Official Statistics

UK defence export statistics 2023

Estimates of UK defence exports covering the period 2013 to 2023.

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UKDSE survey form (blank sample)

Details

This statistical release comprises UK defence export performance data and analysis. The release principally focuses on 2023 data but includes historical data for context and trend analysis purposes.

UK defence export information is based primarily on data provided by UK companies via the UK Defence and Security Exports (UKDSE) voluntary survey of defence export contracts.

Updates to this page

Published 17 December 2024
Last updated 24 February 2025 show all updates
  1. Due to an error in the labelling of the 2023 by region and products and services, we have revised the 2023 'Unknown' and 'Middle East' regional values and the 2023 'Unknown' product and services values. Figure 2, Table 1 and Table 2 have been updated.

  2. 'Table 1: total value of UK defence export orders by destination region' and 'Table 2: total value of UK defence exports by product and services' added following requests from users.

  3. First published.

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