Malaysia vs South Korea: Arms imports

Arms imports: 7 million TIV in Malaysia in 2024 and 222 million TIV in South Korea in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in South Korea, by 1.02 billion TIV, or 150 times that in Malaysia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

South Korea has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Malaysia.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Malaysia	South Korea	World
2025	–	222 million	33.3 billion
2024	7 million	1.03 billion	30.6 billion
2023	11 million	218 million	29.5 billion
2022	71 million	423 million	33 billion
2021	133 million	812 million	26.8 billion
2020	51 million	1.27 billion	23.4 billion
2019	68 million	1.61 billion	26.9 billion
2018	93 million	1.03 billion	27.3 billion
2017	197 million	962 million	31.2 billion
2016	270 million	1.04 billion	31.4 billion
2015	118 million	268 million	28.7 billion
2014	75 million	742 million	27 billion
2013	82 million	189 million	27.4 billion
2012	19 million	1.08 billion	27.9 billion
2011	4 million	1.57 billion	29.9 billion
2010	213 million	1.3 billion	25.8 billion
2009	1.28 billion	798 million	24 billion
2008	493 million	1.69 billion	24.1 billion
2007	498 million	1.73 billion	26.5 billion
2006	184 million	1.66 billion	24.4 billion
2005	57 million	801 million	21.3 billion
2004	68 million	1.06 billion	21.3 billion
2003	190 million	767 million	19.2 billion
2002	154 million	519 million	17.7 billion
2001	26 million	768 million	18.3 billion
2000	26 million	1.39 billion	20.5 billion
1999	721 million	1.64 billion	25.3 billion
1998	39 million	1.42 billion	27.9 billion
1997	553 million	1.22 billion	28.9 billion
1996	32 million	1.97 billion	23.7 billion
1995	828 million	1.95 billion	22.9 billion
1994	308 million	1.01 billion	22.8 billion
1993	13 million	1.01 billion	25.8 billion
1992	13 million	782 million	24.3 billion
1991	33 million	908 million	27.8 billion
1990	–	1.2 billion	28.6 billion
1989	37 million	1.84 billion	31.7 billion
1988	14 million	1.24 billion	32.9 billion
1987	5 million	773 million	36.2 billion
1986	141 million	857 million	35.5 billion
1985	405 million	760 million	33.2 billion
1984	543 million	524 million	36.8 billion
1983	275 million	496 million	39.1 billion
1982	25 million	673 million	41.4 billion
1981	56 million	872 million	42 billion
1980	127 million	877 million	37.4 billion
1979	310 million	1.32 billion	33.3 billion
1978	72 million	399 million	39.2 billion
1977	146 million	1.2 billion	37 billion
1976	394 million	556 million	33 billion
1975	85 million	661 million	34.2 billion
1974	74 million	458 million	32.9 billion
1973	229 million	269 million	32.6 billion
1972	109 million	413 million	28.7 billion
1971	192 million	250 million	29.3 billion
1970	25 million	100 million	22.1 billion
1969	79 million	586 million	24.7 billion
1968	91 million	359 million	22.4 billion
1967	128 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1966	58 million	578 million	22.4 billion
1965	10 million	632 million	23.1 billion
1964	97 million	332 million	24.2 billion
1963	75 million	214 million	18.1 billion
1962	31 million	65 million	15.5 billion
1961	2 million	113 million	15 billion
1960	5 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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