Figure 1. States receiving arms from the top 8 arms-exporting democracies, 2018–22

The map shows recipients of major arms exports from the top eight arms-exporting democracies in the period 2018–22: the United States, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain, South Korea and Israel. Recipient countries are coloured according to their Freedom House ranking.

Note: States in grey either received no imports of arms from the top 8 arms-exporting democracies, or there is no data available.
Map: SIPRI © Source: Freedom House, ‘Freedom in the World’, 2023; and SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, 2023.