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The SIPRI Top 100 Arms-producing and Military Services Companies, 2024

The combined arms revenues of the world’s largest arms-producing and military services companies (the SIPRI Top 100) increased by 5.9 per cent in 2024 to reach $679 billion, the highest level ever recorded by SIPRI. The total arms revenues of the Top 100 went up by 26 per cent over the decade 2015–24.

The rise in the total arms revenues of the Top 100 in 2024 was mostly due to overall increases in the arms revenues of companies based in Europe and the United States. There were year-on-year increases in all the geographical areas covered by the ranking apart from Asia and Oceania, which saw a slight decrease, largely as a result of a notable drop in the total arms revenues of Chinese companies.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)/EDITORS

Lorenzo Scarazzato is a Researcher in the SIPRI Military Expenditure and Arms Production Programme.
Dr Nan Tian is a Senior Researcher and Programme Director of the SIPRI Military Expenditure and Arms Production Programme.
Dr Diego Lopes da Silva is a Senior Researcher in the SIPRI Military Expenditure and Arms Production Programme.
Xiao Liang is a Researcher in the SIPRI Military Expenditure and Arms Production Programme.
Zubaida A. Karim is a Research Assistant in the SIPRI Military Expenditure and Arms Production Programme.
Jade Guiberteau Ricard is a Research Assistant in the SIPRI Military Expenditure and Arms Production Programme.