Israel vs South Korea: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 537 million TIV in Israel and 222 million TIV in South Korea, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 315 million TIV, or 2.42 times that in South Korea.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Israel has been higher since 2025, when it overtook South Korea.
In 2025, Israel ranked 20 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	Israel	South Korea	World
2025	537 million	222 million	33.3 billion
2024	237 million	1.03 billion	30.6 billion
2023	863 million	218 million	29.5 billion
2022	833 million	423 million	33 billion
2021	458 million	812 million	26.8 billion
2020	379 million	1.27 billion	23.4 billion
2019	516 million	1.61 billion	26.9 billion
2018	491 million	1.03 billion	27.3 billion
2017	565 million	962 million	31.2 billion
2016	652 million	1.04 billion	31.4 billion
2015	694 million	268 million	28.7 billion
2014	549 million	742 million	27 billion
2013	160 million	189 million	27.4 billion
2012	137 million	1.08 billion	27.9 billion
2011	86 million	1.57 billion	29.9 billion
2010	76 million	1.3 billion	25.8 billion
2009	162 million	798 million	24 billion
2008	680 million	1.69 billion	24.1 billion
2007	840 million	1.73 billion	26.5 billion
2006	1.13 billion	1.66 billion	24.4 billion
2005	1.1 billion	801 million	21.3 billion
2004	846 million	1.06 billion	21.3 billion
2003	189 million	767 million	19.2 billion
2002	350 million	519 million	17.7 billion
2001	116 million	768 million	18.3 billion
2000	389 million	1.39 billion	20.5 billion
1999	1.28 billion	1.64 billion	25.3 billion
1998	1.3 billion	1.42 billion	27.9 billion
1997	67 million	1.22 billion	28.9 billion
1996	105 million	1.97 billion	23.7 billion
1995	372 million	1.95 billion	22.9 billion
1994	767 million	1.01 billion	22.8 billion
1993	716 million	1.01 billion	25.8 billion
1992	1.34 billion	782 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.21 billion	908 million	27.8 billion
1990	81 million	1.2 billion	28.6 billion
1989	24 million	1.84 billion	31.7 billion
1988	582 million	1.24 billion	32.9 billion
1987	1.08 billion	773 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.18 billion	857 million	35.5 billion
1985	295 million	760 million	33.2 billion
1984	270 million	524 million	36.8 billion
1983	475 million	496 million	39.1 billion
1982	866 million	673 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.66 billion	872 million	42 billion
1980	1.25 billion	877 million	37.4 billion
1979	709 million	1.32 billion	33.3 billion
1978	1.22 billion	399 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.23 billion	1.2 billion	37 billion
1976	2 billion	556 million	33 billion
1975	1.18 billion	661 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.03 billion	458 million	32.9 billion
1973	2.18 billion	269 million	32.6 billion
1972	963 million	413 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.41 billion	250 million	29.3 billion
1970	1.19 billion	100 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.37 billion	586 million	24.7 billion
1968	926 million	359 million	22.4 billion
1967	229 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1966	460 million	578 million	22.4 billion
1965	447 million	632 million	23.1 billion
1964	415 million	332 million	24.2 billion
1963	368 million	214 million	18.1 billion
1962	279 million	65 million	15.5 billion
1961	88 million	113 million	15 billion
1960	164 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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