Argentina vs South Korea: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Argentina and 222 million TIV in South Korea, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by 114 million TIV, or 2.06 times that in Argentina.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

South Korea has been higher since 1985, when it overtook Argentina.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Argentina	South Korea	World
2025	108 million	222 million	33.3 billion
2024	45 million	1.03 billion	30.6 billion
2023	22 million	218 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	423 million	33 billion
2021	77 million	812 million	26.8 billion
2020	7 million	1.27 billion	23.4 billion
2019	51 million	1.61 billion	26.9 billion
2018	19 million	1.03 billion	27.3 billion
2017	47 million	962 million	31.2 billion
2016	17 million	1.04 billion	31.4 billion
2015	18 million	268 million	28.7 billion
2014	6 million	742 million	27 billion
2013	13 million	189 million	27.4 billion
2012	5 million	1.08 billion	27.9 billion
2011	16 million	1.57 billion	29.9 billion
2010	11 million	1.3 billion	25.8 billion
2009	15 million	798 million	24 billion
2008	21 million	1.69 billion	24.1 billion
2007	24 million	1.73 billion	26.5 billion
2006	9 million	1.66 billion	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	801 million	21.3 billion
2004	161 million	1.06 billion	21.3 billion
2003	11 million	767 million	19.2 billion
2002	15 million	519 million	17.7 billion
2001	6 million	768 million	18.3 billion
2000	208 million	1.39 billion	20.5 billion
1999	276 million	1.64 billion	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	1.42 billion	27.9 billion
1997	105 million	1.22 billion	28.9 billion
1996	21 million	1.97 billion	23.7 billion
1995	43 million	1.95 billion	22.9 billion
1994	209 million	1.01 billion	22.8 billion
1993	–	1.01 billion	25.8 billion
1992	27 million	782 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	908 million	27.8 billion
1990	159 million	1.2 billion	28.6 billion
1989	6 million	1.84 billion	31.7 billion
1988	71 million	1.24 billion	32.9 billion
1987	217 million	773 million	36.2 billion
1986	219 million	857 million	35.5 billion
1985	485 million	760 million	33.2 billion
1984	724 million	524 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.31 billion	496 million	39.1 billion
1982	406 million	673 million	41.4 billion
1981	833 million	872 million	42 billion
1980	445 million	877 million	37.4 billion
1979	451 million	1.32 billion	33.3 billion
1978	434 million	399 million	39.2 billion
1977	204 million	1.2 billion	37 billion
1976	499 million	556 million	33 billion
1975	268 million	661 million	34.2 billion
1974	450 million	458 million	32.9 billion
1973	248 million	269 million	32.6 billion
1972	402 million	413 million	28.7 billion
1971	363 million	250 million	29.3 billion
1970	257 million	100 million	22.1 billion
1969	230 million	586 million	24.7 billion
1968	430 million	359 million	22.4 billion
1967	143 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1966	93 million	578 million	22.4 billion
1965	7 million	632 million	23.1 billion
1964	19 million	332 million	24.2 billion
1963	29 million	214 million	18.1 billion
1962	47 million	65 million	15.5 billion
1961	205 million	113 million	15 billion
1960	111 million	122 million	15.7 billion

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Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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