Arms sales of the world’s 100 largest arms-producing and military services companies (the SIPRI Top 100) totalled $398.2 billion in 2017 (see annex 1).1 This was an increase of 2.5 per cent compared with 2016 and marks the third consecutive year of growth in Top 100 arms sales (figures exclude China, see box 1). The arms sales of the Top 100 in 2017 were 44 per cent higher than those in 2002 (see figure 1). The overall growth in arms sales of the Top 100 in 2017 was driven by increases in arms procurement spending by several states, in particular the United States and Russia.
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