This report summarises key quantitative and qualitative trends in UK arms exports in 2024, and in the 5-10 year periods up to 2023, using a variety of sources of information, official and otherwise.
It also discusses some of the key issues and concerns relating to the UK arms trade in 2024, namely arms sales to Israel in the context of the genocidal war on Gaza; the government’s push to sell Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey; and the sale of arms to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the context of the UAE’s role in arming the genocidal Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia in Sudan. CAAT’s previous annual report on UK arms exports in 2023 was published in March 2025.
UPDATE 31st March 2026: A key piece of data not included in the original report, UK Defence Exports Data on the value of arms export contracts won by UK arms companies was published on 5 March 2026 by the Ministry of Defence. In previous years, it had been published by UK Defence & Security Exports within the Department for Business and Trade. An Addendum has now been added to the report analysing this data, and other sections updated accordingly. The Addendum can also be downloaded here.
Download the Executive Summary (updated 31st March 2026)
