Indonesia vs South Korea: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 1.28 billion TIV in Indonesia and 222 million TIV in South Korea, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Indonesia, by 1.06 billion TIV, or 5.75 times that in South Korea.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Indonesia has been higher since 2025, when it overtook South Korea.
In 2025, Indonesia ranked 7 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	Indonesia	South Korea	World
2025	1.28 billion	222 million	33.3 billion
2024	185 million	1.03 billion	30.6 billion
2023	390 million	218 million	29.5 billion
2022	86 million	423 million	33 billion
2021	366 million	812 million	26.8 billion
2020	283 million	1.27 billion	23.4 billion
2019	239 million	1.61 billion	26.9 billion
2018	357 million	1.03 billion	27.3 billion
2017	1.17 billion	962 million	31.2 billion
2016	352 million	1.04 billion	31.4 billion
2015	438 million	268 million	28.7 billion
2014	1.2 billion	742 million	27 billion
2013	833 million	189 million	27.4 billion
2012	162 million	1.08 billion	27.9 billion
2011	257 million	1.57 billion	29.9 billion
2010	221 million	1.3 billion	25.8 billion
2009	443 million	798 million	24 billion
2008	239 million	1.69 billion	24.1 billion
2007	578 million	1.73 billion	26.5 billion
2006	63 million	1.66 billion	24.4 billion
2005	33 million	801 million	21.3 billion
2004	77 million	1.06 billion	21.3 billion
2003	353 million	767 million	19.2 billion
2002	67 million	519 million	17.7 billion
2001	22 million	768 million	18.3 billion
2000	171 million	1.39 billion	20.5 billion
1999	161 million	1.64 billion	25.3 billion
1998	85 million	1.42 billion	27.9 billion
1997	101 million	1.22 billion	28.9 billion
1996	378 million	1.97 billion	23.7 billion
1995	284 million	1.95 billion	22.9 billion
1994	472 million	1.01 billion	22.8 billion
1993	210 million	1.01 billion	25.8 billion
1992	51 million	782 million	24.3 billion
1991	11 million	908 million	27.8 billion
1990	202 million	1.2 billion	28.6 billion
1989	249 million	1.84 billion	31.7 billion
1988	285 million	1.24 billion	32.9 billion
1987	265 million	773 million	36.2 billion
1986	433 million	857 million	35.5 billion
1985	291 million	760 million	33.2 billion
1984	102 million	524 million	36.8 billion
1983	224 million	496 million	39.1 billion
1982	356 million	673 million	41.4 billion
1981	790 million	872 million	42 billion
1980	898 million	877 million	37.4 billion
1979	370 million	1.32 billion	33.3 billion
1978	124 million	399 million	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	1.2 billion	37 billion
1976	156 million	556 million	33 billion
1975	4 million	661 million	34.2 billion
1974	73 million	458 million	32.9 billion
1973	73 million	269 million	32.6 billion
1972	5 million	413 million	28.7 billion
1971	92 million	250 million	29.3 billion
1970	27 million	100 million	22.1 billion
1969	9 million	586 million	24.7 billion
1968	0	359 million	22.4 billion
1967	1 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1966	17 million	578 million	22.4 billion
1965	317 million	632 million	23.1 billion
1964	596 million	332 million	24.2 billion
1963	206 million	214 million	18.1 billion
1962	1.03 billion	65 million	15.5 billion
1961	780 million	113 million	15 billion
1960	448 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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