Asia Power Index
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Arms export partnerships
Number of arms export recipients, including state and non-state groups (2019-24)
This chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for arms export partnerships.
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Arms export partnerships
Number of arms export recipients, including state and non-state groups (2019-24)
Rankings
Indicators
rank
score
trend
Country / Territory
Year
2018
2019
2020
2021
2023
2024
2025
Weighting × 1
Source
Year
1
100.0
—
United States
115
*
2019-24
2
39.1
China
45
*
2019-24
3
−1
38.3
Russia
44
*
2019-24
4
21.7
South Korea
25
*
2019-24
5
14.8
Australia
17
*
2019-24
6
8.7
India
10
*
2019-24
7
+1
3.5
—
New Zealand
4
*
2019-24
7
3.5
Pakistan
4
*
2019-24
9
+1
2.6
—
Singapore
3
*
2019-24
9
+2
2.6
Thailand
3
*
2019-24
11
−3
1.7
Indonesia
2
*
2019-24
11
+2
1.7
Japan
2
*
2019-24
11
1.7
—
Taiwan
2
*
2019-24
14
−1
0.9
—
Malaysia
1
*
2019-24
14
−1
0.9
—
North Korea
1
*
2019-24
27
0.0
—
Bangladesh
—
2019-24
27
0.0
—
Brunei
—
2019-24
27
0.0
—
Cambodia
—
2019-24
27
0.0
—
Laos
—
2019-24
27
0.0
—
Mongolia
—
2019-24
27
0.0
—
Myanmar
—
2019-24
27
0.0
—
Nepal
—
2019-24
27
0.0
—
Papua New Guinea
—
2019-24
27
0.0
—
Philippines
—
2019-24
27
0.0
—
Sri Lanka
—
2019-24
27
0.0
—
Timor-Leste
—
2019-24
27
−14
0.0
Vietnam
—
2019-24
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