Japan vs North Korea

Japan vs North Korea: Arms imports

Arms imports: 1.72 billion TIV in Japan in 2025 and 1 million TIV in North Korea in 2010, by SIPRI estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Japan, by 657 million TIV, or 660 times that in North Korea.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Japan vs North Korea: Arms importsArms imports: 1.72 billion TIV in Japan in 2025 and 1 million TIV in North Korea in 2010, by SIPRI estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Japan, by 657 million TIV, or 660 times that in North Korea.
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What the numbers say

  • Japan has been higher since 1975, when it overtook North Korea.
  • The world as a whole: 25.8 billion TIV in 2010.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearJapanNorth KoreaWorld
20251.72 billion–33.3 billion
20241.04 billion–30.6 billion
2023852 million–29.5 billion
20221.47 billion–33 billion
20211.01 billion–26.8 billion
2020929 million–23.4 billion
2019992 million–26.9 billion
2018764 million–27.3 billion
2017446 million–31.2 billion
2016332 million–31.4 billion
2015343 million–28.7 billion
2014316 million–27 billion
2013341 million–27.4 billion
2012239 million–27.9 billion
2011300 million–29.9 billion
2010658 million1 million25.8 billion
2009990 million4 million24 billion
2008990 million5 million24.1 billion
2007553 million5 million26.5 billion
2006469 million5 million24.4 billion
2005375 million5 million21.3 billion
2004399 million8 million21.3 billion
2003458 million35 million19.2 billion
2002442 million54 million17.7 billion
2001427 million73 million18.3 billion
2000497 million63 million20.5 billion
19991.26 billion54 million25.3 billion
19981.49 billion54 million27.9 billion
1997843 million54 million28.9 billion
1996876 million118 million23.7 billion
19951.26 billion184 million22.9 billion
19941.02 billion79 million22.8 billion
19932.13 billion146 million25.8 billion
19922.52 billion183 million24.3 billion
19912.94 billion251 million27.8 billion
19902.68 billion340 million28.6 billion
19892.28 billion561 million31.7 billion
19882 billion818 million32.9 billion
19871.94 billion813 million36.2 billion
19861.89 billion1.08 billion35.5 billion
19851.97 billion963 million33.2 billion
19842.05 billion112 million36.8 billion
19831.69 billion339 million39.1 billion
19821.44 billion527 million41.4 billion
19811.31 billion347 million42 billion
19801.03 billion487 million37.4 billion
1979920 million313 million33.3 billion
1978901 million354 million39.2 billion
1977788 million297 million37 billion
19761.48 billion487 million33 billion
19751.6 billion561 million34.2 billion
1974733 million793 million32.9 billion
1973468 million535 million32.6 billion
1972493 million482 million28.7 billion
1971605 million1.5 billion29.3 billion
1970502 million649 million22.1 billion
1969488 million609 million24.7 billion
1968557 million1.31 billion22.4 billion
1967610 million846 million22.1 billion
1966324 million832 million22.4 billion
19651.16 billion118 million23.1 billion
19641.72 billion168 million24.2 billion
1963239 million197 million18.1 billion
1962263 million181 million15.5 billion
1961335 million69 million15 billion
1960790 million405 million15.7 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • 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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