Defence export statistics 2023: list of countries in each region
Published 17 December 2024
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This document shows which countries and organisations are attributed to each region in the defence export statistics released on 17 December 2024.
These definitions may differ from those used in other publications.
1. Africa
The following countries are included in Africa:
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo
- Djibouti
- Equatorial Guinea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Ghana
- Ivory Coast
- Kenya
- Libya
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
2. Asia Pacific
The following countries are included in Asia Pacific:
- Afghanistan
- Australia
- Bangladesh
- Brunei
- Burma
- Cambodia
- China
- Christmas Island
- Cocos Islands
- Cook Islands
- East Timor
- Fiji
- French Polynesia
- Guam
- Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Kiribati
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Macau
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Marshall Islands
- Micronesia
- Mongolia
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- North Korea
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Samoa
- Singapore
- Solomon Islands
- South Korea
- Sri Lanka
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- Tonga
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Vietnam
3. Europe
The following countries are included in Europe:
- Albania
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Jersey
- Kosovo
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- NATO
- Netherlands
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- OCCAR
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
4. Latin America
The following countries are included in Latin America:
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Cayman Islands
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Falkland Islands
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Jamaica
- Martinique
- Mexico
- Netherlands Antilles
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- St Kitts and Nevis
- St Lucia
- St Vincent and the Grenadines
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Uruguay
- US Virgin Islands
- Venezuela
5. Middle East
The following countries are included in Middle East:
- Bahrain
- Egypt
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Oman
- Palestinian Territories
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Syria
- United Arab Emirates
- Yemen
6. North America
The following countries are included in North America:
- Canada
- United States