Australia vs South Korea: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 826 million TIV in Australia and 222 million TIV in South Korea, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by 604 million TIV, or 3.72 times that in South Korea.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Australia has been higher since 2020, when it overtook South Korea.
In 2025, Australia ranked 11 and South Korea ranked 35 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Australia	South Korea	World
2025	826 million	222 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.08 billion	1.03 billion	30.6 billion
2023	376 million	218 million	29.5 billion
2022	809 million	423 million	33 billion
2021	1.22 billion	812 million	26.8 billion
2020	1.63 billion	1.27 billion	23.4 billion
2019	1.16 billion	1.61 billion	26.9 billion
2018	1.55 billion	1.03 billion	27.3 billion
2017	1.66 billion	962 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.01 billion	1.04 billion	31.4 billion
2015	1.45 billion	268 million	28.7 billion
2014	848 million	742 million	27 billion
2013	220 million	189 million	27.4 billion
2012	787 million	1.08 billion	27.9 billion
2011	1.58 billion	1.57 billion	29.9 billion
2010	1.56 billion	1.3 billion	25.8 billion
2009	805 million	798 million	24 billion
2008	430 million	1.69 billion	24.1 billion
2007	618 million	1.73 billion	26.5 billion
2006	721 million	1.66 billion	24.4 billion
2005	458 million	801 million	21.3 billion
2004	447 million	1.06 billion	21.3 billion
2003	765 million	767 million	19.2 billion
2002	638 million	519 million	17.7 billion
2001	1.22 billion	768 million	18.3 billion
2000	326 million	1.39 billion	20.5 billion
1999	678 million	1.64 billion	25.3 billion
1998	542 million	1.42 billion	27.9 billion
1997	35 million	1.22 billion	28.9 billion
1996	597 million	1.97 billion	23.7 billion
1995	64 million	1.95 billion	22.9 billion
1994	262 million	1.01 billion	22.8 billion
1993	448 million	1.01 billion	25.8 billion
1992	364 million	782 million	24.3 billion
1991	219 million	908 million	27.8 billion
1990	356 million	1.2 billion	28.6 billion
1989	695 million	1.84 billion	31.7 billion
1988	745 million	1.24 billion	32.9 billion
1987	594 million	773 million	36.2 billion
1986	815 million	857 million	35.5 billion
1985	510 million	760 million	33.2 billion
1984	635 million	524 million	36.8 billion
1983	637 million	496 million	39.1 billion
1982	134 million	673 million	41.4 billion
1981	449 million	872 million	42 billion
1980	409 million	877 million	37.4 billion
1979	197 million	1.32 billion	33.3 billion
1978	1.03 billion	399 million	39.2 billion
1977	278 million	1.2 billion	37 billion
1976	91 million	556 million	33 billion
1975	108 million	661 million	34.2 billion
1974	898 million	458 million	32.9 billion
1973	713 million	269 million	32.6 billion
1972	63 million	413 million	28.7 billion
1971	310 million	250 million	29.3 billion
1970	230 million	100 million	22.1 billion
1969	702 million	586 million	24.7 billion
1968	557 million	359 million	22.4 billion
1967	770 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1966	707 million	578 million	22.4 billion
1965	920 million	632 million	23.1 billion
1964	539 million	332 million	24.2 billion
1963	369 million	214 million	18.1 billion
1962	460 million	65 million	15.5 billion
1961	155 million	113 million	15 billion
1960	116 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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