- The United States is the world's largest exporter of weaponry,
- having sold $123,440,000,000 (that's 123 billion, plus some)
- worth of arms in the past fifteen years, with $9,894,000,000
- (almost 10 billion) of that coming in 2016 alone. This map
- attempts to illstrate some of the scale of that trade using data
- from the
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+ This is a map illustrating the role of the United States in the
+ global arms trade between 2001 and 2015. Darker shades of blue
+ represent higher dollar values. Mouse over a country to see how
+ much weaponry it imports from the U.S. Click it to see an arc representing the flow of arms between the U.S. and
+ that country. Countries with no trade with the U.S. will not display arcs. Toggle between exports and imports with
+ the left-most button. See maps of different year ranges by changing the dates. Scroll down to learn more.
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+ The United States is the world's largest exporter of weaponry,
+ having sold $123,440,000,000 (that's 123 billion, plus some)
+ worth of arms in the past fifteen years, with $9,894,000,000
+ (almost 10 billion) of that coming in 2016 alone. This map
+ attempts to illstrate some of the scale of that trade using data
+ from the
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's Arms Transfer
Database.
-
- The largest importer of arms from the U.S. is South Korea
- ($12 billion since 2001), followed by the U.A.E. ($9.3 billion),
- Saudi Arabia ($8.3 billion), Australia ($7.6 billion), and
- Israel ($6.4 billion). Notably missing from this map are the $460
- million sold to international institutions (mostly to the North
- Atlantic Treaty Organization, but also to the African Union and the
- United Nations), as well as the sales to Singapore ($5.2 billion),
- Bahrain ($295 million), Malta ($15 million), Mauritius ($1 million),
- and The Seychelles ($1 million) -- all of which were excluded for
- technical reasons. Finally, the $4 million in sales to 'Unknown
- Recipients' have been excluded for obvious reasons.
-
- While certainly not the titan in arms imports it is in exports,
- the U.S. has bought a respectable $11.7 billion worth of arms from
- the rest of the world since 2001. The largest exporters of weapons to
- the U.S. are the United Kingdom ($2.7 billion), Canada($1.8 billion),
- Germany ($1.4 billion), Switzerland ($1.2 billion), and Israel ($763 million).
- As with the exports, the $17 million in weapons sales to the U.S. from
- 'Unknown Suppliers' have been excluded from the map.
- Legend
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+ The largest importer of arms from the U.S. is South Korea + ($12 billion since 2001), followed by the U.A.E. ($9.3 billion), + Saudi Arabia ($8.3 billion), Australia ($7.6 billion), and + Israel ($6.4 billion). Notably missing from this map are the $460 + million sold to international institutions (mostly to the North + Atlantic Treaty Organization, but also to the African Union and the + United Nations), as well as the sales to Singapore ($5.2 billion), + Bahrain ($295 million), Malta ($15 million), Mauritius ($1 million), + and The Seychelles ($1 million) -- all of which were excluded for + technical reasons. Finally, the $4 million in sales to 'Unknown + Recipients' have been excluded for obvious reasons. +
++ While certainly not the titan in arms imports it is in exports, + the U.S. has bought a respectable $11.7 billion worth of arms from + the rest of the world since 2001. The largest exporters of weapons to + the U.S. are the United Kingdom ($2.7 billion), Canada($1.8 billion), + Germany ($1.4 billion), Switzerland ($1.2 billion), and Israel ($763 million). + As with the exports, the $17 million in weapons sales to the U.S. from + 'Unknown Suppliers' have been excluded from the map. +
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