CIAO DATE: 10/2014
March 2014
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
The SIPRI Arms Transfers Database now contains information on all international transfers of major conventional weapons from 1950 to the end of 2013. It is the only publicly available resource providing consistent data on international arms transfers for this length of time. This Fact Sheet describes the trends in international arms transfers that are revealed by the new data. It lists the main suppliers and recipients for the period 2009–13 and describes the changes in regional trends.
Resource link: Trends in international arms transfers, 2013 [PDF] - 221K