Cambodia vs South Korea: Arms imports

Arms imports: 56 million TIV in Cambodia in 2023 and 222 million TIV in South Korea in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in South Korea, by 162 million TIV, or 3.89 times that in Cambodia.

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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: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Cambodia	South Korea	World
2025	–	222 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	1.03 billion	30.6 billion
2023	56 million	218 million	29.5 billion
2022	38 million	423 million	33 billion
2021	35 million	812 million	26.8 billion
2020	–	1.27 billion	23.4 billion
2019	1 million	1.61 billion	26.9 billion
2018	5 million	1.03 billion	27.3 billion
2017	–	962 million	31.2 billion
2016	–	1.04 billion	31.4 billion
2015	–	268 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	742 million	27 billion
2013	68 million	189 million	27.4 billion
2012	78 million	1.08 billion	27.9 billion
2011	–	1.57 billion	29.9 billion
2010	34 million	1.3 billion	25.8 billion
2009	4 million	798 million	24 billion
2008	–	1.69 billion	24.1 billion
2007	56 million	1.73 billion	26.5 billion
2006	14 million	1.66 billion	24.4 billion
2005	–	801 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	1.06 billion	21.3 billion
2003	–	767 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	519 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	768 million	18.3 billion
2000	–	1.39 billion	20.5 billion
1999	–	1.64 billion	25.3 billion
1998	–	1.42 billion	27.9 billion
1997	22 million	1.22 billion	28.9 billion
1996	27 million	1.97 billion	23.7 billion
1995	1 million	1.95 billion	22.9 billion
1994	74 million	1.01 billion	22.8 billion
1993	3 million	1.01 billion	25.8 billion
1992	–	782 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	908 million	27.8 billion
1990	48 million	1.2 billion	28.6 billion
1989	124 million	1.84 billion	31.7 billion
1988	10 million	1.24 billion	32.9 billion
1987	50 million	773 million	36.2 billion
1986	136 million	857 million	35.5 billion
1985	69 million	760 million	33.2 billion
1984	67 million	524 million	36.8 billion
1983	13 million	496 million	39.1 billion
1982	–	673 million	41.4 billion
1981	–	872 million	42 billion
1980	34 million	877 million	37.4 billion
1979	–	1.32 billion	33.3 billion
1978	43 million	399 million	39.2 billion
1977	–	1.2 billion	37 billion
1976	–	556 million	33 billion
1975	–	661 million	34.2 billion
1974	25 million	458 million	32.9 billion
1973	114 million	269 million	32.6 billion
1972	104 million	413 million	28.7 billion
1971	22 million	250 million	29.3 billion
1970	8 million	100 million	22.1 billion
1969	18 million	586 million	24.7 billion
1968	15 million	359 million	22.4 billion
1967	20 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1966	37 million	578 million	22.4 billion
1965	43 million	632 million	23.1 billion
1964	41 million	332 million	24.2 billion
1963	11 million	214 million	18.1 billion
1962	5 million	65 million	15.5 billion
1961	2 million	113 million	15 billion
1960	1 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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