KEY FACTS
w The arms sales of the SIPRI
Top 100 arms-producing and
military services companies
(excluding China) totalled
$398.2 billion in 2017. This was
2.5 per cent higher than sales in
2016 and marks the third
consecutive year of growth in
Top 100 arms sales.
w Taken together, the arms
sales of companies based in
the United States grew by
2.0percent in 2017. With
42companies listed in
2017—4more than in 2016—
the US companies’ share of
total Top 100 arms sales was
57per cent in 2017.
w The combined arms sales of
West European arms producers
grew by 3.8 per cent in 2017, to
$94.9 billion.
w The arms sales of the
10Russian companies in the
Top 100 rose by 8.5 per cent in
2017. Total arms sales by
Russian companies in the
Top100 for 2017 were second
only to those of US companies.
w A Russian company—Almaz-
Antey—appears in the top 10 for
the first time.
w Despite their continued
growth, the combined arms
sales of the Top 100 are only
about one-sixth of the
combined sales of the 15 largest
manufacturing companies in
the world.
THE SIPRI TOP 100
ARMS‑PRODUCING AND
MILITARY SERVICES
COMPANIES, 2017
aude fleurant, alexandra kuimova, nan tian,
pieter d. wezeman and siemon t. wezeman
SIPRI Fact Sheet
December 2018
Arms sales of the world’s 100 largest arms-producing and military services
companies (the SIPRI Top 100) totalled $398.2billion in 2017 (see annex 1).
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This was an increase of 2.5per cent compared with 2016 and marks the third
consecutive year of growth in Top100 arms sales (figures exclude China, see
box 1). The arms sales of the Top100 in 2017 were 44per cent higher than
those in 2002 (see figure1). The overall growth in arms sales of the Top100
in 2017 was driven by increases in arms procurement spending by several
states, in particular the United States and Russia.
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For further detail on methodology see ‘About the SIPRI Arms Industry Database’ in this fact
sheet. The full data set is available on the SIPRI website.
Figure 1. Total arms sales of companies in the SIPRI Top100, 2002–17
Notes: ‘Arms sales’ are defined as sales of military goods and services to military custom-
ers domestically and abroad. The data in this graph refers to the companies in the SIPRI
Top 100 in each year, so the data covers a dierent set of companies each year, except for
2016 and 2017, which refer to the set of companies listed in 2017. 2002 is the first year for
which SIPRI has sucient data to include Russian companies in its Top100 lists.
Source: SIPRI Arms Industry Database, Dec. 2018.
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