How much do European and Asian countries spend on defense equipment manufactured by American companies?

In 2023, the United States State Department announced that the total value of transferred defense articles and services and security cooperation activities conducted under the Foreign Military Sales system was $80.9 billion, the highest annual total of sales and assistance provided to our allies and partners. This trend of increased defense spending, paired with the presence of conflict and tension in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and East Asia, requires the United States and its allies carefully track which countries are in possession of which weapons systems.

To illustrate the expenditures of European and Asian countries for US foreign military sales in 2022, each country’s 2022 foreign military sales is benchmarked against: its 2022 defense budget, to show how much of countries’ total defense budgets are paid to American manufacturers, and its gross national product, to determine which countries spend more or less than their economic profile would suggest.

Data Visualization

2022 Foreign Military Sales by Country, Region

2022 Foreign Military Sales as Percent of GNP by Country, Region

2022 Foreign Military Sales as Percent of Defense Budget by Country, Region

2022 Defense Budget as Percent of GNP by Country, Region

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