Austria vs South Korea: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 29 million TIV in Austria and 222 million TIV in South Korea, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by 193 million TIV, or 7.66 times that in Austria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

South Korea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Austria	South Korea	World
2025	29 million	222 million	33.3 billion
2024	13 million	1.03 billion	30.6 billion
2023	17 million	218 million	29.5 billion
2022	5 million	423 million	33 billion
2021	34 million	812 million	26.8 billion
2020	14 million	1.27 billion	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	1.61 billion	26.9 billion
2018	6 million	1.03 billion	27.3 billion
2017	10 million	962 million	31.2 billion
2016	13 million	1.04 billion	31.4 billion
2015	1 million	268 million	28.7 billion
2014	2 million	742 million	27 billion
2013	5 million	189 million	27.4 billion
2012	6 million	1.08 billion	27.9 billion
2011	6 million	1.57 billion	29.9 billion
2010	5 million	1.3 billion	25.8 billion
2009	286 million	798 million	24 billion
2008	190 million	1.69 billion	24.1 billion
2007	269 million	1.73 billion	26.5 billion
2006	5 million	1.66 billion	24.4 billion
2005	26 million	801 million	21.3 billion
2004	56 million	1.06 billion	21.3 billion
2003	41 million	767 million	19.2 billion
2002	81 million	519 million	17.7 billion
2001	15 million	768 million	18.3 billion
2000	25 million	1.39 billion	20.5 billion
1999	48 million	1.64 billion	25.3 billion
1998	247 million	1.42 billion	27.9 billion
1997	190 million	1.22 billion	28.9 billion
1996	9 million	1.97 billion	23.7 billion
1995	30 million	1.95 billion	22.9 billion
1994	52 million	1.01 billion	22.8 billion
1993	8 million	1.01 billion	25.8 billion
1992	5 million	782 million	24.3 billion
1991	6 million	908 million	27.8 billion
1990	5 million	1.2 billion	28.6 billion
1989	84 million	1.84 billion	31.7 billion
1988	117 million	1.24 billion	32.9 billion
1987	7 million	773 million	36.2 billion
1986	19 million	857 million	35.5 billion
1985	28 million	760 million	33.2 billion
1984	13 million	524 million	36.8 billion
1983	145 million	496 million	39.1 billion
1982	97 million	673 million	41.4 billion
1981	73 million	872 million	42 billion
1980	177 million	877 million	37.4 billion
1979	72 million	1.32 billion	33.3 billion
1978	8 million	399 million	39.2 billion
1977	–	1.2 billion	37 billion
1976	12 million	556 million	33 billion
1975	12 million	661 million	34.2 billion
1974	32 million	458 million	32.9 billion
1973	38 million	269 million	32.6 billion
1972	93 million	413 million	28.7 billion
1971	123 million	250 million	29.3 billion
1970	99 million	100 million	22.1 billion
1969	12 million	586 million	24.7 billion
1968	1 million	359 million	22.4 billion
1967	48 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1966	61 million	578 million	22.4 billion
1965	78 million	632 million	23.1 billion
1964	74 million	332 million	24.2 billion
1963	201 million	214 million	18.1 billion
1962	56 million	65 million	15.5 billion
1961	27 million	113 million	15 billion
1960	16 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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