Canada vs South Korea: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 83 million TIV in Canada and 222 million TIV in South Korea, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by 139 million TIV, or 2.67 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.
In 2025, Canada ranked 49 and South Korea ranked 35 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Canada	South Korea	World
2025	83 million	222 million	33.3 billion
2024	198 million	1.03 billion	30.6 billion
2023	73 million	218 million	29.5 billion
2022	214 million	423 million	33 billion
2021	357 million	812 million	26.8 billion
2020	248 million	1.27 billion	23.4 billion
2019	187 million	1.61 billion	26.9 billion
2018	185 million	1.03 billion	27.3 billion
2017	354 million	962 million	31.2 billion
2016	246 million	1.04 billion	31.4 billion
2015	408 million	268 million	28.7 billion
2014	316 million	742 million	27 billion
2013	202 million	189 million	27.4 billion
2012	207 million	1.08 billion	27.9 billion
2011	356 million	1.57 billion	29.9 billion
2010	242 million	1.3 billion	25.8 billion
2009	104 million	798 million	24 billion
2008	423 million	1.69 billion	24.1 billion
2007	478 million	1.73 billion	26.5 billion
2006	97 million	1.66 billion	24.4 billion
2005	106 million	801 million	21.3 billion
2004	341 million	1.06 billion	21.3 billion
2003	140 million	767 million	19.2 billion
2002	418 million	519 million	17.7 billion
2001	520 million	768 million	18.3 billion
2000	529 million	1.39 billion	20.5 billion
1999	143 million	1.64 billion	25.3 billion
1998	111 million	1.42 billion	27.9 billion
1997	353 million	1.22 billion	28.9 billion
1996	419 million	1.97 billion	23.7 billion
1995	405 million	1.95 billion	22.9 billion
1994	473 million	1.01 billion	22.8 billion
1993	196 million	1.01 billion	25.8 billion
1992	407 million	782 million	24.3 billion
1991	767 million	908 million	27.8 billion
1990	157 million	1.2 billion	28.6 billion
1989	37 million	1.84 billion	31.7 billion
1988	712 million	1.24 billion	32.9 billion
1987	787 million	773 million	36.2 billion
1986	849 million	857 million	35.5 billion
1985	848 million	760 million	33.2 billion
1984	654 million	524 million	36.8 billion
1983	649 million	496 million	39.1 billion
1982	277 million	673 million	41.4 billion
1981	453 million	872 million	42 billion
1980	442 million	877 million	37.4 billion
1979	193 million	1.32 billion	33.3 billion
1978	130 million	399 million	39.2 billion
1977	90 million	1.2 billion	37 billion
1976	53 million	556 million	33 billion
1975	195 million	661 million	34.2 billion
1974	229 million	458 million	32.9 billion
1973	78 million	269 million	32.6 billion
1972	376 million	413 million	28.7 billion
1971	457 million	250 million	29.3 billion
1970	623 million	100 million	22.1 billion
1969	516 million	586 million	24.7 billion
1968	336 million	359 million	22.4 billion
1967	237 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1966	306 million	578 million	22.4 billion
1965	563 million	632 million	23.1 billion
1964	742 million	332 million	24.2 billion
1963	1.01 billion	214 million	18.1 billion
1962	1.22 billion	65 million	15.5 billion
1961	1.58 billion	113 million	15 billion
1960	171 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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