Australia vs South Korea: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Australia and 2.02 billion TIV in South Korea, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by 1.91 billion TIV, or 19 times that in Australia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

South Korea has been higher since 1996, when it overtook Australia.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Australia	South Korea	World
2025	108 million	2.02 billion	33.5 billion
2024	73 million	1.1 billion	30.7 billion
2023	81 million	675 million	29.5 billion
2022	19 million	231 million	33.3 billion
2021	175 million	536 million	27.1 billion
2020	406 million	829 million	24.1 billion
2019	129 million	675 million	27 billion
2018	39 million	1.05 billion	27.4 billion
2017	101 million	700 million	31.3 billion
2016	136 million	435 million	31.5 billion
2015	79 million	92 million	28.7 billion
2014	94 million	218 million	27.1 billion
2013	54 million	350 million	27.4 billion
2012	45 million	203 million	27.9 billion
2011	143 million	328 million	29.9 billion
2010	137 million	177 million	25.8 billion
2009	86 million	224 million	24.4 billion
2008	57 million	110 million	24.1 billion
2007	53 million	278 million	26.5 billion
2006	26 million	158 million	24.5 billion
2005	49 million	109 million	21.4 billion
2004	2 million	74 million	21.3 billion
2003	44 million	96 million	19.2 billion
2002	47 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	43 million	230 million	18.5 billion
2000	–	36 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	–	25.4 billion
1998	4 million	32 million	27.9 billion
1997	14 million	25 million	28.9 billion
1996	10 million	24 million	23.7 billion
1995	36 million	30 million	22.9 billion
1994	24 million	7 million	23 billion
1993	30 million	62 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	–	24.3 billion
1991	84 million	118 million	28.2 billion
1990	156 million	72 million	30.2 billion
1989	18 million	48 million	34.9 billion
1988	12 million	54 million	36.8 billion
1987	89 million	–	39.4 billion
1986	57 million	73 million	39 billion
1985	10 million	28 million	38.2 billion
1984	62 million	126 million	41.6 billion
1983	31 million	–	43.9 billion
1982	26 million	65 million	46.2 billion
1981	17 million	130 million	45.8 billion
1980	15 million	105 million	42.2 billion
1979	22 million	105 million	38.4 billion
1978	21 million	–	42.4 billion
1977	62 million	–	40 billion
1976	113 million	–	36 billion
1975	131 million	–	37.2 billion
1974	92 million	–	36.6 billion
1973	72 million	–	36.3 billion
1972	6 million	141 million	34.5 billion
1971	36 million	–	32.9 billion
1970	17 million	–	25.3 billion
1969	26 million	–	28.1 billion
1968	–	–	26.1 billion
1967	–	–	25.6 billion
1966	–	–	25.8 billion
1965	–	–	25.8 billion
1964	–	–	26.7 billion
1963	–	–	20.3 billion
1962	4 million	–	17.5 billion
1961	2 million	–	16.4 billion
1960	–	–	17.6 billion

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Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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