Germany vs South Korea: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 1.63 billion TIV in Germany and 222 million TIV in South Korea, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.41 billion TIV, or 7.35 times that in South Korea.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Germany has been higher since 2025, when it overtook South Korea.
In 2025, Germany ranked 6 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	Germany	South Korea	World
2025	1.63 billion	222 million	33.3 billion
2024	240 million	1.03 billion	30.6 billion
2023	203 million	218 million	29.5 billion
2022	269 million	423 million	33 billion
2021	235 million	812 million	26.8 billion
2020	105 million	1.27 billion	23.4 billion
2019	38 million	1.61 billion	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	1.03 billion	27.3 billion
2017	43 million	962 million	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	1.04 billion	31.4 billion
2015	119 million	268 million	28.7 billion
2014	77 million	742 million	27 billion
2013	103 million	189 million	27.4 billion
2012	140 million	1.08 billion	27.9 billion
2011	79 million	1.57 billion	29.9 billion
2010	301 million	1.3 billion	25.8 billion
2009	329 million	798 million	24 billion
2008	277 million	1.69 billion	24.1 billion
2007	46 million	1.73 billion	26.5 billion
2006	413 million	1.66 billion	24.4 billion
2005	206 million	801 million	21.3 billion
2004	245 million	1.06 billion	21.3 billion
2003	70 million	767 million	19.2 billion
2002	71 million	519 million	17.7 billion
2001	133 million	768 million	18.3 billion
2000	113 million	1.39 billion	20.5 billion
1999	129 million	1.64 billion	25.3 billion
1998	618 million	1.42 billion	27.9 billion
1997	60 million	1.22 billion	28.9 billion
1996	244 million	1.97 billion	23.7 billion
1995	222 million	1.95 billion	22.9 billion
1994	417 million	1.01 billion	22.8 billion
1993	529 million	1.01 billion	25.8 billion
1992	716 million	782 million	24.3 billion
1991	750 million	908 million	27.8 billion
1990	757 million	1.2 billion	28.6 billion
1989	701 million	1.84 billion	31.7 billion
1988	447 million	1.24 billion	32.9 billion
1987	340 million	773 million	36.2 billion
1986	322 million	857 million	35.5 billion
1985	130 million	760 million	33.2 billion
1984	412 million	524 million	36.8 billion
1983	434 million	496 million	39.1 billion
1982	453 million	673 million	41.4 billion
1981	261 million	872 million	42 billion
1980	150 million	877 million	37.4 billion
1979	65 million	1.32 billion	33.3 billion
1978	661 million	399 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.01 billion	1.2 billion	37 billion
1976	1.36 billion	556 million	33 billion
1975	1.83 billion	661 million	34.2 billion
1974	2.14 billion	458 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.72 billion	269 million	32.6 billion
1972	796 million	413 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.24 billion	250 million	29.3 billion
1970	1.26 billion	100 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.23 billion	586 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.25 billion	359 million	22.4 billion
1967	1.39 billion	137 million	22.1 billion
1966	3.39 billion	578 million	22.4 billion
1965	3.52 billion	632 million	23.1 billion
1964	3.83 billion	332 million	24.2 billion
1963	3.31 billion	214 million	18.1 billion
1962	2.5 billion	65 million	15.5 billion
1961	2.09 billion	113 million	15 billion
1960	2.04 billion	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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