Table 1

Arms exporting countries

Arms exporting countries1-150 1-151 U5MR rank1-152 Inclusion of children in armed forces1-153
USA1-154 125Yes
Russia 93Yes
Germany144Yes
UK 141Yes
China 72Yes
France 131Yes
Uzbekistan61No
Netherlands137Yes
Czech Republic126No
Italy136No
Israel132No
Canada139Yes
Sweden150Yes
Poland114No
Slovakia116Yes
Belgium127Yes
Switzerland142Yes
Ukraine100No
South Korea130Yes
Spain129No
North Korea92No
Brazil63No
Norway138Yes
Austria140No
Australia135No
South Africa59Yes
  • 1-150 The 30 leading suppliers of major conventional weapons in 1995 rank order.

  • 1-151 Countries in bold are the permanent members of the UN Security Council.

  • 1-152 Rank (out of 150 countries) in descending order of their estimated 1995 under 5 mortality rate (U5MR). The higher the number, the lower the mortality rate.

  • 1-153 Countries compromising on the issue of raising the minimum age for participation in hostilities, to exclude children from the effects of war.

  • 1-154 One of the three countries which have not yet ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. It accounts for 94% of the children in the world not protected by this law.