Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed
| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qatar | 6,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 3,000,000 | 30,000,000 | 190,000,000 | 335,000,000 | 82,000,000 | 55,000,000 | 490,000,000 | 596,000,000 | 291,000,000 | 637,000,000 | 2,292,000,000 | 1,175,000,000 | 2,082,000,000 | 3,373,000,000 | 2,000,000,000 | 1,152,000,000 | |
| Saudi Arabia | 87,000,000 | 2,039,000,000 | 105,000,000 | 166,000,000 | 1,108,000,000 | 1,172,000,000 | 810,000,000 | 1,631,000,000 | 2,711,000,000 | 3,384,000,000 | 2,974,000,000 | 3,968,000,000 | 3,004,000,000 | 3,070,000,000 | 2,530,000,000 | 1,690,000,000 | 3,058,000,000 | 1,296,000,000 | 1,111,000,000 |
| United Arab Emirates | 69,000,000 | 561,000,000 | 246,000,000 | 2,072,000,000 | 646,000,000 | 1,217,000,000 | 1,139,000,000 | 2,302,000,000 | 734,000,000 | 1,182,000,000 | 941,000,000 | 820,000,000 | 1,055,000,000 | 703,000,000 | 651,000,000 | 538,000,000 | 714,000,000 | 948,000,000 | 932,000,000 |
| Kuwait | 54,000,000 | 326,000,000 | 226,000,000 | 12,000,000 | 87,000,000 | 116,000,000 | 31,000,000 | 73,000,000 | 701,000,000 | 317,000,000 | 159,000,000 | 114,000,000 | 96,000,000 | 55,000,000 | 67,000,000 | 889,000,000 | 2,245,000,000 | 497,000,000 | 503,000,000 |
| Algeria | 14,000,000 | 737,000,000 | 405,000,000 | 159,000,000 | 831,000,000 | 1,133,000,000 | 662,000,000 | 361,000,000 | 715,000,000 | 897,000,000 | 2,916,000,000 | 1,138,000,000 | 1,289,000,000 | 167,000,000 | 598,000,000 | 162,000,000 | 418,000,000 | 393,000,000 | 128,000,000 |
| Nigeria | 14,000,000 | 18,000,000 | 36,000,000 | 223,000,000 | 63,000,000 | 28,000,000 | 30,000,000 | 232,000,000 | 188,000,000 | 61,000,000 | 41,000,000 | 49,000,000 | 18,000,000 | 85,000,000 | 283,000,000 | 54,000,000 | 93,000,000 | 67,000,000 | |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | 1,241,000,000 | 448,000,000 | 417,000,000 | 53,000,000 | 87,000,000 | 89,000,000 | 39,000,000 | 14,000,000 | 14,000,000 | 11,000,000 | 413,000,000 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 21,000,000 | 42,000,000 | ||
| Ecuador | 5,000,000 | 3,000,000 | 9,000,000 | 39,000,000 | 90,000,000 | 69,000,000 | 88,000,000 | 11,000,000 | 56,000,000 | 27,000,000 | 26,000,000 | 20,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 3,000,000 | 21,000,000 | 15,000,000 | 9,000,000 | 7,000,000 | 25,000,000 |
| Iraq | 185,000,000 | 818,000,000 | 193,000,000 | 480,000,000 | 622,000,000 | 520,000,000 | 373,000,000 | 629,000,000 | 1,485,000,000 | 1,831,000,000 | 945,000,000 | 455,000,000 | 144,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 55,000,000 | 29,000,000 | 23,000,000 | ||
| Angola | 140,000,000 | 149,000,000 | 38,000,000 | 31,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 51,000,000 | 154,000,000 | 112,000,000 | 273,000,000 | 170,000,000 | 51,000,000 | 46,000,000 | 15,000,000 | 16,000,000 | |||||
| Equatorial Guinea | 11,000,000 | 3,000,000 | 56,000,000 | 60,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 92,000,000 | 20,000,000 | 0 | 12,000,000 | ||||||||||
| Libya | 371,000,000 | 11,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 37,000,000 | 8,000,000 | 73,000,000 | 118,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 33,000,000 | 0 | 34,000,000 | 5,000,000 | |||||||
| Gabon | 1,000,000 | 29,000,000 | 27,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 3,000,000 | 26,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 16,000,000 | 1,000,000 | |||||||
| Venezuela, RB | 15,000,000 | 189,000,000 | 108,000,000 | 21,000,000 | 211,000,000 | 600,000,000 | 693,000,000 | 995,000,000 | 180,000,000 | 124,000,000 | 95,000,000 | 14,000,000 | 79,000,000 | 98,000,000 | |||||
| Congo, Rep. | 9,000,000 | 44,000,000 | 0 | 4,000,000 | 28,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 23,000,000 | 35,000,000 | 6,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 0 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 |