North Korea vs Philippines: Arms imports

Arms imports: 1 million TIV in North Korea in 2010 and 846 million TIV in Philippines in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Philippines, by 2 million TIV, or 3 times that in North Korea.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

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

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	North Korea	Philippines	World
2025	–	846 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	305 million	30.6 billion
2023	–	108 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	280 million	33 billion
2021	–	365 million	26.8 billion
2020	–	385 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	191 million	26.9 billion
2018	–	17 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	278 million	31.2 billion
2016	–	228 million	31.4 billion
2015	–	153 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	12 million	27 billion
2013	–	83 million	27.4 billion
2012	–	21 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	63 million	29.9 billion
2010	1 million	3 million	25.8 billion
2009	4 million	1 million	24 billion
2008	5 million	10 million	24.1 billion
2007	5 million	16 million	26.5 billion
2006	5 million	23 million	24.4 billion
2005	5 million	12 million	21.3 billion
2004	8 million	34 million	21.3 billion
2003	35 million	10 million	19.2 billion
2002	54 million	5 million	17.7 billion
2001	73 million	10 million	18.3 billion
2000	63 million	–	20.5 billion
1999	54 million	–	25.3 billion
1998	54 million	64 million	27.9 billion
1997	54 million	72 million	28.9 billion
1996	118 million	43 million	23.7 billion
1995	184 million	30 million	22.9 billion
1994	79 million	72 million	22.8 billion
1993	146 million	62 million	25.8 billion
1992	183 million	43 million	24.3 billion
1991	251 million	34 million	27.8 billion
1990	340 million	33 million	28.6 billion
1989	561 million	19 million	31.7 billion
1988	818 million	12 million	32.9 billion
1987	813 million	26 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.08 billion	–	35.5 billion
1985	963 million	23 million	33.2 billion
1984	112 million	38 million	36.8 billion
1983	339 million	116 million	39.1 billion
1982	527 million	17 million	41.4 billion
1981	347 million	39 million	42 billion
1980	487 million	75 million	37.4 billion
1979	313 million	92 million	33.3 billion
1978	354 million	143 million	39.2 billion
1977	297 million	198 million	37 billion
1976	487 million	256 million	33 billion
1975	561 million	133 million	34.2 billion
1974	793 million	60 million	32.9 billion
1973	535 million	106 million	32.6 billion
1972	482 million	50 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.5 billion	90 million	29.3 billion
1970	649 million	9 million	22.1 billion
1969	609 million	26 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.31 billion	16 million	22.4 billion
1967	846 million	43 million	22.1 billion
1966	832 million	86 million	22.4 billion
1965	118 million	99 million	23.1 billion
1964	168 million	2 million	24.2 billion
1963	197 million	4 million	18.1 billion
1962	181 million	11 million	15.5 billion
1961	69 million	44 million	15 billion
1960	405 million	50 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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