Argentina vs South Korea: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 0.56% of GDP in Argentina and 2.6% of GDP in South Korea, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by 2.04 percentage points, or 4.62 times that in Argentina.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

ArgentinaSouth KoreaSIPRI estimateHighly uncertain

What the numbers say

South Korea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1959.
In 2025, Argentina ranked 137 and South Korea ranked 34 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

Year	Argentina	South Korea
2025	0.56	2.6
2024	0.65	2.54
2023	0.75	2.6
2022	0.68	2.58
2021	0.63	2.62
2020	0.73	2.64
2019	0.7	2.52
2018	0.73	2.36
2017	0.85	2.3
2016	0.81	2.34
2015	0.85	2.38
2014	0.88	2.41
2013	0.84	2.39
2012	0.78	2.39
2011	0.76	2.37
2010	0.81	2.36
2009	0.89	2.5
2008	0.76	2.39
2007	0.79	2.27
2006	0.79	2.3
2005	0.85	2.28
2004	0.88	2.17
2003	1.06	2.18
2002	1.09	2.17
2001	1.18	2.28
2000	1.15	2.31
1999	1.22	2.49
1998	1.14	2.79
1997	1.14	2.66
1996	1.24	2.74
1995	1.47	2.89
1994	1.46	3.19
1993	1.42	3.42
1992	1.42	3.69
1991	1.51	3.71
1990	1.45	4
1989	1.88	4.29
1988	2.13	4.28
1987	2.28	4.47
1986	2.31	4.95
1985	2.3	5.23
1984	2.16	5.26
1983	2.74	5.73
1982	2.71	6.24
1981	3.47	6.42
1980	3.1	6.4
1979	4.67	5.53
1978	4.72	6.37
1977	4.01	6.04
1976	3.78	5.91
1975	2.04	4.88
1974	1.66	4.54
1973	1.85	4.04
1972	1.82	5.01
1971	1.81	4.74
1970	1.88	4.4
1969	1.94	4.69
1968	1.69	4.73
1967	1.4	4.69
1966	1.17	4.69
1965	1.07	4.41
1964	1.15	4.13
1963	1.68	4.82
1962	2.66	6.87
1961	2.14	6.73
1960	1.55	7.16
1959	0.81	7.64
1958	–	7.43
1957	–	6.8
1956	–	8.33
1955	–	6.24
1954	–	5.85
1953	–	2.36
1950	2.91	–

Estimate
Highly uncertain

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Good to know

What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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