India vs South Korea: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 2.86 billion TIV in India and 222 million TIV in South Korea, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in India, by 2.64 billion TIV, or 13 times that in South Korea.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

India has been higher since 2009, when it overtook South Korea.
In 2025, India ranked 2 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	India	South Korea	World
2025	2.86 billion	222 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.6 billion	1.03 billion	30.6 billion
2023	1.54 billion	218 million	29.5 billion
2022	2.7 billion	423 million	33 billion
2021	3.96 billion	812 million	26.8 billion
2020	2.67 billion	1.27 billion	23.4 billion
2019	3.2 billion	1.61 billion	26.9 billion
2018	1.98 billion	1.03 billion	27.3 billion
2017	2.68 billion	962 million	31.2 billion
2016	2.65 billion	1.04 billion	31.4 billion
2015	2.73 billion	268 million	28.7 billion
2014	3.28 billion	742 million	27 billion
2013	5.3 billion	189 million	27.4 billion
2012	4.51 billion	1.08 billion	27.9 billion
2011	3.63 billion	1.57 billion	29.9 billion
2010	2.9 billion	1.3 billion	25.8 billion
2009	1.96 billion	798 million	24 billion
2008	1.64 billion	1.69 billion	24.1 billion
2007	2.3 billion	1.73 billion	26.5 billion
2006	1.49 billion	1.66 billion	24.4 billion
2005	1.2 billion	801 million	21.3 billion
2004	2.25 billion	1.06 billion	21.3 billion
2003	2.8 billion	767 million	19.2 billion
2002	1.9 billion	519 million	17.7 billion
2001	1.05 billion	768 million	18.3 billion
2000	988 million	1.39 billion	20.5 billion
1999	1.22 billion	1.64 billion	25.3 billion
1998	797 million	1.42 billion	27.9 billion
1997	1.68 billion	1.22 billion	28.9 billion
1996	831 million	1.97 billion	23.7 billion
1995	1.36 billion	1.95 billion	22.9 billion
1994	873 million	1.01 billion	22.8 billion
1993	737 million	1.01 billion	25.8 billion
1992	1.19 billion	782 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.88 billion	908 million	27.8 billion
1990	2.83 billion	1.2 billion	28.6 billion
1989	3.68 billion	1.84 billion	31.7 billion
1988	3.85 billion	1.24 billion	32.9 billion
1987	3.92 billion	773 million	36.2 billion
1986	4.24 billion	857 million	35.5 billion
1985	3 billion	760 million	33.2 billion
1984	2.43 billion	524 million	36.8 billion
1983	2.64 billion	496 million	39.1 billion
1982	2.65 billion	673 million	41.4 billion
1981	2.12 billion	872 million	42 billion
1980	1.77 billion	877 million	37.4 billion
1979	1.2 billion	1.32 billion	33.3 billion
1978	1.2 billion	399 million	39.2 billion
1977	2.38 billion	1.2 billion	37 billion
1976	1.94 billion	556 million	33 billion
1975	1.53 billion	661 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.33 billion	458 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.51 billion	269 million	32.6 billion
1972	2.09 billion	413 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.02 billion	250 million	29.3 billion
1970	963 million	100 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.37 billion	586 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.37 billion	359 million	22.4 billion
1967	1.13 billion	137 million	22.1 billion
1966	961 million	578 million	22.4 billion
1965	1 billion	632 million	23.1 billion
1964	794 million	332 million	24.2 billion
1963	695 million	214 million	18.1 billion
1962	402 million	65 million	15.5 billion
1961	1.15 billion	113 million	15 billion
1960	544 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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