨🇳 3) India🇮🇳 4) Russia🇷🇺 5) UK🇬🇧 6) Saudi Arabia🇸🇦 7) Germany🇩🇪 8) France🇫🇷 9) Japan🇯🇵 10) South Korea🇰🇷 Together they spent $1482 billion, accounting for 75% of global military spending ➡️
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Who were the main contributors of military personnel to multilateral #PeaceOperations in 2021? 1) Ethiopia🇪🇹 2) Uganda🇺🇬 3) Bangladesh🇧🇩 4) Nepal🇳🇵 5) India🇮🇳 6) Burundi🇧🇮 7) Rwanda🇷🇼 8) Kenya🇰🇪 9) Pakistan🇵🇰 10) Indonesia🇮🇩 Read more ➡️
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Which countries hold nuclear weapons? How many do they have? (As of January 2018) 🇷🇺6850 🇺🇸6450 🇫🇷300 🇨🇳280 🇬🇧215 🇵🇰140–150 🇮🇳130–140 🇮🇱 80 🇰🇵10–20 New data on world nuclear forces in #SIPRIYearbook 2018, out now:
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Who were the five biggest military spenders in 2019? 1) USA🇺🇸 2) China🇨🇳 3) India🇮🇳 4) Russia🇷🇺 5) Saudi Arabia🇸🇦 Together they accounted for 62% of global military spending. Read more on the trends in military expenditure ➡️ #GDAMS2020
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Who were the top 10 military spenders in 2022? 1) USA🇺🇸 2) China🇨🇳 3) Russia🇷🇺 4) India🇮🇳 5) Saudi Arabia🇸🇦 6) UK🇬🇧 7) Germany🇩🇪 8) France🇫🇷 9) South Korea🇰🇷 10) Japan🇯🇵 Together they spent $1682 billion, accounting for 75% of global military spending ➡️
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Who were the five biggest military spenders in 2020? 1) USA🇺🇸 2) China🇨🇳 3) India🇮🇳 4) Russia🇷🇺 5) UK🇬🇧 Together they accounted for 62% of global military spending. Read more about the trends in world military expenditure ➡️
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Who were the top 10 military spenders in 2021? 1) USA🇺🇸 2) China🇨🇳 3) India🇮🇳 4) UK🇬🇧 5) Russia🇷🇺 6) France🇫🇷 7) Germany🇩🇪 8) Saudi Arabia🇸🇦 9) Japan🇯🇵 10) South Korea🇰🇷 Together they spent $1578 billion, accounting for 75% of global military spending ➡️
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Who were the 5 largest military spenders in 2021? 1) USA🇺🇸 2) China🇨🇳 3) India🇮🇳 4) UK🇬🇧 5) Russia🇷🇺 Together they accounted for 62% of world military spending. New SIPRI data out now ➡️
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Top 10 countries with highest military expenditure in 2017: 1) USA🇺🇸 2) China🇨🇳 3) Saudi Arabia🇸🇦 4) Russia🇷🇺 5) India🇮🇳 6) France🇫🇷 7) UK🇬🇧 8) Japan🇯🇵 9) Germany🇩🇪 10) South Korea🇰🇷 Read the new @SIPRIorg Fact Sheet:
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What is the share of arms sales of the SIPRI Top 100 for 2020 by country? USA🇺🇸 54% China🇨🇳 13% UK🇬🇧 7.1% Russia🇷🇺 5% France🇫🇷 4.7% Trans-European🇪🇺 3% Italy🇮🇹 2.6% Israel🇮🇱 2% Japan🇯🇵 1.9% Germany🇩🇪 1.7% South Korea🇰🇷 1.2% India🇮🇳 1.2% Other 3.4% ➡️
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European arms imports nearly double, US and French exports rise, and Russian exports fall sharply. New SIPRI data on global #ArmsTransfers out now. Read the Press Release ➡️ Fact Sheet ➡️
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: Explore how the world spent $1.69 trillion on the military in 2016 and how this has changed over the past 10 years. #Milex
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At the start of 2022, the 9 nuclear-armed states possessed an estimated 12 705 nuclear weapons: USA🇺🇸 5 428 Russia🇷🇺 5 977 UK🇬🇧 225 France🇫🇷 290 China🇨🇳 350 India🇮🇳 160 Pakistan🇵🇰 165 Israel🇮🇱 90 North Korea🇰🇵 20 Read more in #SIPRIYearbook 2022 ➡️
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Who were the main contributors of military personnel to multilateral (UN and non-UN) #PeaceOperations in 2020? Ethiopia🇪🇹 Uganda🇺🇬 Bangladesh🇧🇩 Rwanda🇷🇼 India🇮🇳 Nepal🇳🇵 Pakistan🇵🇰 Burundi🇧🇮 Kenya🇰🇪 USA🇺🇸 Full analysis in this Topical Backgrounder ➡️
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In 2023 #MilitarySpending increased in all five geographical regions for the first time since 2009. New SIPRI data out now ➡️
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The five largest arms exporters in 2016–20 were the USA🇺🇸, Russia🇷🇺, France🇫🇷, Germany🇩🇪 and China🇨🇳. Together, they accounted for 76% of all exports of major arms in 2016–20. New data on global #ArmsTransfers available now ➡️
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The #USA 🇺🇸 remained by far the largest spender in the world in 2019, spending $732 billion and accounting for 38% of global military spending. The USA spent almost as much on its #military in 2019 as the next 10 highest spenders combined. Read more ➡️
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The nine nuclear-armed states continue to modernize their #nuclear arsenals and several deployed new nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable weapon systems in 2022. Read more➡️ Explore the world nuclear forces table➡️
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Who were the top 10 military spenders in 2020? 1) USA🇺🇸 2) China🇨🇳 3) India🇮🇳 4) Russia🇷🇺 5) UK🇬🇧 6) Saudi Arabia🇸🇦 7) Germany🇩🇪 8) France🇫🇷 9) Japan🇯🇵 10) South Korea🇰🇷 Together they spent $1482 billion, accounting for 75% of global military spending ➡️
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Global military spending surges amid war, rising tensions and insecurity. New SIPRI data on global #MilitarySpending out now. Press Release ➡️ Fact Sheet ➡️ #GDAMS2024
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World leaders are failing to prepare for a new era of complex and unpredictable risks to peace as environmental and security crises converge, according to SIPRI's new major report #EnvironmentOfPeace ➡️ Discover more ➡️
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SIPRI Yearbook editions 2001–16 now freely available to download! Explore the archive:
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Who were the five largest arms importers in 2015–19? 1) Saudi Arabia🇸🇦 2) India🇮🇳 3) Egypt🇪🇬 4) Australia🇦🇺 5) China🇨🇳 Together, they received 36% of all arms imports in 2015–19. Read more about the trends in international #ArmsTransfers ➡️
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Who were the five largest arms exporters in 2015–19? 1) USA🇺🇸 2) Russia🇷🇺 3) France🇫🇷 4) Germany🇩🇪 5) China🇨🇳 Together, they accounted for 76% of all arms exports in 2015–19. Read more on the trends in international #ArmsTransfers ➡️
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Who were the five largest arms importers in 2016–20? 1. Saudi Arabia🇸🇦 2. India🇮🇳 3. Egypt🇪🇬 4. Australia🇦🇺 5. China🇨🇳 Together they received 36% of all imports of major arms. More on the trends in global #ArmsTransfers in SIPRI's latest Fact Sheet ➡️
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2019 is the 50th edition of the #SIPRIYearbook . Join SIPRI as we celebrate the occasion with a 50-day countdown and share the history of the Yearbook over the past 50 years. Watch the introductory video with SIPRI Director @dansmith2020 :
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The 15 top spenders in 2022 together accounted for 82% of world #MilitaryExpenditure , or $1842 billion. The #USA 🇺🇸and #China 🇨🇳remained the two largest spenders, accounting for 39% and 13%, respectively ➡️ Explore the top 15 ➡️
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SIPRI welcomes Ambassador Ramtane Lamamra ( @Lamamra_dz ) to the Governing Board. Ambassador Lamamra joins a board of individuals with profound and broad-ranging expertise in diplomacy, policy formation, academia and research. Read more ➡️
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Who were the top 10 military spenders in 2023? 1. United States 🇺🇸 2. China 🇨🇳 3. Russia 🇷🇺 4. India 🇮🇳 5. Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 6. United Kingdom 🇬🇧 7. Germany 🇩🇪 8. Ukraine 🇺🇦 9. France 🇫🇷 10. Japan 🇯🇵 Together, they accounted for 74% of world military spending. New SIPRI data on…
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States invest in nuclear arsenals as geopolitical relations deteriorate—New #SIPRIYearbook out now. Read the Press Release ➡️ Download the Summary ➡️
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Russian🇷🇺 arms exports fell by 53% between 2014–18 and 2019–23. For the first time, Russia was the third biggest arms exporter, just behind France. Get the full analysis ➡️
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Top 15 world military spenders in 2017: USA🇺🇸 China🇨🇳 Saudi Arabia🇸🇦 Russia🇷🇺 India🇮🇳 France🇫🇷 UK🇬🇧 Japan🇯🇵 Germany🇩🇪 South Korea🇰🇷 Brazil🇧🇷 Italy🇮🇹 Australia🇦🇺 Canada🇨🇦 Turkey🇹🇷 Read the @SIPRIorg Fact Sheet:
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Arms sales of companies in the SIPRI top 25 totalled US$361 billion in 2019. What is the share of the combined arms sales of the top 25 by country? USA🇺🇸 61% China🇨🇳 16% Western Europe 18% Russia🇷🇺 3.9% UAE🇦🇪 1.3% Read more about the #ArmsIndustry ➡️
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Total global military expenditure increased by 3.7% in real terms in 2022, to reach a new high of $2240 billion. SIPRI’s data on military expenditure quoted in this external @VisualCap article ➡️
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Mapped: World's Top 40 Largest Military Budgets

War in Europe has caused Ukraine's military spend to jump up by 640%. How do the world's largest military budgets compare?

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Who were the top 10 military spenders in 2019? 1) USA🇺🇸 2) China🇨🇳 3) India🇮🇳 4) Russia🇷🇺 5) Saudi Arabia🇸🇦 6) France🇫🇷 7) Germany🇩🇪 8) UK🇬🇧 9) Japan🇯🇵 10) South Korea🇰🇷 Together they spent $1430 billion, accounting for 75% of global military spending ➡️
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Sales of arms and military services by the industry's 100 largest companies totalled $531 billion in 2020. The USA🇺🇸 hosted 41 companies in the Top 100, accounting for 54% of total arms sales or $285 billion. New SIPRI data on the #ArmsIndustry out now ➡️
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With a military budget of $801 billion, the #USA 🇺🇸 remained the world's largest military spender in 2021, spending almost as much on its military as the next 10 largest spenders combined. More in the video📺 below and in this SIPRI Fact Sheet ➡️
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SIPRI is pleased to announce the appointment of Sigrún Rawet as new Deputy Director. Full announcement on the @SIPRIorg website:
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Who were the top 10 military spenders in 2019? 1) USA🇺🇸 2) China🇨🇳 3) India🇮🇳 4) Russia🇷🇺 5) Saudi Arabia🇸🇦 6) France🇫🇷 7) Germany🇩🇪 8) UK🇬🇧 9) Japan🇯🇵 10) South Korea🇰🇷 Together they spent $1430 billion. Read more in this SIPRI Fact Sheet ➡️
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The Afghan military and security forces received a substantial number of major arms between 2001 and 2020. @Alex_Kuimova and Siemon Wezeman provide an overview of transfers of major arms to #Afghanistan in the latest Topical Backgrounder ➡️
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The five largest military spenders in 2018 were: 1) USA🇺🇸 2) China🇨🇳 3) Saudi Arabia🇸🇦 4) India🇮🇳 5) France🇫🇷 Together, they accounted for 60% of global military spending. New SIPRI military expenditure data available now: #MILEX #GDAMS
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World military expenditure reached an all-time high of $2.1 trillion in 2021, the seventh consecutive year that spending increased. New SIPRI data out now. Press Release ➡️ Fact Sheet ➡️ #GDAMS2022
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Who were the five largest arms exporters in 2017–21? 1) USA🇺🇸 2) Russia🇷🇺 3) France🇫🇷 4) China🇨🇳 5) Germany🇩🇪 Together, they accounted for 77% of all arms exports in 2017–21. New SIPRI data on global #ArmsTransfers out now ➡️
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World military spending rises to almost $2 trillion in 2020, according to new data published today by SIPRI. Press Release ➡️ Fact Sheet ➡️ #MILEX #GDAMS
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Global military spending surges amid war, rising tensions and insecurity. New SIPRI data on global #MilitarySpending out now. Press Release ➡️ Fact Sheet ➡️
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Military expenditure in Europe saw its steepest year-on-year increase (⬆️13%) in at least 30 years. Ukraine’s🇺🇦 military spending rose by 640% to $44 billion in 2022 ➡️ Explore the interactive map of Europe ➡️
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The nine nuclear-armed states continue to modernize their #nuclear arsenals and several deployed new nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable weapon systems in 2022. Read more➡️ Explore the world nuclear forces table ➡️
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Share of arms sales of companies in the SIPRI Top 100 for 2017, by country: 1)🇺🇸(57%) 2)🇷🇺(9.5%) 3)🇬🇧(9%) 4)🇫🇷(5.3%) 5)Trans-European (3.7%) 6)🇮🇹(2.6%) 7)🇯🇵(2.2%) 8)🇩🇪(2.1%) 9)🇮🇱(2%) 10)🇮🇳(1.9%) 11)🇰🇷(1.4%) 12) Others (3.5%) Analysis:
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At the start of 2022, the 9 nuclear-armed states possessed an estimated 12 705 nuclear weapons: USA🇺🇸 5 428 Russia🇷🇺 5 977 UK🇬🇧 225 France🇫🇷 290 China🇨🇳 350 India🇮🇳 160 Pakistan🇵🇰 165 Israel🇮🇱 90 North Korea🇰🇵 20 Read more in #SIPRIYearbook 2022 ➡️
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Economic inequality, political instability and #ClimateChange are the key security challenges in East and Horn of Africa. Watch SIPRI's interview with @AbdikerM of @UNmigration to hear more on how to address these challenges. Full video ➡️
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'Global military expenditure sees largest annual increase in a decade—says SIPRI—reaching $1917 billion in 2019'. Read the Press Release ➡️ Download the Fact Sheet ➡️ #MILEX #GDAMS2020
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Save the date!🗓 The 2022 #SthlmForum will convene in a hybrid format on 23–25 May. This year's Forum will explore how to address human security challenges in light of environmental degradation and #ClimateChange and move towards an #EnvironmentOfPeace ➡️
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The nine nuclear-armed states continue to modernize their #nuclear arsenals and several deployed new nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable weapon systems in 2022. Read more➡️ Explore the world nuclear forces table➡️
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Who were the five biggest military spenders in 2020? 1) USA🇺🇸 2) China🇨🇳 3) India🇮🇳 4) Russia🇷🇺 5) UK🇬🇧 Together they accounted for 62% of global military spending. Read more about the trends in world military expenditure ➡️
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A new SIPRI Insights on Peace and Security examines the trajectory of Brazil🇧🇷, South Korea🇰🇷, Turkey🇹🇷 and the UAE🇦🇪 as emerging arms suppliers and explores the likely consequences of their rise for international security ➡️
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Military spending by the top 15 countries reached $1717 billion in 2021, accounting for 81% of global military expenditure. The #USA 🇺🇸 alone accounted for 38% of total spending. More on the trends in world military spending in SIPRI's latest Fact Sheet ➡️
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World military expenditure reaches new record high as European spending surges. New SIPRI data on global #MilitarySpending out now. #GDAMS2023 Press Release ➡️ Fact Sheet ➡️
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Who were the top 10 military spenders in 2020? 1) USA🇺🇸 2) China🇨🇳 3) India🇮🇳 4) Russia🇷🇺 5) UK🇬🇧 6) Saudi Arabia🇸🇦 7) Germany🇩🇪 8) France🇫🇷 9) Japan🇯🇵 10) South Korea🇰🇷 Together they spent $1482 billion, accounting for 75% of global military spending ➡️
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[INFOGRAPHIC] Top military spenders in 2017: 1) USA🇺🇸 2) China🇨🇳 3) Saudi Arabia🇸🇦 4) Russia🇷🇺 5) India🇮🇳 6) France🇫🇷 7) UK🇬🇧 8) Japan🇯🇵 9) Germany🇩🇪 10) South Korea🇰🇷 Analysis of developments and trends in @SIPRIorg 's Fact Sheet
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Who were the top 10 exporters of major arms in 2017–21? 1) USA🇺🇸 2) Russia🇷🇺 3) France🇫🇷 4) China🇨🇳 5) Germany🇩🇪 6) Italy🇮🇹 7) UK🇬🇧 8) South Korea🇰🇷 9) Spain🇪🇸 10) Israel🇮🇱 Together they accounted for 91% of global arms exports. New SIPRI data out now ➡️
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Who were the five largest arms exporters in 2016–20? 1) USA🇺🇸 2) Russia🇷🇺 3) France🇫🇷 4) Germany🇩🇪 5) China🇨🇳 Together, they accounted for 76% of all exports of major arms in 2016–20. New SIPRI data on global #ArmsTransfers out now ➡️
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New SIPRI map highlights all multilateral #PeaceOperations active as of May 2020 plus a number of missions and operations authorized and/or conducted by the @UN and regional organizations around the world. Read more ➡️ Map PDF ➡️
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How may #gender influence risk and resilience in relation to #ClimateChange and security? On #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2022 , SIPRI releases a new report by @ElizSSmith that analyzes the gender dimensions of 4️⃣ interrelated pathways of climate insecurity:
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Join @IlwadElman , Director of Programs and Development at the @ElmanPeaceHRC , on 13 May at 14:45 CEST for the Keynote Address ‘Sustaining #Peace in a Changing World’ at the 2020 Virtual #SthlmForum . Watch the live stream ➡️
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The #USA 🇺🇸 delivered major arms to 96 states in 2016–20. Almost half (47%) of these #ArmsExports went to the #MiddleEast —an increase of 28% on the previous 5-year period. Read more about the trends in global #ArmsTransfers in this SIPRI Fact Sheet ➡️
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World military expenditure reached an all-time high of $2.1 trillion in 2021, the seventh consecutive year that spending increased. New SIPRI data out now. Press Release ➡️ French ➡️ Swedish ➡️ #GDAMS2022
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Who were the five largest arms importers in 2019–23? 1) India 🇮🇳 2) Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 3) Qatar 🇶🇦 4) Ukraine 🇺🇦 5) Pakistan 🇵🇰 Together, they received 35% of total global arms imports in 2019–23. New SIPRI data on global #ArmsTransfers out now ➡️
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World military expenditure rose by 3.7% in real terms in 2022, to reach a record high of $2240 billion. Global spending grew by 19% over the decade 2013–22 and has risen every year since 2015. New SIPRI data on #MilitarySpending out now. Press Release ➡️
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'The politics of peace is like an ecosystem’ - a complex system of factors, actors and circumstances such as climate change that builds resilience and more peaceful societies, says @IsabellaLovin at the opening of #sthlmforum .
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A matter of speed? @KoljaBrockmann and @RocketSchiller shed light on #hypersonic speed, the nature of hypersonic missile systems, as well as their key subsystems and technologies in a new Topical Backgrounder ➡️
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Military spending as a share of GDP—military burden—reached a global average of 2.4% in 2020, up from 2.2% in 2019. This was the biggest year-on-year rise in the military burden since the global financial and economic crisis in 2009. Read more ➡️ #GDAMS
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The nine nuclear-armed states continue to modernize their #nuclear arsenals and several deployed new nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable weapon systems in 2022. Read more➡️ Explore the world nuclear forces table➡️
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Arms imports in the Middle East–who receives the most? New SIPRI graphic indicates the import of arms by states in the Middle East, 2014-2018. Discover more on #ArmsTransfers in SIPRI's latest report: #ArmsImports #MiddleEast
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The 9 nuclear-armed states—🇺🇸, 🇷🇺, 🇬🇧, 🇫🇷, 🇨🇳, 🇮🇳, 🇵🇰, 🇰🇵 and 🇮🇱—together possessed an estimated 12 512 warheads at the start of 2023, a decrease from an estimated 12 710 at the start of 2022. Press Release ➡️ Interactive graphic ➡️
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' #USA and #France dramatically increase major arms exports; #SaudiArabia is largest arms importer' — New SIPRI data on the trends in international arms transfers available now. Press Release ➡️ Fact Sheet ➡️ #ArmsTransfers
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'No peace without development, no development without peace and none of the above without human rights' – @JanKEliasson delivers the Welcome Address of the 2019 #SthlmForum and is joined by @MinisterPeterE @PMaurerICRC and Dr Sima Samar. Rewatch here ➡️
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Who were the top 10 military spenders in 2022? 1) USA🇺🇸 2) China🇨🇳 3) Russia🇷🇺 4) India🇮🇳 5) Saudi Arabia🇸🇦 6) UK🇬🇧 7) Germany🇩🇪 8) France🇫🇷 9) South Korea🇰🇷 10) Japan🇯🇵 Together they spent $1682 billion, accounting for 75% of global military spending ➡️
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Who were the top 5 military spenders in 2023? 1. United States 🇺🇸 2. China 🇨🇳 3. Russia 🇷🇺 4. India 🇮🇳 5. Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 Together, they accounted for 61% of world military spending. New @SIPRIorg data out now ➡️ Database ➡️
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'Pakistan Navy to Purchase Frigates from China' - The Diplomat @Diplomat_APAC
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Total global military expenditure increased by 3.7% in real terms in 2022, to reach a new high of $2240 billion. The three largest spenders in 2022—the USA🇺🇸, China🇨🇳 and Russia🇷🇺—accounted for 56% of the world total➡️ Fact Sheet➡️
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Who were the five largest arms importers in 2017–21? 1) India🇮🇳 2) Saudi Arabia🇸🇦 3) Egypt🇪🇬 4) Australia🇦🇺 5) China🇨🇳 Together, they received 38% of total global arms imports in 2017–21. New SIPRI data on global #ArmsTransfers out now ➡️
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Who were the five largest arms exporters in 2019–23? 1) United States 🇺🇸 2) France 🇫🇷 3) Russia 🇷🇺 4) China 🇨🇳 5)Germany 🇩🇪 Together, they supplied 75% of the world’s arms exports in 2019–23. Read more ➡️
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The 9 nuclear-armed states—🇺🇸, 🇷🇺, 🇬🇧, 🇫🇷, 🇨🇳, 🇮🇳, 🇵🇰, 🇮🇱 and 🇰🇵—together possessed an estimated 13,080 nuclear weapons at the start of 2021. This marked a decrease from the 13,400 estimated at the beginning of 2020. Read more ➡️
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The effects of #ClimateChange are felt in several critical sectors in #Iraq 🇮🇶. A new SIPRI– @nupinytt fact sheet examines climate-related security risks in the country and provides key recommendations for the Iraqi government, @UN agencies and @UNIraq ➡️
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Which countries were the largest contributors to multilateral peace operations at the end of 2017? Ethiopia 🇪🇹 USA 🇺🇸 Bangladesh 🇧🇩 India 🇮🇳 Uganda 🇺🇬 Rwanda 🇷🇼 Pakistan 🇵🇰 Burundi 🇧🇮 Nepal 🇳🇵 Kenya 🇰🇪 #PeaceOps in #SIPRIYearbook 2018:
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SIPRI is pleased to announce the appointment of Joakim Vaverka ( @joakimvaverka ) as its new Deputy Director! He will assume his post on 1 September and will be SIPRI’s 18th Deputy Director since the Institute’s founding in 1966. Full announcement ➡️
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Explore how the world spent $1.74 trillion on the military in 2017 and how this has changed over the past 10 years at
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New SIPRI Essay by @FarahHegazi examines how #ClimateChange may increase the strain on states to tackle #PublicHealth and #HumanSecurity risks and create an opportunity for armed non-state actors to gain additional legitimacy. Read more ➡️
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Today was the opening of the 2020 Virtual #SthlmForum ! Co-hosted by SIPRI and @SweMFA , the Forum will engage audiences online between 11–22 May. Read the recap of the day's events, watch the live streams and more ➡️
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In 2016–20, Middle Eastern #ArmsImports grew by 25%, driven chiefly by Saudi Arabia🇸🇦 (+61%), Egypt🇪🇬 (+136%) and Qatar🇶🇦 (+361%). Read more about the trends in international #ArmsTransfers in SIPRI's latest Fact Sheet ➡️
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While the USA🇺🇸 and Russia🇷🇺 continued to dismantle retired warheads in 2020, both are estimated to have had around 50 more nuclear warheads in operational deployment at the start of 2021 than a year earlier. Findings of #SIPRIYearbook 2021 out now ➡️
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What are the global and regional trends in multilateral #PeaceOperations in the past 10 years? Analysis from SIPRI’s @Timosmit : #PeaceOps #Peacekeeping #UN #PKO
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'Despite an overall decrease in the number of nuclear warheads in 2019, all nuclear weapon-possessing states continue to modernize their nuclear arsenals' — New findings of #SIPRIYearbook 2020 out now. Press Release ➡️ Spanish ➡️
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Total global #MilitarySpending increased by 3.7% in real terms in 2022, to reach a new high of $2240 billion—the highest level ever recorded in SIPRI data. New SIPRI data out now. Press Release ➡️ Explore the interactive graphic ➡️
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