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The 10 Largest Arms Importers in the World, 2021–2025 |
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SIPRI published its latest arms transfers report on March 9, 2026, covering five years of major weapons deliveries through 2025. Ukraine — a country that accounted for just 0.1% of global arms imports in the prior five-year period — is now the world's largest weapons buyer. Its 9.7% share means roughly one in every ten major weapons crossing a border went to Kyiv. Global arms flows rose 9.2%, the biggest jump in a decade. The driver is European demand. |
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Source: SIPRI Trends in International Arms Transfers, 2025. Share of global major arms imports, 2021–2025 (TIV basis). |
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Poland is the chart's sleeper entry. In the previous five-year window, it accounted for 0.4% of global arms imports. In 2021–25, that figure is 3.6% — an 852% increase, the second-steepest rise of any country in the top 10, behind Ukraine. Poland's top weapons supplier is not the United States. It is South Korea, at 47% of deliveries. The US is second at 44%. A NATO frontline state, on the edge of Europe's largest land war since 1945, is arming at extraordinary speed. Kuwait tells a parallel story. Its imports jumped 805%, driven almost entirely by American equipment. Kuwait has roughly 4 million people. The United States at rank 8 deserves attention. The world's largest weapons exporter — 42% of global arms sales — is simultaneously one of the top 10 importers. It buys from the UK (17% of its imports), France (14%), and Italy (13%). The world's biggest arms dealer is also a customer. |
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India has been among the world's top two arms importers for more than two decades. The 8.2% share continues a long pattern. What has changed is the supplier mix. Russia once dominated Indian procurement. France and Israel are now gaining share as India diversifies away from Moscow. The demand has not shrunk. The supply chain has shifted. Three of the top ten importers are in the Middle East: Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Kuwait. The United States supplied 77% of Saudi Arabia's weapons, 48% of Qatar's, and 62% of Kuwait's. Oil revenue funds the purchases. Washington provides the hardware. These relationships are as much about alignment as they are about procurement. Japan at rank 6 reflects a structural shift in East Asian security. Its imports grew 76% from the prior period, driven by China's military expansion and North Korea's missile program. Tokyo buys almost exclusively from the United States — 95% of Japanese arms imports come from American suppliers. |
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9.2% Increase in global arms transfers from 2016–20 to 2021–25, the largest five-year jump since 2011–15. |
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852% Poland's increase in arms imports between the two periods — the second-steepest surge among the world's top 10 importers, behind Ukraine. |
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33% Europe's share of all global arms imports in 2021–25, overtaking Asia and Oceania to become the largest importing region for the first time in decades. |
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64% Decline in Russian arms exports between the two periods — the only drop among the world's top 10 exporters. |
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21st China's rank among global arms importers in 2021–25, the first time it has fallen out of the top 10 since 1991–95. |
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European NATO rearmament is accelerating. Poland has committed to defense spending well above the alliance's 2% of GDP guideline. If rearmament pledges across Europe hold, import volumes will climb further in the next SIPRI five-year window. China's slide to rank 21 among importers reflects growing domestic production capacity, not reduced military ambition — Beijing still has the world's second-largest defense budget. Russia's 64% export decline has opened market share for France, South Korea, and Israel, all of which posted gains. The SIPRI database updates annually. The next fact sheet arrives in March 2027. We'll be watching. |
