Europe's arms imports almost doubled because of the Ukraine war. For the first time in decades, Russia is no longer one of the world's two largest arms suppliers.
The largest importer in Europe was Ukraine - with 23 percent of the region's total arms imports. The USA remained the undisputed number one exporter: in the period 2019 to 2023 it supplied 107 countries. A full 42 percent of global arms deliveries go to major suppliers - a global increase of 8 percentage points compared to the previous comparable period.