North Korea vs Thailand

North Korea vs Thailand: Arms exports

Arms exports: 44 million TIV in North Korea in 2025 and 15 million TIV in Thailand in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in North Korea, by 196 million TIV, or 14 times that in Thailand.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

North Korea vs Thailand: Arms exportsArms exports: 44 million TIV in North Korea in 2025 and 15 million TIV in Thailand in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in North Korea, by 196 million TIV, or 14 times that in Thailand.
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What the numbers say

  • North Korea has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Thailand.
  • The world as a whole: 30.7 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearNorth KoreaThailandWorld
202544 million–33.5 billion
2024211 million15 million30.7 billion
20239 million–29.5 billion
2022––33.3 billion
2021–5 million27.1 billion
2020––24.1 billion
2019–2 million27 billion
2018––27.4 billion
2017–4 million31.3 billion
2016–2 million31.5 billion
2015––28.7 billion
20141 million–27.1 billion
2013––27.4 billion
2012––27.9 billion
2011––29.9 billion
20107 million–25.8 billion
200923 million–24.4 billion
200815 million–24.1 billion
200715 million–26.5 billion
200615 million79 million24.5 billion
200515 million–21.4 billion
200442 million7 million21.3 billion
2003129 million7 million19.2 billion
2002150 million–17.7 billion
200153 million–18.5 billion
200040 million–20.5 billion
199942 million–25.4 billion
199859 million–27.9 billion
199735 million–28.9 billion
199635 million–23.7 billion
199533 million–22.9 billion
199421 million–23 billion
1993104 million–25.8 billion
199298 million–24.3 billion
199185 million–28.2 billion
19906 million–30.2 billion
198965 million–34.9 billion
1988179 million–36.8 billion
1987189 million–39.4 billion
198653 million–39 billion
1985154 million–38.2 billion
1984185 million–41.6 billion
1983231 million–43.9 billion
1982129 million–46.2 billion
198127 million–45.8 billion
198043 million–42.2 billion
197920 million–38.4 billion
1978––42.4 billion
1977––40 billion
1976––36 billion
197512 million–37.2 billion
19748 million–36.6 billion
1973––36.3 billion
1972––34.5 billion
1971––32.9 billion
1970––25.3 billion
1969––28.1 billion
1968––26.1 billion
1967––25.6 billion
1966––25.8 billion
1965––25.8 billion
1964––26.7 billion
1963––20.3 billion
1962––17.5 billion
1961––16.4 billion
1960––17.6 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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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