Cambodia vs North Korea
Cambodia vs North Korea: Arms exports
Arms exports: 1 million TIV in Cambodia in 2000 and 44 million TIV in North Korea in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2000 the value was higher in North Korea, by 39 million TIV, or 40 times that in Cambodia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- North Korea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1993.
- The world as a whole: 20.5 billion TIV in 2000.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Cambodia | North Korea | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 44 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 211 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 9 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | – | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 1 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 7 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 23 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 15 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 15 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 15 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 15 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 42 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 129 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 150 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 53 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 1 million | 40 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 42 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 59 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 35 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 35 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 0 | 33 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 0 | 21 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 0 | 104 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 98 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 85 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 6 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 65 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 179 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 189 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 53 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 154 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 185 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 231 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 129 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 27 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 43 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 20 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 12 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 8 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 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 | – | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Cambodia vs North Korea
Health
- Life expectancyCambodia: 70.7 years in 2023North Korea: 73.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCambodia: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024North Korea: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCambodia: 19.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023North Korea: 14.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCambodia: 29.1% in 2022North Korea: 66.5% in 2022
- DepressionCambodia: 3.1% in 2017North Korea: 3.09% in 2017
- Suicide rateCambodia: 4.5 per 100,000 people in 2017North Korea: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCambodia: 17.4 million people in 2023North Korea: 26.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthCambodia: 1.25% a year in 2023North Korea: 0.32% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCambodia: 2.58 births per woman in 2023North Korea: 1.78 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCambodia: 41.1% in 2025North Korea: 64.2% in 2025
- Median ageCambodia: 25.8 years in 2023North Korea: 36.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCambodia: 6% in 2023North Korea: 12% in 2023
- Net migration rateCambodia: -1.8 per 1,000 people in 2023North Korea: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending per personCambodia: $42 in 2025North Korea: $62 in 2018
- Armed forces personnelCambodia: 191,000 people in 2020North Korea: 1.47 million people in 2020
- National powerCambodia: 0.16% of world capability in 2022North Korea: 1.41% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCambodia: 2.02% of the labour force in 2020North Korea: 8.62% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCambodia: 56 million TIV in 2023North Korea: 1 million TIV in 2010