Germany vs South Korea: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 1.7 billion TIV in Germany and 2.02 billion TIV in South Korea, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by 324 million TIV, or 1.19 times that in Germany.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

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

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Germany	South Korea	World
2025	1.7 billion	2.02 billion	33.5 billion
2024	2.11 billion	1.1 billion	30.7 billion
2023	2.55 billion	675 million	29.5 billion
2022	1.51 billion	231 million	33.3 billion
2021	852 million	536 million	27.1 billion
2020	1.15 billion	829 million	24.1 billion
2019	978 million	675 million	27 billion
2018	1.1 billion	1.05 billion	27.4 billion
2017	1.83 billion	700 million	31.3 billion
2016	2.51 billion	435 million	31.5 billion
2015	1.82 billion	92 million	28.7 billion
2014	1.83 billion	218 million	27.1 billion
2013	721 million	350 million	27.4 billion
2012	715 million	203 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.2 billion	328 million	29.9 billion
2010	2.36 billion	177 million	25.8 billion
2009	2.21 billion	224 million	24.4 billion
2008	2.38 billion	110 million	24.1 billion
2007	3.29 billion	278 million	26.5 billion
2006	2.48 billion	158 million	24.5 billion
2005	2.08 billion	109 million	21.4 billion
2004	1.09 billion	74 million	21.3 billion
2003	1.63 billion	96 million	19.2 billion
2002	889 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	851 million	230 million	18.5 billion
2000	1.67 billion	36 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.94 billion	–	25.4 billion
1998	1.84 billion	32 million	27.9 billion
1997	951 million	25 million	28.9 billion
1996	1.95 billion	24 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.53 billion	30 million	22.9 billion
1994	2.91 billion	7 million	23 billion
1993	1.55 billion	62 million	25.8 billion
1992	1.52 billion	–	24.3 billion
1991	2.41 billion	118 million	28.2 billion
1990	1.82 billion	72 million	30.2 billion
1989	1.26 billion	48 million	34.9 billion
1988	1.38 billion	54 million	36.8 billion
1987	908 million	–	39.4 billion
1986	1.35 billion	73 million	39 billion
1985	1.33 billion	28 million	38.2 billion
1984	2.93 billion	126 million	41.6 billion
1983	2.21 billion	–	43.9 billion
1982	1.51 billion	65 million	46.2 billion
1981	1.9 billion	130 million	45.8 billion
1980	1.6 billion	105 million	42.2 billion
1979	1.43 billion	105 million	38.4 billion
1978	1.6 billion	–	42.4 billion
1977	1.93 billion	–	40 billion
1976	1.66 billion	–	36 billion
1975	1.42 billion	–	37.2 billion
1974	1.19 billion	–	36.6 billion
1973	222 million	–	36.3 billion
1972	1.36 billion	141 million	34.5 billion
1971	1.36 billion	–	32.9 billion
1970	1.58 billion	–	25.3 billion
1969	882 million	–	28.1 billion
1968	588 million	–	26.1 billion
1967	758 million	–	25.6 billion
1966	711 million	–	25.8 billion
1965	327 million	–	25.8 billion
1964	437 million	–	26.7 billion
1963	133 million	–	20.3 billion
1962	146 million	–	17.5 billion
1961	12 million	–	16.4 billion
1960	156 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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