India imports three times more arms than China, Pakistan: Study

India is the biggest buyer of arms in the world, a new study has found.

The developing nation imported nearly three times as many weapons as China and Pakistan over the last five years, a Swedish think tank said.

The total volume of arms sales was up 14 percent between 2009 and 2013 compared to the previous five years, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) revealed.

According to Dawn News, Indian imports of major weapons rose by 111 percent in the last five years compared to 2004 and 2008.

SIPRI said India's share of total global arms imports increased from 7 to 14 percent.

The main supplier of arms to India in 2009- 2013 was Russia, accounting for 75 percent of all imports.

According to the report, Pakistan increased its weapons acquisitions by 119 percent, growing from 2 percent of the global total to 5 percent during that period.

Britain was the largest importer of major weapons in Europe (receiving 12 percent of deliveries), followed by Azerbaijan (12 percent) and Greece (11 percent), the report added.