North Korea vs Russia

North Korea vs Russia: Arms imports

Arms imports: 1 million TIV in North Korea in 2010 and 129 million TIV in Russia in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Russia, by 24 million TIV, or 25 times that in North Korea.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

North Korea vs Russia: Arms importsArms imports: 1 million TIV in North Korea in 2010 and 129 million TIV in Russia in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Russia, by 24 million TIV, or 25 times that in North Korea.
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What the numbers say

  • Russia has been higher since 2007, when it overtook North Korea.
  • The world as a whole: 25.8 billion TIV in 2010.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearNorth KoreaRussiaWorld
2025–129 million33.3 billion
2024–315 million30.6 billion
2023–95 million29.5 billion
2022–39 million33 billion
2021–6 million26.8 billion
2020–1 million23.4 billion
2019–5 million26.9 billion
2018–62 million27.3 billion
2017–94 million31.2 billion
2016–127 million31.4 billion
2015–113 million28.7 billion
2014–207 million27 billion
2013–185 million27.4 billion
2012–121 million27.9 billion
2011–10 million29.9 billion
20101 million25 million25.8 billion
20094 million8 million24 billion
20085 million–24.1 billion
20075 million90 million26.5 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 million2 million18.3 billion
200063 million1.15 billion20.5 billion
199954 million368 million25.3 billion
199854 million–27.9 billion
199754 million–28.9 billion
1996118 million–23.7 billion
1995184 million–22.9 billion
199479 million–22.8 billion
1993146 million–25.8 billion
1992183 million40 million24.3 billion
1991251 million–27.8 billion
1990340 million–28.6 billion
1989561 million–31.7 billion
1988818 million–32.9 billion
1987813 million–36.2 billion
19861.08 billion–35.5 billion
1985963 million–33.2 billion
1984112 million–36.8 billion
1983339 million–39.1 billion
1982527 million–41.4 billion
1981347 million–42 billion
1980487 million–37.4 billion
1979313 million–33.3 billion
1978354 million–39.2 billion
1977297 million–37 billion
1976487 million–33 billion
1975561 million–34.2 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.
  • 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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