Indonesia vs South Korea: Arms exports

Arms exports: 17 million TIV in Indonesia in 2021 and 2.02 billion TIV in South Korea in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in South Korea, by 519 million TIV, or 32 times that in Indonesia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

South Korea has been higher since 1995, when it overtook Indonesia.
The world as a whole: 27.1 billion TIV in 2021.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Indonesia	South Korea	World
2025	–	2.02 billion	33.5 billion
2024	–	1.1 billion	30.7 billion
2023	–	675 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	231 million	33.3 billion
2021	17 million	536 million	27.1 billion
2020	–	829 million	24.1 billion
2019	9 million	675 million	27 billion
2018	15 million	1.05 billion	27.4 billion
2017	94 million	700 million	31.3 billion
2016	85 million	435 million	31.5 billion
2015	–	92 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	218 million	27.1 billion
2013	–	350 million	27.4 billion
2012	–	203 million	27.9 billion
2011	4 million	328 million	29.9 billion
2010	–	177 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	224 million	24.4 billion
2008	1 million	110 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	278 million	26.5 billion
2006	9 million	158 million	24.5 billion
2005	9 million	109 million	21.4 billion
2004	27 million	74 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	96 million	19.2 billion
2002	54 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	18 million	230 million	18.5 billion
2000	–	36 million	20.5 billion
1999	54 million	–	25.4 billion
1998	–	32 million	27.9 billion
1997	9 million	25 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	24 million	23.7 billion
1995	27 million	30 million	22.9 billion
1994	18 million	7 million	23 billion
1993	18 million	62 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	–	24.3 billion
1991	–	118 million	28.2 billion
1990	–	72 million	30.2 billion
1989	–	48 million	34.9 billion
1988	–	54 million	36.8 billion
1987	–	–	39.4 billion
1986	4 million	73 million	39 billion
1985	8 million	28 million	38.2 billion
1984	–	126 million	41.6 billion
1983	–	–	43.9 billion
1982	–	65 million	46.2 billion
1981	–	130 million	45.8 billion
1980	4 million	105 million	42.2 billion
1979	–	105 million	38.4 billion
1978	9 million	–	42.4 billion
1977	–	–	40 billion
1976	–	–	36 billion
1975	–	–	37.2 billion
1974	–	–	36.6 billion
1973	–	–	36.3 billion
1972	–	141 million	34.5 billion
1971	–	–	32.9 billion
1970	12 million	–	25.3 billion
1969	–	–	28.1 billion
1968	–	–	26.1 billion
1967	–	–	25.6 billion
1966	–	–	25.8 billion
1965	–	–	25.8 billion
1964	–	–	26.7 billion
1963	7 million	–	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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