TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wezeman,Pieter D.
AU  - Tian,Nan
AU  - Fleurant,Aude
AU  - Wezeman,Siemon T.
AU  - Kuimova,Alexandra
AU  - Diego,Lopes da Silva
ED  - SIPRI
TI  - Trends in international arms transfers, 2019
T2  - SIPRI fact sheet
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Solna
PB  - SIPRI
KW  - arms transfers
KW  - conventional weapons
N1  - SIP2023; "March 2020"; The volume of international transfers of major arms in 2015–19 was 5.5 per cent higher than in 2010–14 and 20 per cent higher than in 2005–2009. The five largest exporters in 2015–19 were the United States, Russia, France, Germany and China. The five largest importers were Saudi Arabia, India, Egypt, Australia and China. Between 2010–14 and 2015–19, there were increases in arms transfers to the Middle East and to Europe, while there were decreases in the transfers to Africa, the Americas and Asia and Oceania.
From 9 March 2020 the freely accessible SIPRI Arms Transfers Database includes updated data on arms transfers for 1950–2019. Based on the new data, this Fact Sheet presents global trends in arms exports and arms imports and highlights selected issues related to arms transfers
UR  - https://www.sipri.org/publications/2020/sipri-fact-sheets/trends-international-arms-transfers-2019
ER  -