Brazil vs South Korea
Brazil vs South Korea: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $23.6B in Brazil and $48.9B in South Korea, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by $25.2B, or 2.07 times that in Brazil.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- South Korea has been higher since 1990, when it overtook Brazil.
- In 2025, Brazil ranked 21 and South Korea ranked 11 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Brazil | South Korea |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $23.6B | $48.9B |
| 2024 | $21B | $47.6B |
| 2023 | $21.1B | $46.8B |
| 2022 | $21.5B | $46.6B |
| 2021 | $22.9B | $47.6B |
| 2020 | $24.2B | $45.6B |
| 2019 | $25.3B | $43.3B |
| 2018 | $26.4B | $40.1B |
| 2017 | $24.8B | $38.1B |
| 2016 | $23.3B | $37.4B |
| 2015 | $24.5B | $36.5B |
| 2014 | $25.1B | $35.2B |
| 2013 | $24.6B | $33.8B |
| 2012 | $24.5B | $32.8B |
| 2011 | $24B | $32B |
| 2010 | $24.8B | $31.6B |
| 2009 | $22.3B | $31.3B |
| 2008 | $20.5B | $29.5B |
| 2007 | $19.2B | $27.7B |
| 2006 | $17.8B | $26.5B |
| 2005 | $17.2B | $25.5B |
| 2004 | $15.9B | $23.6B |
| 2003 | $15.3B | $22.6B |
| 2002 | $19.2B | $21.9B |
| 2001 | $19B | $21.3B |
| 2000 | $16.4B | $20.7B |
| 1999 | $15.1B | $19.5B |
| 1998 | $14.8B | $20B |
| 1997 | $13.7B | $20.8B |
| 1996 | $13.8B | $20.3B |
| 1995 | $14.9B | $20B |
| 1994 | $13.2B | $18.3B |
| 1993 | $11.1B | $17.8B |
| 1992 | $8.08B | $17B |
| 1991 | $10.3B | $16B |
| 1990 | $12.7B | $15.6B |
| 1989 | $15.2B | $15B |
| 1988 | $14.4B | $14.1B |
| 1987 | $11.6B | $13.3B |
| 1986 | $8.45B | $13B |
| 1985 | $9.23B | $12B |
| 1984 | $6.72B | $11.1B |
| 1983 | $6.34B | $10.9B |
| 1982 | $6.75B | $10.4B |
| 1981 | $5.83B | $10B |
| 1980 | $5.98B | $9.66B |
| 1979 | $6.81B | $8.82B |
| 1978 | $6.52B | $9.39B |
| 1977 | $6.56B | $7.54B |
| 1976 | $7.18B | $6.34B |
| 1975 | $6.14B | $4.41B |
| 1974 | $5.59B | $3.82B |
| 1973 | $5.34B | $2.99B |
| 1972 | $4.7B | $2.97B |
| 1971 | $3.11B | $2.54B |
| 1970 | $3.13B | $2.16B |
| 1969 | $2.63B | $2.09B |
| 1968 | $2.49B | $1.81B |
| 1967 | $2.4B | $1.54B |
| 1966 | $2.5B | $1.38B |
| 1965 | $2.76B | $767M |
| 1964 | $1.65B | $730M |
| 1963 | $1.76B | $771M |
| 1962 | $1.8B | $933M |
| 1961 | $1.69B | $804M |
| 1960 | $1.81B | $771M |
| 1959 | $1.97B | $796M |
| 1958 | $2.49B | $750M |
| 1957 | $2.48B | $635M |
| 1956 | – | $739M |
| 1955 | – | $516M |
| 1954 | – | $465M |
| 1953 | $1.65B | $185M |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Brazil vs South Korea
Health
- Life expectancyBrazil: 75.9 years in 2023South Korea: 84.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBrazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024South Korea: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBrazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023South Korea: 2.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBrazil: 87.3% in 2022South Korea: 99.3% in 2022
- DepressionBrazil: 3.3% in 2017South Korea: 3.17% in 2017
- Suicide rateBrazil: 6.1 per 100,000 people in 2017South Korea: 20.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBrazil: 211 million people in 2023South Korea: 51.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthBrazil: 0.41% a year in 2023South Korea: -0.04% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBrazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023South Korea: 0.72 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBrazil: 88.2% in 2025South Korea: 81.2% in 2025
- Median ageBrazil: 33.9 years in 2023South Korea: 44.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBrazil: 10.6% in 2023South Korea: 18.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateBrazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023South Korea: 1.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBrazil: 1.05% of GDP in 2025South Korea: 2.6% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personBrazil: $113 in 2025South Korea: $924 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBrazil: 2.2% of government spending in 2025South Korea: 10.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBrazil: 762,000 people in 2020South Korea: 569,000 people in 2020
- National powerBrazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022South Korea: 2% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBrazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020South Korea: 2.01% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBrazil: 462 million TIV in 2025South Korea: 222 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBrazil: 153 million TIV in 2025South Korea: 2.02 billion TIV in 2025