Cambodia vs North Korea
Cambodia vs North Korea: Arms imports
Arms imports: 56 million TIV in Cambodia in 2023 and 1 million TIV in North Korea in 2010, by SIPRI estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Cambodia, by 33 million TIV, or 34 times that in North Korea.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Cambodia has been higher since 2010.
- The world as a whole: 25.8 billion TIV in 2010.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Cambodia | North Korea | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | – | – | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 56 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 38 million | – | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 35 million | – | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | – | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 1 million | – | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 5 million | – | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | – | – | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | – | – | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | – | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | – | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 68 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 78 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 34 million | 1 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 4 million | 4 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | 5 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 56 million | 5 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 14 million | 5 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | 5 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | 8 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 35 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 54 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 73 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | 63 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 54 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | 54 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 22 million | 54 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 27 million | 118 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 1 million | 184 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 74 million | 79 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 3 million | 146 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 183 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 251 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 48 million | 340 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 124 million | 561 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 10 million | 818 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 50 million | 813 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 136 million | 1.08 billion | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 69 million | 963 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 67 million | 112 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 13 million | 339 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | 527 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | 347 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 34 million | 487 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | 313 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 43 million | 354 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | 297 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | 487 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | 561 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 25 million | 793 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 114 million | 535 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 104 million | 482 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 22 million | 1.5 billion | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 8 million | 649 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 18 million | 609 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 15 million | 1.31 billion | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 20 million | 846 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 37 million | 832 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 43 million | 118 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 41 million | 168 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 11 million | 197 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 5 million | 181 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 2 million | 69 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 1 million | 405 million | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
- 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 exportsCambodia: 1 million TIV in 2000North Korea: 44 million TIV in 2025