Israel tenth on list of global weapons exporters

Israel is the world's tenth largest weapons exporter, accounting for some three percent of global arms sales, according to a chart published by the Economist magazine on Sunday. 

The five leading arms exporters are the United States, Russia, Germany, China and France, which together accounted for three-quarters of international weapons sales over the past five years, according to the Economist. 

After the big five, come the United Kingdom, Spain, Ukraine, Italy and Israel. 

The magazine based its chart on figures from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, which tracks the arms trade. 

The biggest arms importers, according to the chart, were India, China, Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.