Canada vs South Korea: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 312 million TIV in Canada and 2.02 billion TIV in South Korea, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by 1.71 billion TIV, or 6.47 times that in Canada.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

South Korea has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Canada.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Canada	South Korea	World
2025	312 million	2.02 billion	33.5 billion
2024	237 million	1.1 billion	30.7 billion
2023	276 million	675 million	29.5 billion
2022	147 million	231 million	33.3 billion
2021	144 million	536 million	27.1 billion
2020	123 million	829 million	24.1 billion
2019	223 million	675 million	27 billion
2018	108 million	1.05 billion	27.4 billion
2017	63 million	700 million	31.3 billion
2016	96 million	435 million	31.5 billion
2015	298 million	92 million	28.7 billion
2014	189 million	218 million	27.1 billion
2013	170 million	350 million	27.4 billion
2012	258 million	203 million	27.9 billion
2011	277 million	328 million	29.9 billion
2010	196 million	177 million	25.8 billion
2009	198 million	224 million	24.4 billion
2008	252 million	110 million	24.1 billion
2007	334 million	278 million	26.5 billion
2006	254 million	158 million	24.5 billion
2005	234 million	109 million	21.4 billion
2004	289 million	74 million	21.3 billion
2003	302 million	96 million	19.2 billion
2002	177 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	124 million	230 million	18.5 billion
2000	69 million	36 million	20.5 billion
1999	80 million	–	25.4 billion
1998	39 million	32 million	27.9 billion
1997	97 million	25 million	28.9 billion
1996	168 million	24 million	23.7 billion
1995	248 million	30 million	22.9 billion
1994	165 million	7 million	23 billion
1993	152 million	62 million	25.8 billion
1992	147 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	93 million	118 million	28.2 billion
1990	79 million	72 million	30.2 billion
1989	33 million	48 million	34.9 billion
1988	124 million	54 million	36.8 billion
1987	250 million	–	39.4 billion
1986	240 million	73 million	39 billion
1985	83 million	28 million	38.2 billion
1984	77 million	126 million	41.6 billion
1983	97 million	–	43.9 billion
1982	237 million	65 million	46.2 billion
1981	105 million	130 million	45.8 billion
1980	116 million	105 million	42.2 billion
1979	163 million	105 million	38.4 billion
1978	177 million	–	42.4 billion
1977	138 million	–	40 billion
1976	259 million	–	36 billion
1975	59 million	–	37.2 billion
1974	90 million	–	36.6 billion
1973	118 million	–	36.3 billion
1972	323 million	141 million	34.5 billion
1971	290 million	–	32.9 billion
1970	198 million	–	25.3 billion
1969	183 million	–	28.1 billion
1968	198 million	–	26.1 billion
1967	73 million	–	25.6 billion
1966	112 million	–	25.8 billion
1965	121 million	–	25.8 billion
1964	273 million	–	26.7 billion
1963	245 million	–	20.3 billion
1962	188 million	–	17.5 billion
1961	300 million	–	16.4 billion
1960	66 million	–	17.6 billion

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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.

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