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The SIPRI Top 100 Arms-producing and Military Services Companies, 2020

The SIPRI Top 100 Arms-producing and Military Services Companies, 2020
Alexandra Marksteiner, Dr Lucie Béraud-Sudreau, Dr Nan Tian, Dr Diego Lopes da Silva and Alexandra Kuimova
https://doi.org/10.55163/WDQZ7897
Publisher: SIPRI
SIPRI, Stockholm:
December, 2021
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The combined arms sales of the world’s largest arms-producing and military services companies (the SIPRI Top 100) were $531 billion in 2020—an increase of 1.3 per cent on their arms sales in 2019. This fact sheet lists the SIPRI Top 100 for 2020 from the updated SIPRI Arms Industry Database and describes the trends in international arms sales that are revealed by the new data.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)/EDITORS

Alexandra Marksteiner
Alexandra Marksteiner was a Researcher in the SIPRI Military Expenditure and Arms Production Programme.
Dr Lucie Béraud-Sudreau
Dr Lucie Béraud-Sudreau is Director of the Military Expenditure and Arms Production Programme.
Nan Tian
Dr Nan Tian is a Senior Researcher and Acting Programme Director with the Military Expenditure and Arms Production Programme at SIPRI.
Dr Diego Lopes da Silva
Dr Diego Lopes da Silva is a Senior Researcher with the SIPRI Military Expenditure and Arms Production Programme.
Alexandra Kuimova
Alexandra Kuimova Alexandra Kuimova is a Researcher with UNIDIR’s Conventional Arms and Ammunition Programme. She was previously a Researcher with the SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme.