Which is the largest Arms importer in the world?

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Which is the largest Arms importer in the world? Answer: India

Due to the ongoing war, Ukraine’s arms imports in 2020-24 surged massively — almost 100 times compared with 2015-19 — making it the country with the highest share of global arms imports (8.8%) in that time frame.

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