10 Largest Arms Importers
Published on June 30, 2007 - 8 Comments
This is a list of the world nations that import the most military arms. It is based on statistical data for the period 1998-2002. The values are in $ millions (US)
Nation - $ Millions US - Major Supplier
1. China - 8,818 - Russia (93%)
2. Taiwan - 6,822 - USA (71%)
3. India - 4,824 - Russia (81%)
4. Turkey - 4,688 - USA (60%)
5. Saudi Arabia - 4,360 - USA (66%)
6. Greece - 3,958 - USA (47%)
7. South Korea - 3,445 - USA (64%)
8. Egypt - 3,251 - USA (91%)
9. United Kingdom - 3,116 - USA (82%)
10. Israel - 3,033 - USA (74%)
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1. yaurt - October 25th, 2007 at 10:27 am
oh…ok
hm…actually i find weird that greece is on top 10…
2. jfrater - October 25th, 2007 at 10:33 am
yaurt: maybe so they can keep the Turks at bay?
3. yaurt - October 25th, 2007 at 10:51 am
but what’s with the percentages ?
4. jfrater - October 25th, 2007 at 11:03 am
The percentage is the total percent of that nations imports that come from their largest supplier (on the right)
5. yaurt - October 25th, 2007 at 11:12 am
i get it, i get it
..so..now this list is not on the bottom comments list 
6. Rew - February 6th, 2008 at 7:10 am
surprised it didn’t show something like Iran 88.7% — USA
7. rulexs - April 7th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
crazy world!!
8. bharris - June 26th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Looks like China is preparing for something big.