World’s biggest postwar arms exporter

SIPRI uses the "trend-indicator values" (TIV). These are based on the known unit production costs of weapons and represent the transfer of military resources rather than the financial value of the transfer.^[17][18]

1950–2017 Rank	Supplier	Arms Exp (in billion TIV)
1	United States	673,010
2	Russia	588,150
3	United Kingdom	140,380
4	France	120,700[19]
5	Germany	85,980
6	China	53,090
7	Italy	32,270
8	Czech Republic	31,250
9	Netherlands	24,010
10	Israel	16,790