India vs South Korea: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 81 million TIV in India and 2.02 billion TIV in South Korea, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by 1.94 billion TIV, or 25 times that in India.

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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 1972.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	India	South Korea	World
2025	81 million	2.02 billion	33.5 billion
2024	94 million	1.1 billion	30.7 billion
2023	41 million	675 million	29.5 billion
2022	7 million	231 million	33.3 billion
2021	54 million	536 million	27.1 billion
2020	153 million	829 million	24.1 billion
2019	20 million	675 million	27 billion
2018	47 million	1.05 billion	27.4 billion
2017	56 million	700 million	31.3 billion
2016	49 million	435 million	31.5 billion
2015	42 million	92 million	28.7 billion
2014	40 million	218 million	27.1 billion
2013	18 million	350 million	27.4 billion
2012	–	203 million	27.9 billion
2011	3 million	328 million	29.9 billion
2010	5 million	177 million	25.8 billion
2009	27 million	224 million	24.4 billion
2008	15 million	110 million	24.1 billion
2007	23 million	278 million	26.5 billion
2006	33 million	158 million	24.5 billion
2005	19 million	109 million	21.4 billion
2004	31 million	74 million	21.3 billion
2003	4 million	96 million	19.2 billion
2002	0	–	17.7 billion
2001	2 million	230 million	18.5 billion
2000	21 million	36 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	–	25.4 billion
1998	–	32 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	25 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	24 million	23.7 billion
1995	2 million	30 million	22.9 billion
1994	2 million	7 million	23 billion
1993	9 million	62 million	25.8 billion
1992	7 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	–	118 million	28.2 billion
1990	7 million	72 million	30.2 billion
1989	–	48 million	34.9 billion
1988	1 million	54 million	36.8 billion
1987	–	–	39.4 billion
1986	–	73 million	39 billion
1985	–	28 million	38.2 billion
1984	–	126 million	41.6 billion
1983	–	–	43.9 billion
1982	2 million	65 million	46.2 billion
1981	–	130 million	45.8 billion
1980	–	105 million	42.2 billion
1979	22 million	105 million	38.4 billion
1978	27 million	–	42.4 billion
1977	–	–	40 billion
1976	–	–	36 billion
1975	31 million	–	37.2 billion
1974	24 million	–	36.6 billion
1973	21 million	–	36.3 billion
1972	2 million	141 million	34.5 billion
1971	7 million	–	32.9 billion
1970	–	–	25.3 billion
1969	–	–	28.1 billion
1968	1 million	–	26.1 billion
1967	–	–	25.6 billion
1966	–	–	25.8 billion
1965	–	–	25.8 billion
1964	–	–	26.7 billion
1963	–	–	20.3 billion
1962	–	–	17.5 billion
1961	–	–	16.4 billion
1960	–	–	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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