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The nine nuclear-armed states—🇺🇸🇷🇺🇬🇧🇫🇷🇨🇳🇮🇳🇵🇰🇰🇵🇮🇱— continued programmes to modernize and enhance their nuclear arsenals in 2025, and most deployed new nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable weapon systems during the year. Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/4dNSkNx
#SIPRIYearbook2026 #NuclearWeapons #ArmsControl #NuclearRisk #Disarmament #NonProliferation
@SweArmsControl @AlvamyrdalCNTR @RobertEgnell @UNIDIR @nuclearban @scientistsorg @SweMFA @CSparre @ICRC @FOIresearch @hrw @PugwashConfs @Greenpeace @globalzero @antonioguterres
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At the start of 2020, the 9 nuclear-armed states possessed an estimated 13 400 #nuclear weapons:
Russia🇷🇺 6 375
USA🇺🇸 5 800
China🇨🇳 320
France🇫🇷 290
UK🇬🇧 215
Pakistan🇵🇰 160
India🇮🇳 150
Israel🇮🇱 90
North Korea🇰🇵 30–40
Read more in #SIPRIYearbook 2020 ➡️ bit.ly/2YzLR0F
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SIPRI welcomes the appointment of Stefan Löfven, former Prime Minister of Sweden🇸🇪 and leader of @socialdemokrat from 2012–21, as the new Chair of the Governing Board. Löfven will formally take up his position on 1 June and succeeds Amb @JanKEliasson ➡️ bit.ly/3KOyeBp
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Who were the top 10 military spenders in 2019?
1) USA🇺🇸
2) China🇨🇳
3) India🇮🇳
4) Russia🇷🇺
5) Saudi Arabia🇸🇦
6) France🇫🇷
7) Germany🇩🇪
8) UK🇬🇧
9) Japan🇯🇵
10) South Korea🇰🇷
Together they spent $1430 billion, accounting for 75% of global military spending ➡️ bit.ly/3ayfseU
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At the start of 2020, the 9 nuclear-armed states—the USA🇺🇸, Russia🇷🇺, the UK🇬🇧, France🇫🇷, China🇨🇳, India🇮🇳, Pakistan🇵🇰, Israel🇮🇱 and North Korea🇰🇵—together possessed an estimated 13 400 #nuclear weapons.
Full analysis in #SIPRIYearbook 2020 ➡️ bit.ly/2YzLR0F
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At the start of 2023, the 9 nuclear-armed states possessed an estimated 12 512 nuclear weapons:
USA🇺🇸 5 244
Russia🇷🇺 5 889
UK🇬🇧 225
France🇫🇷 290
China🇨🇳 410
India🇮🇳 164
Pakistan🇵🇰 170
North Korea🇰🇵 30
Israel🇮🇱 90
Read more in #SIPRIYearbook 2023 ➡️ bit.ly/3MYIDxd
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At the start of 2021, the 9 nuclear-armed states possessed an estimated 13 080 nuclear weapons:
USA🇺🇸 5 550
Russia🇷🇺 6 255
UK🇬🇧 225
France🇫🇷 290
China🇨🇳 350
India🇮🇳 156
Pakistan🇵🇰 165
Israel🇮🇱 90
North Korea🇰🇵 40–50
Read more in #SIPRIYearbook 2021 ➡️ bit.ly/3pQQn8d
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Who were the top 10 military spenders in 2020?
1) USA🇺🇸
2) China🇨🇳
3) India🇮🇳
4) Russia🇷🇺
5) UK🇬🇧
6) Saudi Arabia🇸🇦
7) Germany🇩🇪
8) France🇫🇷
9) Japan🇯🇵
10) South Korea🇰🇷
Together they spent $1482 billion, accounting for 75% of global military spending ➡️ bit.ly/3virWCd
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Who were the main contributors of military personnel to multilateral #PeaceOperations in 2021?
1) Ethiopia🇪🇹
2) Uganda🇺🇬
3) Bangladesh🇧🇩
4) Nepal🇳🇵
5) India🇮🇳
6) Burundi🇧🇮
7) Rwanda🇷🇼
8) Kenya🇰🇪
9) Pakistan🇵🇰
10) Indonesia🇮🇩
Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3PGsIUR
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Which countries hold nuclear weapons? How many do they have? (As of January 2018)
🇷🇺6850
🇺🇸6450
🇫🇷300
🇨🇳280
🇬🇧215
🇵🇰140–150
🇮🇳130–140
🇮🇱 80
🇰🇵10–20
New data on world nuclear forces in #SIPRIYearbook 2018, out now: bit.ly/2ycv1uZ
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Who were the five biggest military spenders in 2019?
1) USA🇺🇸
2) China🇨🇳
3) India🇮🇳
4) Russia🇷🇺
5) Saudi Arabia🇸🇦
Together they accounted for 62% of global military spending. Read more on the trends in military expenditure ➡️ bit.ly/3ayfseU
#GDAMS2020
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Who were the top 10 military spenders in 2022?
1) USA🇺🇸
2) China🇨🇳
3) Russia🇷🇺
4) India🇮🇳
5) Saudi Arabia🇸🇦
6) UK🇬🇧
7) Germany🇩🇪
8) France🇫🇷
9) South Korea🇰🇷
10) Japan🇯🇵
Together they spent $1682 billion, accounting for 75% of global military spending ➡️ doi.org/10.55163/PNVP2622
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Who were the five biggest military spenders in 2020?
1) USA🇺🇸
2) China🇨🇳
3) India🇮🇳
4) Russia🇷🇺
5) UK🇬🇧
Together they accounted for 62% of global military spending. Read more about the trends in world military expenditure ➡️ bit.ly/3virWCd
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Who were the top 10 military spenders in 2021?
1) USA🇺🇸
2) China🇨🇳
3) India🇮🇳
4) UK🇬🇧
5) Russia🇷🇺
6) France🇫🇷
7) Germany🇩🇪
8) Saudi Arabia🇸🇦
9) Japan🇯🇵
10) South Korea🇰🇷
Together they spent $1578 billion, accounting for 75% of global military spending ➡️ bit.ly/3LfE92X
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Who were the 5 largest military spenders in 2021?
1) USA🇺🇸
2) China🇨🇳
3) India🇮🇳
4) UK🇬🇧
5) Russia🇷🇺
Together they accounted for 62% of world military
spending. New SIPRI data out now ➡️ bit.ly/3LfE92X
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Top 10 countries with highest military expenditure in 2017:
1) USA🇺🇸
2) China🇨🇳
3) Saudi Arabia🇸🇦
4) Russia🇷🇺
5) India🇮🇳
6) France🇫🇷
7) UK🇬🇧
8) Japan🇯🇵
9) Germany🇩🇪
10) South Korea🇰🇷
Read the new @SIPRIorg Fact Sheet: bit.ly/2KrThvb
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At the start of 2024, the 9 nuclear-armed states possessed an estimated 12 121 nuclear weapons. New numbers out now ➡️ bit.ly/3RmGkXQ
USA🇺🇸 5 044
Russia🇷🇺 5 580
UK🇬🇧 225
France🇫🇷 290
China🇨🇳 500
India🇮🇳 172
Pakistan🇵🇰 170
North Korea🇰🇵50
Israel🇮🇱 90
#SIPRIYearbook
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What is the share of arms sales of the SIPRI Top 100 for 2020 by country?
USA🇺🇸 54%
China🇨🇳 13%
UK🇬🇧 7.1%
Russia🇷🇺 5%
France🇫🇷 4.7%
Trans-European🇪🇺 3%
Italy🇮🇹 2.6%
Israel🇮🇱 2%
Japan🇯🇵 1.9%
Germany🇩🇪 1.7%
South Korea🇰🇷 1.2%
India🇮🇳 1.2%
Other 3.4%
➡️ bit.ly/3dmjKdj
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European arms imports nearly double, US and French exports rise, and Russian exports fall sharply.
New SIPRI data on global #ArmsTransfers out now.
Read the Press Release ➡️bit.ly/3P9cViC
Fact Sheet ➡️doi.org/10.55163/PBRP4239
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visuals.sipri.org: Explore how the world spent $1.69 trillion on the military in 2016 and how this has changed over the past 10 years. #Milex
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In 2023 #MilitarySpending increased in all five geographical regions for the first time since 2009.
New SIPRI data out now ➡️ bit.ly/3w5FW8p
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At the start of 2022, the 9 nuclear-armed states possessed an estimated 12 705 nuclear weapons:
USA🇺🇸 5 428
Russia🇷🇺 5 977
UK🇬🇧 225
France🇫🇷 290
China🇨🇳 350
India🇮🇳 160
Pakistan🇵🇰 165
Israel🇮🇱 90
North Korea🇰🇵 20
Read more in #SIPRIYearbook 2022 ➡️ bit.ly/3xjbnZA
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Who were the main contributors of military personnel to multilateral (UN and non-UN) #PeaceOperations in 2020?
Ethiopia🇪🇹
Uganda🇺🇬
Bangladesh🇧🇩
Rwanda🇷🇼
India🇮🇳
Nepal🇳🇵
Pakistan🇵🇰
Burundi🇧🇮
Kenya🇰🇪
USA🇺🇸
Full analysis in this Topical Backgrounder ➡️ bit.ly/3vmPFBD
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The five largest arms exporters in 2016–20 were the USA🇺🇸, Russia🇷🇺, France🇫🇷, Germany🇩🇪 and China🇨🇳. Together, they accounted for 76% of all exports of major arms in 2016–20.
New data on global #ArmsTransfers available now ➡️ bit.ly/38DIDPC
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The #USA🇺🇸 remained by far the largest spender in the world in 2019, spending $732 billion and accounting for 38% of global military spending. The USA spent almost as much on its #military in 2019 as the next 10 highest spenders combined.
Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3asC4O9
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The nine nuclear-armed states continue to modernize their #nuclear arsenals and several deployed new nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable weapon systems in 2022.
Read more➡️bit.ly/3MYIDxd
Explore the world nuclear forces table➡️bit.ly/45XxO7c
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Who were the top 10 military spenders in 2020?
1) USA🇺🇸
2) China🇨🇳
3) India🇮🇳
4) Russia🇷🇺
5) UK🇬🇧
6) Saudi Arabia🇸🇦
7) Germany🇩🇪
8) France🇫🇷
9) Japan🇯🇵
10) South Korea🇰🇷
Together they spent $1482 billion, accounting for 75% of global military spending ➡️ bit.ly/3virWCd
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Global military spending surges amid war, rising tensions and insecurity. New SIPRI data on global #MilitarySpending out now.
Press Release ➡️ bit.ly/3w5FW8p
Fact Sheet ➡️ doi.org/10.55163/BQGA2180
#GDAMS2024
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All nine nuclear-armed states are modernizing or upgrading their #NuclearArsenals. Several states deployed new nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable weapon systems in 2023.
Press Release➡️bit.ly/3RmGkXQ
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World leaders are failing to prepare for a new era of complex and unpredictable risks to peace as environmental and security crises converge, according to SIPRI's new major report #EnvironmentOfPeace ➡️ bit.ly/3Nr77Ob
Discover more ➡️ environmentofpeace.org
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SIPRI Yearbook editions 2001–16 now freely available to download! bit.ly/2Q4bkKe
Explore the archive: sipri.org/yearbook/archive
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This week, SIPRI launched its annual update on the state world nuclear forces. What are the key findings?
Find out in the thread below🧵
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Who were the five largest arms exporters in 2015–19?
1) USA🇺🇸
2) Russia🇷🇺
3) France🇫🇷
4) Germany🇩🇪
5) China🇨🇳
Together, they accounted for 76% of all arms exports in 2015–19. Read more on the trends in international #ArmsTransfers ➡️ bit.ly/2TsCxdY
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Who were the five largest arms importers in 2015–19?
1) Saudi Arabia🇸🇦
2) India🇮🇳
3) Egypt🇪🇬
4) Australia🇦🇺
5) China🇨🇳
Together, they received 36% of all arms imports in 2015–19. Read more about the trends in international #ArmsTransfers ➡️ bit.ly/2TocWmk
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Who were the five largest arms importers in 2016–20?
1. Saudi Arabia🇸🇦
2. India🇮🇳
3. Egypt🇪🇬
4. Australia🇦🇺
5. China🇨🇳
Together they received 36% of all imports of major arms. More on the trends in global #ArmsTransfers in SIPRI's latest Fact Sheet ➡️ bit.ly/3tg8xRs
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2019 is the 50th edition of the #SIPRIYearbook. Join SIPRI as we celebrate the occasion with a 50-day countdown and share the history of the Yearbook over the past 50 years. Watch the introductory video with SIPRI Director @dansmith2020:
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The 15 top spenders in 2022 together accounted for 82% of world #MilitaryExpenditure, or $1842 billion. The #USA🇺🇸and #China🇨🇳remained the two largest spenders, accounting for 39% and 13%, respectively ➡️ doi.org/10.55163/PNVP2622
Explore the top 15 ➡️ bit.ly/3oAxtWE
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Who were the top 10 military spenders in 2023?
1. United States 🇺🇸
2. China 🇨🇳
3. Russia 🇷🇺
4. India 🇮🇳
5. Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦
6. United Kingdom 🇬🇧
7. Germany 🇩🇪
8. Ukraine 🇺🇦
9. France 🇫🇷
10. Japan 🇯🇵
Together, they accounted for 74% of world military spending.
New SIPRI data on #MilitarySpending out now ➡️ bit.ly/3w5FW8p
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SIPRI welcomes Ambassador Ramtane Lamamra (@Lamamra_dz) to the Governing Board. Ambassador Lamamra joins a board of individuals with profound and broad-ranging expertise in diplomacy, policy formation, academia and research.
Read more ➡️ bit.ly/2zfoP6i
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Russian🇷🇺 arms exports fell by 53% between 2014–18 and 2019–23. For the first time, Russia was the third biggest arms exporter, just behind France.
Get the full analysis ➡️ doi.org/10.55163/PBRP4239
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States invest in nuclear arsenals as geopolitical relations deteriorate—New #SIPRIYearbook out now.
Read the Press Release ➡️ bit.ly/3MYIDxd
Download the Summary ➡️ bit.ly/3OXpuhI
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Top 15 world military spenders in 2017:
USA🇺🇸
China🇨🇳
Saudi Arabia🇸🇦
Russia🇷🇺
India🇮🇳
France🇫🇷
UK🇬🇧
Japan🇯🇵
Germany🇩🇪
South Korea🇰🇷
Brazil🇧🇷
Italy🇮🇹
Australia🇦🇺
Canada🇨🇦
Turkey🇹🇷
Read the @SIPRIorg Fact Sheet: bit.ly/2KrThvb
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'A new nuclear arms race is beginning. It will be far more dangerous than the last one'—SIPRI Governing Board member Dr Jessica T. Mathews writes in The Guardian:
theguardian.com/world/2024/n…
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Arms sales of companies in the SIPRI top 25 totalled US$361 billion in 2019. What is the share of the combined arms sales of the top 25 by country?
USA🇺🇸 61%
China🇨🇳 16%
Western Europe 18%
Russia🇷🇺 3.9%
UAE🇦🇪 1.3%
Read more about the #ArmsIndustry ➡️ bit.ly/37JuUp8
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Total global military expenditure increased by 3.7% in real terms in 2022, to reach a new high of $2240 billion. SIPRI’s data on military expenditure quoted in this external @VisualCap article ➡️bit.ly/3Q1FqQp
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The number and types of nuclear weapons in development have increased as states deepen their reliance on nuclear deterrence ➡️ bit.ly/3RmGkXQ
Key takeaways in the thread below🧵
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Sales of arms and military services by the industry's 100 largest companies totalled $531 billion in 2020. The USA🇺🇸 hosted 41 companies in the Top 100, accounting for 54% of total arms sales or $285 billion.
New SIPRI data on the #ArmsIndustry out now ➡️ bit.ly/3dmjKdj
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Who were the top 10 military spenders in 2019?
1) USA🇺🇸
2) China🇨🇳
3) India🇮🇳
4) Russia🇷🇺
5) Saudi Arabia🇸🇦
6) France🇫🇷
7) Germany🇩🇪
8) UK🇬🇧
9) Japan🇯🇵
10) South Korea🇰🇷
Together they spent $1430 billion, accounting for 75% of global military spending ➡️ bit.ly/3ayfseU
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With a military budget of $801 billion, the #USA🇺🇸 remained the world's largest military spender in 2021, spending almost as much on its military as the next 10 largest spenders combined.
More in the video📺 below and in this SIPRI Fact Sheet ➡️ doi.org/10.55163/DZJD8826
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SIPRI is pleased to announce the appointment of Sigrún Rawet as new Deputy Director.
Full announcement on the @SIPRIorg website: bit.ly/2LduURd
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Global military spending surges amid war, rising tensions and insecurity. New SIPRI data on global #MilitarySpending out now.
Press Release ➡️ bit.ly/3w5FW8p
Fact Sheet ➡️ doi.org/10.55163/BQGA2180
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The Afghan military and security forces received a substantial number of major arms between 2001 and 2020. @Alex_Kuimova and Siemon Wezeman provide an overview of transfers of major arms to #Afghanistan in the latest Topical Backgrounder ➡️ bit.ly/38EcO96
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Who were the top 10 military spenders in 2019?
1) USA🇺🇸
2) China🇨🇳
3) India🇮🇳
4) Russia🇷🇺
5) Saudi Arabia🇸🇦
6) France🇫🇷
7) Germany🇩🇪
8) UK🇬🇧
9) Japan🇯🇵
10) South Korea🇰🇷
Together they spent $1430 billion. Read more in this SIPRI Fact Sheet ➡️ bit.ly/3asC4O9
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World military expenditure reached an all-time high of $2.1 trillion in 2021, the seventh consecutive year that spending increased. New SIPRI data out now.
Press Release ➡️ bit.ly/3LfE92X
Fact Sheet ➡️ doi.org/10.55163/DZJD8826
#GDAMS2022
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The five largest military spenders in 2018 were:
1) USA🇺🇸
2) China🇨🇳
3) Saudi Arabia🇸🇦
4) India🇮🇳
5) France🇫🇷
Together, they accounted for 60% of global military spending. New SIPRI military expenditure data available now: bit.ly/2L1w6MF
#MILEX #GDAMS
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Who were the five largest arms exporters in 2017–21?
1) USA🇺🇸
2) Russia🇷🇺
3) France🇫🇷
4) China🇨🇳
5) Germany🇩🇪
Together, they accounted for 77% of all arms exports in 2017–21. New SIPRI data on global #ArmsTransfers out now ➡️ doi.org/10.55163/CBZJ9986
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World military spending rises to almost $2 trillion in 2020, according to new data published today by SIPRI.
Press Release ➡️ bit.ly/3virWCd
Fact Sheet ➡️ bit.ly/3aEBa3Y
#MILEX #GDAMS
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The nine nuclear-armed states continue to modernize their #nuclear arsenals and several deployed new nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable weapon systems in 2022.
Read more➡️bit.ly/3MYIDxd
Explore the world nuclear forces table ➡️bit.ly/45XxO7c
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Military expenditure in Europe saw its steepest year-on-year increase (⬆️13%) in at least 30 years. Ukraine’s🇺🇦 military spending rose by 640% to $44 billion in 2022 ➡️ bit.ly/3UTtfp8
Explore the interactive map of Europe ➡️ bit.ly/3osBZqd
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Share of arms sales of companies in the SIPRI Top 100 for 2017, by country:
1)🇺🇸(57%)
2)🇷🇺(9.5%)
3)🇬🇧(9%)
4)🇫🇷(5.3%)
5)Trans-European (3.7%)
6)🇮🇹(2.6%)
7)🇯🇵(2.2%)
8)🇩🇪(2.1%)
9)🇮🇱(2%)
10)🇮🇳(1.9%)
11)🇰🇷(1.4%)
12) Others (3.5%)
Analysis: bit.ly/2QpXI0p
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Economic inequality, political instability and #ClimateChange are the key security challenges in East and Horn of Africa. Watch SIPRI's interview with @AbdikerM of @UNmigration to hear more on how to address these challenges.
Full video ➡️ bit.ly/3ADJ7kF
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'Global military expenditure sees largest annual increase in a decade—says SIPRI—reaching $1917 billion in 2019'.
Read the Press Release ➡️ bit.ly/3ayfseU
Download the Fact Sheet ➡️ bit.ly/3asC4O9
#MILEX #GDAMS2020
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At the start of 2022, the 9 nuclear-armed states possessed an estimated 12 705 nuclear weapons:
USA🇺🇸 5 428
Russia🇷🇺 5 977
UK🇬🇧 225
France🇫🇷 290
China🇨🇳 350
India🇮🇳 160
Pakistan🇵🇰 165
Israel🇮🇱 90
North Korea🇰🇵 20
Read more in #SIPRIYearbook 2022 ➡️ bit.ly/3xjbnZA
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The nine nuclear-armed states continue to modernize their #nuclear arsenals and several deployed new nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable weapon systems in 2022.
Read more➡️bit.ly/3MYIDxd
Explore the world nuclear forces table➡️bit.ly/45XxO7c
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Save the date!🗓 The 2022 #SthlmForum will convene in a hybrid format on 23–25 May. This year's Forum will explore how to address human security challenges in light of environmental degradation and #ClimateChange and move towards an #EnvironmentOfPeace ➡️ bit.ly/3fzhz7j
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A new SIPRI Insights on Peace and Security examines the trajectory of Brazil🇧🇷, South Korea🇰🇷, Turkey🇹🇷 and the UAE🇦🇪 as emerging arms suppliers and explores the likely consequences of their rise for international security ➡️ bit.ly/3nnfP3j
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Who were the five biggest military spenders in 2020?
1) USA🇺🇸
2) China🇨🇳
3) India🇮🇳
4) Russia🇷🇺
5) UK🇬🇧
Together they accounted for 62% of global military spending. Read more about the trends in world military expenditure ➡️ bit.ly/3virWCd
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Military spending by the top 15 countries reached $1717 billion in 2021, accounting for 81% of global military expenditure. The #USA🇺🇸 alone accounted for 38% of total spending.
More on the trends in world military spending in SIPRI's latest Fact Sheet ➡️ doi.org/10.55163/DZJD8826
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World military expenditure reaches new record high as European spending surges. New SIPRI data on global #MilitarySpending out now.
#GDAMS2023
Press Release ➡️ bit.ly/3UTtfp8
Fact Sheet ➡️ doi.org/10.55163/PNVP2622
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Who were the top 10 military spenders in 2020?
1) USA🇺🇸
2) China🇨🇳
3) India🇮🇳
4) Russia🇷🇺
5) UK🇬🇧
6) Saudi Arabia🇸🇦
7) Germany🇩🇪
8) France🇫🇷
9) Japan🇯🇵
10) South Korea🇰🇷
Together they spent $1482 billion, accounting for 75% of global military spending ➡️ bit.ly/3virWCd
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Who were the top 10 exporters of major arms in 2017–21?
1) USA🇺🇸
2) Russia🇷🇺
3) France🇫🇷
4) China🇨🇳
5) Germany🇩🇪
6) Italy🇮🇹
7) UK🇬🇧
8) South Korea🇰🇷
9) Spain🇪🇸
10) Israel🇮🇱
Together they accounted for 91% of global arms exports. New SIPRI data out now ➡️ bit.ly/3KESV2v
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[INFOGRAPHIC] Top military spenders in 2017:
1) USA🇺🇸
2) China🇨🇳
3) Saudi Arabia🇸🇦
4) Russia🇷🇺
5) India🇮🇳
6) France🇫🇷
7) UK🇬🇧
8) Japan🇯🇵
9) Germany🇩🇪
10) South Korea🇰🇷
Analysis of developments and trends in @SIPRIorg's Fact Sheet bit.ly/2KrThvb
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New SIPRI map highlights all multilateral #PeaceOperations active as of May 2020 plus a number of missions and operations authorized and/or conducted by the @UN and regional organizations around the world.
Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3fNCJN5
Map PDF ➡️ bit.ly/3fI7V0e
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The #USA🇺🇸 delivered major arms to 96 states in 2016–20. Almost half (47%) of these #ArmsExports went to the #MiddleEast—an increase of 28% on the previous 5-year period.
Read more about the trends in global #ArmsTransfers in this SIPRI Fact Sheet ➡️ bit.ly/3tg8xRs
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Who were the five largest arms exporters in 2016–20?
1) USA🇺🇸
2) Russia🇷🇺
3) France🇫🇷
4) Germany🇩🇪
5) China🇨🇳
Together, they accounted for 76% of all exports of major arms in 2016–20. New SIPRI data on global #ArmsTransfers out now ➡️ bit.ly/38DIDPC
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How may #gender influence risk and resilience in relation to #ClimateChange and security? On #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2022, SIPRI releases a new report by @ElizSSmith that analyzes the gender dimensions of 4️⃣ interrelated pathways of climate insecurity: doi.org/10.55163/MSJJ1524
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Join @IlwadElman, Director of Programs and Development at the @ElmanPeaceHRC, on 13 May at 14:45 CEST for the Keynote Address ‘Sustaining #Peace in a Changing World’ at the 2020 Virtual #SthlmForum.
Watch the live stream ➡️ piped.video/3fzxGxaO7VI
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Unprecedented rise in global military expenditure as European and Middle East spending surges. New #SIPRI data on global #MilitarySpending out now.
Press release ➡️ bit.ly/3GH5GNe
Fact Sheet ➡️ doi.org/10.55163/AVEC8366
#GDAMS2025 #MilitaryExpenditure #DefenseBudget #MilitaryBudget #SIPRI #Milex
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World military expenditure reached an all-time high of $2.1 trillion in 2021, the seventh consecutive year that spending increased. New SIPRI data out now.
Press Release ➡️ bit.ly/3LfE92X
French ➡️ bit.ly/3saWYx1
Swedish ➡️ bit.ly/3MwygyN
#GDAMS2022
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Who were the five largest arms importers in 2019–23?
1) India 🇮🇳
2) Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦
3) Qatar 🇶🇦
4) Ukraine 🇺🇦
5) Pakistan 🇵🇰
Together, they received 35% of total global arms imports in 2019–23. New SIPRI data on global #ArmsTransfers out now ➡️ bit.ly/3P9cViC
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The 9 nuclear-armed states—🇺🇸, 🇷🇺, 🇬🇧, 🇫🇷, 🇨🇳, 🇮🇳,🇵🇰, 🇰🇵 and 🇮🇱—together possessed an estimated 12121 warheads at the start of 2024.
Find out more➡️ bit.ly/3RmGkXQ
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A matter of speed? @KoljaBrockmann and @RocketSchiller shed light on #hypersonic speed, the nature of hypersonic missile systems, as well as their key subsystems and technologies in a new Topical Backgrounder ➡️ bit.ly/3ui2Ki6
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World military expenditure rose by 3.7% in real terms in 2022, to reach a record high of $2240 billion. Global spending grew by 19% over the decade 2013–22 and has risen every year since 2015. New SIPRI data on #MilitarySpending out now.
Press Release ➡️ bit.ly/3UTtfp8
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'The politics of peace is like an ecosystem’ - a complex system of factors, actors and circumstances such as climate change that builds resilience and more peaceful societies, says @IsabellaLovin at the opening of #sthlmforum.
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Arms imports in the Middle East–who receives the most? New SIPRI graphic indicates the import of arms by states in the Middle East, 2014-2018. Discover more on #ArmsTransfers in SIPRI's latest report: bit.ly/2EXox4I
#ArmsImports #MiddleEast
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'#USA and #France dramatically increase major arms exports; #SaudiArabia is largest arms importer' — New SIPRI data on the trends in international arms transfers available now.
Press Release ➡️ bit.ly/2TsCxdY
Fact Sheet ➡️bit.ly/2TocWmk
#ArmsTransfers
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Who were the top 5 military spenders in 2023?
1. United States 🇺🇸
2. China 🇨🇳
3. Russia 🇷🇺
4. India 🇮🇳
5. Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦
Together, they accounted for 61% of world military spending.
New @SIPRIorg data out now ➡️ bit.ly/3w5FW8p
Database ➡️ doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685
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The 9 nuclear-armed states—🇺🇸, 🇷🇺, 🇬🇧, 🇫🇷, 🇨🇳, 🇮🇳, 🇵🇰, 🇰🇵 and 🇮🇱—together possessed an estimated 12 512 warheads at the start of 2023, a decrease from an estimated 12 710 at the start of 2022.
Press Release ➡️bit.ly/3MYIDxd
Interactive graphic ➡️bit.ly/42uAYwn
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Military spending as a share of GDP—military burden—reached a global average of 2.4% in 2020, up from 2.2% in 2019. This was the biggest year-on-year rise in the military burden since the global financial and economic crisis in 2009.
Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3virWCd
#GDAMS
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The nine nuclear-armed states continue to modernize their #nuclear arsenals and several deployed new nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable weapon systems in 2022.
Read more➡️bit.ly/3MYIDxd
Explore the world nuclear forces table➡️ bit.ly/45XxO7c
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'Pakistan Navy to Purchase Frigates from China' - The Diplomat @Diplomat_APAC bit.ly/2yd8jiS
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Who were the top 10 military spenders in 2022?
1) USA🇺🇸
2) China🇨🇳
3) Russia🇷🇺
4) India🇮🇳
5) Saudi Arabia🇸🇦
6) UK🇬🇧
7) Germany🇩🇪
8) France🇫🇷
9) South Korea🇰🇷
10) Japan🇯🇵
Together they spent $1682 billion, accounting for 75% of global military spending ➡️doi.org/10.55163/PNVP2622
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'No peace without development, no development without peace and none of the above without human rights' – @JanKEliasson delivers the Welcome Address of the 2019 #SthlmForum and is joined by @MinisterPeterE @PMaurerICRC and Dr Sima Samar.
Rewatch here ➡️ bit.ly/2VmUMPo
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Total global military expenditure increased by 3.7% in real terms in 2022, to reach a new high of $2240 billion. The three largest spenders in 2022—the USA🇺🇸, China🇨🇳 and Russia🇷🇺—accounted for 56% of the world total➡️bit.ly/3oAxtWE
Fact Sheet➡️ doi.org/10.55163/PNVP2622
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The effects of #ClimateChange are felt in several critical sectors in #Iraq🇮🇶. A new SIPRI–@nupinytt fact sheet examines climate-related security risks in the country and provides key recommendations for the Iraqi government, @UN agencies and @UNIraq ➡️ bit.ly/3v2VtkO
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Which countries were the largest contributors to multilateral peace operations at the end of 2017?
Ethiopia 🇪🇹
USA 🇺🇸
Bangladesh 🇧🇩
India 🇮🇳
Uganda 🇺🇬
Rwanda 🇷🇼
Pakistan 🇵🇰
Burundi 🇧🇮
Nepal 🇳🇵
Kenya 🇰🇪
#PeaceOps in #SIPRIYearbook 2018: bit.ly/2ycv1uZ
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SIPRI is pleased to announce the appointment of Joakim Vaverka (@joakimvaverka) as its new Deputy Director! He will assume his post on 1 September and will be SIPRI’s 18th Deputy Director since the Institute’s founding in 1966.
Full announcement ➡️ bit.ly/37W8rVS
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The 9 nuclear-armed states—🇺🇸, 🇷🇺, 🇬🇧, 🇫🇷, 🇨🇳, 🇮🇳, 🇵🇰, 🇮🇱 and 🇰🇵—together possessed an estimated 13,080 nuclear weapons at the start of 2021. This marked a decrease from the 13,400 estimated at the beginning of 2020.
Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3pQQn8d
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Today was the opening of the 2020 Virtual #SthlmForum! Co-hosted by SIPRI and @SweMFA, the Forum will engage audiences online between 11–22 May.
Read the recap of the day's events, watch the live streams and more ➡️ bit.ly/3fDjK8E
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Who were the five largest arms importers in 2017–21?
1) India🇮🇳
2) Saudi Arabia🇸🇦
3) Egypt🇪🇬
4) Australia🇦🇺
5) China🇨🇳
Together, they received 38% of total global arms imports in 2017–21. New SIPRI data on global #ArmsTransfers out now ➡️ doi.org/10.55163/CBZJ9986
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Who were the five largest arms exporters in 2019–23?
1) United States 🇺🇸
2) France 🇫🇷
3) Russia 🇷🇺
4) China 🇨🇳
5)Germany 🇩🇪
Together, they supplied 75% of the world’s arms exports in 2019–23.
Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3P9cViC
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