Brazil vs South Korea: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 462 million TIV in Brazil and 222 million TIV in South Korea, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 240 million TIV, or 2.08 times that in South Korea.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Brazil has been higher since 2025, when it overtook South Korea.
In 2025, Brazil ranked 23 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	Brazil	South Korea	World
2025	462 million	222 million	33.3 billion
2024	450 million	1.03 billion	30.6 billion
2023	193 million	218 million	29.5 billion
2022	469 million	423 million	33 billion
2021	240 million	812 million	26.8 billion
2020	134 million	1.27 billion	23.4 billion
2019	125 million	1.61 billion	26.9 billion
2018	258 million	1.03 billion	27.3 billion
2017	96 million	962 million	31.2 billion
2016	111 million	1.04 billion	31.4 billion
2015	202 million	268 million	28.7 billion
2014	201 million	742 million	27 billion
2013	217 million	189 million	27.4 billion
2012	317 million	1.08 billion	27.9 billion
2011	231 million	1.57 billion	29.9 billion
2010	256 million	1.3 billion	25.8 billion
2009	135 million	798 million	24 billion
2008	178 million	1.69 billion	24.1 billion
2007	188 million	1.73 billion	26.5 billion
2006	178 million	1.66 billion	24.4 billion
2005	223 million	801 million	21.3 billion
2004	85 million	1.06 billion	21.3 billion
2003	110 million	767 million	19.2 billion
2002	221 million	519 million	17.7 billion
2001	573 million	768 million	18.3 billion
2000	86 million	1.39 billion	20.5 billion
1999	308 million	1.64 billion	25.3 billion
1998	200 million	1.42 billion	27.9 billion
1997	476 million	1.22 billion	28.9 billion
1996	547 million	1.97 billion	23.7 billion
1995	267 million	1.95 billion	22.9 billion
1994	311 million	1.01 billion	22.8 billion
1993	66 million	1.01 billion	25.8 billion
1992	98 million	782 million	24.3 billion
1991	161 million	908 million	27.8 billion
1990	140 million	1.2 billion	28.6 billion
1989	742 million	1.84 billion	31.7 billion
1988	125 million	1.24 billion	32.9 billion
1987	234 million	773 million	36.2 billion
1986	139 million	857 million	35.5 billion
1985	82 million	760 million	33.2 billion
1984	123 million	524 million	36.8 billion
1983	88 million	496 million	39.1 billion
1982	72 million	673 million	41.4 billion
1981	61 million	872 million	42 billion
1980	338 million	877 million	37.4 billion
1979	375 million	1.32 billion	33.3 billion
1978	832 million	399 million	39.2 billion
1977	525 million	1.2 billion	37 billion
1976	551 million	556 million	33 billion
1975	538 million	661 million	34.2 billion
1974	256 million	458 million	32.9 billion
1973	598 million	269 million	32.6 billion
1972	520 million	413 million	28.7 billion
1971	171 million	250 million	29.3 billion
1970	217 million	100 million	22.1 billion
1969	108 million	586 million	24.7 billion
1968	236 million	359 million	22.4 billion
1967	218 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1966	57 million	578 million	22.4 billion
1965	149 million	632 million	23.1 billion
1964	25 million	332 million	24.2 billion
1963	127 million	214 million	18.1 billion
1962	62 million	65 million	15.5 billion
1961	212 million	113 million	15 billion
1960	236 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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