North Korea vs Papua New Guinea

North Korea vs Papua New Guinea: Arms imports

Arms imports: 1 million TIV in North Korea in 2010 and 9 million TIV in Papua New Guinea in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 1997 the value was higher in North Korea, by 47 million TIV, or 7.71 times that in Papua New Guinea.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

North Korea vs Papua New Guinea: Arms importsArms imports: 1 million TIV in North Korea in 2010 and 9 million TIV in Papua New Guinea in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 1997 the value was higher in North Korea, by 47 million TIV, or 7.71 times that in Papua New Guinea.
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What the numbers say

  • North Korea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1975.
  • The world as a whole: 28.9 billion TIV in 1997.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearNorth KoreaPapua New GuineaWorld
2025––33.3 billion
2024––30.6 billion
2023–9 million29.5 billion
2022––33 billion
2021–14 million26.8 billion
2020––23.4 billion
2019––26.9 billion
2018–8 million27.3 billion
2017–031.2 billion
2016––31.4 billion
2015––28.7 billion
2014–3 million27 billion
2013––27.4 billion
2012––27.9 billion
2011––29.9 billion
20101 million–25.8 billion
20094 million–24 billion
20085 million–24.1 billion
20075 million–26.5 billion
20065 million–24.4 billion
20055 million–21.3 billion
20048 million–21.3 billion
200335 million–19.2 billion
200254 million–17.7 billion
200173 million–18.3 billion
200063 million–20.5 billion
199954 million–25.3 billion
199854 million–27.9 billion
199754 million7 million28.9 billion
1996118 million1 million23.7 billion
1995184 million–22.9 billion
199479 million1 million22.8 billion
1993146 million–25.8 billion
1992183 million10 million24.3 billion
1991251 million10 million27.8 billion
1990340 million4 million28.6 billion
1989561 million6 million31.7 billion
1988818 million6 million32.9 billion
1987813 million12 million36.2 billion
19861.08 billion8 million35.5 billion
1985963 million–33.2 billion
1984112 million2 million36.8 billion
1983339 million–39.1 billion
1982527 million4 million41.4 billion
1981347 million2 million42 billion
1980487 million–37.4 billion
1979313 million–33.3 billion
1978354 million2 million39.2 billion
1977297 million3 million37 billion
1976487 million–33 billion
1975561 million32 million34.2 billion
1974793 million–32.9 billion
1973535 million–32.6 billion
1972482 million–28.7 billion
19711.5 billion–29.3 billion
1970649 million–22.1 billion
1969609 million–24.7 billion
19681.31 billion–22.4 billion
1967846 million–22.1 billion
1966832 million–22.4 billion
1965118 million–23.1 billion
1964168 million–24.2 billion
1963197 million–18.1 billion
1962181 million–15.5 billion
196169 million–15 billion
1960405 million–15.7 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.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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