Japan vs North Korea

Japan vs North Korea: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 28 million TIV in Japan and 44 million TIV in North Korea, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in North Korea, by 16 million TIV, or 1.57 times that in Japan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Japan vs North Korea: Arms exportsArms exports in 2025: 28 million TIV in Japan and 44 million TIV in North Korea, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in North Korea, by 16 million TIV, or 1.57 times that in Japan.
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What the numbers say

  • North Korea has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Japan.
  • The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearJapanNorth KoreaWorld
202528 million44 million33.5 billion
202421 million211 million30.7 billion
202313 million9 million29.5 billion
2022––33.3 billion
2021––27.1 billion
2020––24.1 billion
2019––27 billion
20183 million–27.4 billion
20172 million–31.3 billion
2016––31.5 billion
2015––28.7 billion
2014–1 million27.1 billion
2013––27.4 billion
2012––27.9 billion
2011––29.9 billion
2010–7 million25.8 billion
2009–23 million24.4 billion
2008–15 million24.1 billion
200740 million15 million26.5 billion
2006–15 million24.5 billion
2005–15 million21.4 billion
2004–42 million21.3 billion
2003–129 million19.2 billion
2002–150 million17.7 billion
2001–53 million18.5 billion
2000–40 million20.5 billion
1999–42 million25.4 billion
1998–59 million27.9 billion
199725 million35 million28.9 billion
1996165 million35 million23.7 billion
1995126 million33 million22.9 billion
1994130 million21 million23 billion
1993122 million104 million25.8 billion
1992101 million98 million24.3 billion
199154 million85 million28.2 billion
199030 million6 million30.2 billion
198915 million65 million34.9 billion
1988–179 million36.8 billion
1987–189 million39.4 billion
198692 million53 million39 billion
198544 million154 million38.2 billion
198417 million185 million41.6 billion
198317 million231 million43.9 billion
1982–129 million46.2 billion
1981–27 million45.8 billion
1980167 million43 million42.2 billion
197911 million20 million38.4 billion
19789 million–42.4 billion
1977––40 billion
1976––36 billion
1975–12 million37.2 billion
197455 million8 million36.6 billion
197336 million–36.3 billion
19729 million–34.5 billion
197115 million–32.9 billion
1970––25.3 billion
196931 million–28.1 billion
1968––26.1 billion
1967––25.6 billion
19665 million–25.8 billion
1965––25.8 billion
196414 million–26.7 billion
19638 million–20.3 billion
1962100 million–17.5 billion
196161 million–16.4 billion
19601 million–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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