India Second-Largest Arms Importer (2020-24)

Key Points

• 1India was the second-largest arms importer after Ukraine.
• 2Imports from Russia made up 36% of India's imports (2020-24).
• 3China dropped out of the top 10 arms importers.
• 4Pakistan's arms imports grew by 61% between 2015-19 and 2020-24.
• 5France emerged as the second-largest arms exporter (2020-24).
• 6India received the largest share of French arms exports at 28%.