Israel vs South Korea

Israel vs South Korea: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 2.62 billion TIV in Israel and 2.02 billion TIV in South Korea, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 603 million TIV, or 1.3 times that in South Korea.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Israel vs South Korea: Arms exportsArms exports in 2025: 2.62 billion TIV in Israel and 2.02 billion TIV in South Korea, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 603 million TIV, or 1.3 times that in South Korea.
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What the numbers say

  • Israel has been higher since 2021, when it overtook South Korea.
  • The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearIsraelSouth KoreaWorld
20252.62 billion2.02 billion33.5 billion
20241.16 billion1.1 billion30.7 billion
20231.27 billion675 million29.5 billion
20221.03 billion231 million33.3 billion
2021687 million536 million27.1 billion
2020356 million829 million24.1 billion
2019385 million675 million27 billion
20181.14 billion1.05 billion27.4 billion
20171.22 billion700 million31.3 billion
20161.26 billion435 million31.5 billion
2015573 million92 million28.7 billion
2014408 million218 million27.1 billion
2013414 million350 million27.4 billion
2012482 million203 million27.9 billion
2011590 million328 million29.9 billion
2010695 million177 million25.8 billion
2009819 million224 million24.4 billion
2008389 million110 million24.1 billion
2007613 million278 million26.5 billion
2006451 million158 million24.5 billion
2005521 million109 million21.4 billion
2004599 million74 million21.3 billion
2003418 million96 million19.2 billion
2002532 million–17.7 billion
2001467 million230 million18.5 billion
2000407 million36 million20.5 billion
1999177 million–25.4 billion
1998227 million32 million27.9 billion
1997271 million25 million28.9 billion
1996335 million24 million23.7 billion
1995206 million30 million22.9 billion
1994337 million7 million23 billion
1993416 million62 million25.8 billion
1992354 million–24.3 billion
1991157 million118 million28.2 billion
199073 million72 million30.2 billion
1989190 million48 million34.9 billion
198863 million54 million36.8 billion
1987130 million–39.4 billion
1986333 million73 million39 billion
1985202 million28 million38.2 billion
1984202 million126 million41.6 billion
1983364 million–43.9 billion
1982261 million65 million46.2 billion
1981196 million130 million45.8 billion
1980241 million105 million42.2 billion
1979188 million105 million38.4 billion
1978222 million–42.4 billion
1977201 million–40 billion
197680 million–36 billion
1975109 million–37.2 billion
197443 million–36.6 billion
197318 million–36.3 billion
197235 million141 million34.5 billion
197127 million–32.9 billion
197021 million–25.3 billion
196948 million–28.1 billion
196855 million–26.1 billion
196745 million–25.6 billion
196646 million–25.8 billion
196534 million–25.8 billion
19645 million–26.7 billion
1963––20.3 billion
1962––17.5 billion
1961––16.4 billion
1960––17.6 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • 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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