Indonesia vs North Korea
Indonesia vs North Korea: Arms imports
Arms imports: 1.28 billion TIV in Indonesia in 2025 and 1 million TIV in North Korea in 2010, by SIPRI estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Indonesia, by 220 million TIV, or 220 times that in North Korea.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Indonesia has been higher since 2002, when it overtook North Korea.
- The world as a whole: 25.8 billion TIV in 2010.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Indonesia | North Korea | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.28 billion | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 185 million | – | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 390 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 86 million | – | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 366 million | – | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 283 million | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 239 million | – | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 357 million | – | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 1.17 billion | – | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 352 million | – | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 438 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 1.2 billion | – | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 833 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 162 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 257 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 221 million | 1 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 443 million | 4 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 239 million | 5 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 578 million | 5 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 63 million | 5 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 33 million | 5 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 77 million | 8 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 353 million | 35 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 67 million | 54 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 22 million | 73 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 171 million | 63 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 161 million | 54 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 85 million | 54 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 101 million | 54 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 378 million | 118 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 284 million | 184 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 472 million | 79 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 210 million | 146 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 51 million | 183 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 11 million | 251 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 202 million | 340 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 249 million | 561 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 285 million | 818 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 265 million | 813 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 433 million | 1.08 billion | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 291 million | 963 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 102 million | 112 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 224 million | 339 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 356 million | 527 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 790 million | 347 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 898 million | 487 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 370 million | 313 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 124 million | 354 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 62 million | 297 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 156 million | 487 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 4 million | 561 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 73 million | 793 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 73 million | 535 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 5 million | 482 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 92 million | 1.5 billion | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 27 million | 649 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 9 million | 609 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 0 | 1.31 billion | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 1 million | 846 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 17 million | 832 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 317 million | 118 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 596 million | 168 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 206 million | 197 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 1.03 billion | 181 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 780 million | 69 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 448 million | 405 million | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Indonesia vs North Korea
Health
- Life expectancyIndonesia: 71.2 years in 2023North Korea: 73.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIndonesia: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024North Korea: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIndonesia: 17.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023North Korea: 14.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIndonesia: 30.3% in 2022North Korea: 66.5% in 2022
- DepressionIndonesia: 2.64% in 2017North Korea: 3.09% in 2017
- Suicide rateIndonesia: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017North Korea: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIndonesia: 281 million people in 2023North Korea: 26.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthIndonesia: 0.83% a year in 2023North Korea: 0.32% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIndonesia: 2.13 births per woman in 2023North Korea: 1.78 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIndonesia: 59.4% in 2025North Korea: 64.2% in 2025
- Median ageIndonesia: 29.8 years in 2023North Korea: 36.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIndonesia: 7% in 2023North Korea: 12% in 2023
- Net migration rateIndonesia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023North Korea: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending per personIndonesia: $53 in 2025North Korea: $62 in 2018
- Armed forces personnelIndonesia: 676,000 people in 2020North Korea: 1.47 million people in 2020
- National powerIndonesia: 2.09% of world capability in 2022North Korea: 1.41% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIndonesia: 0.49% of the labour force in 2020North Korea: 8.62% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsIndonesia: 17 million TIV in 2021North Korea: 44 million TIV in 2025