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THE SIPRI TOP 100 ARMS‑PRODUCING AND MILITARY SERVICES COMPANIES, 2017
December 2018
Aude Fleurant, Alexandra Kuimova, Nan Tian, Pieter D. Wezeman and Siemon T. Wezeman
Arms sales of the world’s 100 largest arms-producing and military services companies (the SIPRI Top 100) totalled $398.2 billion in 2017 (see annex 1).1 This was an increase of 2.5 per cent compared with 2016 and marks the third consecutive year of growth in Top 100 arms sales (figures exclude China, see box 1). The arms sales of the Top 100 in 2017 were 44 per cent higher than those in 2002 (see figure 1). The overall growth in arms sales of the Top 100 in 2017 was driven by increases in arms procurement spending by several states, in particular the United States and Russia.
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TOP 100
The Top 100 companies are ranked by their total annual arms sales. As has been the case every year since 2002, companies based in the USA and Western Europe continued to dominate the Top 100 in 2017: a total of 66 US and West European companies are listed. Their combined arms sales of $321.5 billion were 2.5 per cent higher than in 2016, and together they accounted for 81 per cent of Top 100 arms sales in 2017.
The combined arms sales of West European arms producers in the Top 100 grew by 3.8 per cent in 2017, to $94.9 billion. The arms sales of companies based in the United Kingdom were the highest in Western Europe ($35.7 billion in 2017), accounting for 9.0 per cent of the Top 100 total in 2017 (see figure 2). Between 2002 and 2016, the annual combined arms sales of British companies in the Top 100 were second only to those of US companies. However, in 2017 Russia was the second largest arms producer in the Top 100: the combined arms sales of Russian companies ($37.7 billion) accounted for 9.5 per cent of the Top 100 total in 2017.
The arms sales of the 10 largest companies in the Top 100 amounted to $198.2 billion in 2017—an increase of 10 per cent ($2.1 billion) compared with their arms sales in 2016. The top 10 accounted for 50 per cent of total Top 100 arms sales in 2017. Notably, 2017 was the first year that a Russian company appeared in the top 10: Almaz-Antey, which ranked 10th, is also the first company based outside the USA or Western Europe to be ranked in the top 10. Five US and four West European companies occupied the other nine positions in the top 10 in 2017.
I could not insert the Top 100 arms-producing companies in this article as pictures, so I have added them as attachments.
For full report and source:
https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/2018-12/fs_arms_industry_2017_0.pdf
December 2018
Aude Fleurant, Alexandra Kuimova, Nan Tian, Pieter D. Wezeman and Siemon T. Wezeman
Arms sales of the world’s 100 largest arms-producing and military services companies (the SIPRI Top 100) totalled $398.2 billion in 2017 (see annex 1).1 This was an increase of 2.5 per cent compared with 2016 and marks the third consecutive year of growth in Top 100 arms sales (figures exclude China, see box 1). The arms sales of the Top 100 in 2017 were 44 per cent higher than those in 2002 (see figure 1). The overall growth in arms sales of the Top 100 in 2017 was driven by increases in arms procurement spending by several states, in particular the United States and Russia.
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TOP 100
The Top 100 companies are ranked by their total annual arms sales. As has been the case every year since 2002, companies based in the USA and Western Europe continued to dominate the Top 100 in 2017: a total of 66 US and West European companies are listed. Their combined arms sales of $321.5 billion were 2.5 per cent higher than in 2016, and together they accounted for 81 per cent of Top 100 arms sales in 2017.
The combined arms sales of West European arms producers in the Top 100 grew by 3.8 per cent in 2017, to $94.9 billion. The arms sales of companies based in the United Kingdom were the highest in Western Europe ($35.7 billion in 2017), accounting for 9.0 per cent of the Top 100 total in 2017 (see figure 2). Between 2002 and 2016, the annual combined arms sales of British companies in the Top 100 were second only to those of US companies. However, in 2017 Russia was the second largest arms producer in the Top 100: the combined arms sales of Russian companies ($37.7 billion) accounted for 9.5 per cent of the Top 100 total in 2017.
The arms sales of the 10 largest companies in the Top 100 amounted to $198.2 billion in 2017—an increase of 10 per cent ($2.1 billion) compared with their arms sales in 2016. The top 10 accounted for 50 per cent of total Top 100 arms sales in 2017. Notably, 2017 was the first year that a Russian company appeared in the top 10: Almaz-Antey, which ranked 10th, is also the first company based outside the USA or Western Europe to be ranked in the top 10. Five US and four West European companies occupied the other nine positions in the top 10 in 2017.
I could not insert the Top 100 arms-producing companies in this article as pictures, so I have added them as attachments.
For full report and source:
https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/2018-12/fs_arms_industry_2017_0.pdf
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