Investing in war and peace.

Value of global arms deliveries, 2007               $30.9 billion

Deliveries from the United States                   $12.8 billion

From Russia                                          $4.7 billion

From the United Kingdom                              $2.6 billion

From France                                          $2.1 billion

From China                                           $1.4 billion

Value of global arms agreements, 2007               $60.0 billion

Agreements signed by the United States              $24.9 billion

By Russia                                           $10.4 billion

By the United Kingdom                                $9.8 billion

By China                                             $3.8 billion

By France                                            $1.8 billion

Percent share of global arms deliveries going to               71
developing countries, 2007

Percent share to developing countries from China              100

From the United Kingdom                                       100

From Russia                                                    93

From France                                                    83

From the United States                                         49

Value of arms agreements with Saudi Arabia (ranked  $10.6 billion
first among developing-country recipients), 2007

With India (ranked second)                           $5.0 billion

With Pakistan (third)                                $4.2 billion

With Syria (fourth)                                  $3.7 billion

With South Korea (fifth)                             $2.7 billion

United Nations peacekeeping budget, 2007             $5.48 billion
SOURCES: Deliveries and agreements: U.S. Congressional Research
Service. (Note: figures include weapons systems, tanks, aircraft,
artillery, capital ships, missiles, and so on, but do not include
small arms.) UN peacekeeping budget: United Nations.

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