North Korea vs Thailand: Arms imports

Arms imports: 1 million TIV in North Korea in 2010 and 33 million TIV in Thailand in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Thailand, by 59 million TIV, or 60 times that in North Korea.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Thailand has been higher since 1991, 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	Thailand	World
2025	–	33 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	73 million	30.6 billion
2023	–	290 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	271 million	33 billion
2021	–	151 million	26.8 billion
2020	–	141 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	293 million	26.9 billion
2018	–	636 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	317 million	31.2 billion
2016	–	346 million	31.4 billion
2015	–	184 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	107 million	27 billion
2013	–	383 million	27.4 billion
2012	–	278 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	252 million	29.9 billion
2010	1 million	60 million	25.8 billion
2009	4 million	63 million	24 billion
2008	5 million	16 million	24.1 billion
2007	5 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	5 million	99 million	24.4 billion
2005	5 million	115 million	21.3 billion
2004	8 million	138 million	21.3 billion
2003	35 million	131 million	19.2 billion
2002	54 million	152 million	17.7 billion
2001	73 million	109 million	18.3 billion
2000	63 million	77 million	20.5 billion
1999	54 million	160 million	25.3 billion
1998	54 million	62 million	27.9 billion
1997	54 million	910 million	28.9 billion
1996	118 million	741 million	23.7 billion
1995	184 million	530 million	22.9 billion
1994	79 million	608 million	22.8 billion
1993	146 million	182 million	25.8 billion
1992	183 million	429 million	24.3 billion
1991	251 million	575 million	27.8 billion
1990	340 million	235 million	28.6 billion
1989	561 million	284 million	31.7 billion
1988	818 million	623 million	32.9 billion
1987	813 million	539 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.08 billion	162 million	35.5 billion
1985	963 million	185 million	33.2 billion
1984	112 million	360 million	36.8 billion
1983	339 million	247 million	39.1 billion
1982	527 million	81 million	41.4 billion
1981	347 million	350 million	42 billion
1980	487 million	318 million	37.4 billion
1979	313 million	326 million	33.3 billion
1978	354 million	192 million	39.2 billion
1977	297 million	111 million	37 billion
1976	487 million	154 million	33 billion
1975	561 million	90 million	34.2 billion
1974	793 million	114 million	32.9 billion
1973	535 million	321 million	32.6 billion
1972	482 million	147 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.5 billion	243 million	29.3 billion
1970	649 million	258 million	22.1 billion
1969	609 million	121 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.31 billion	88 million	22.4 billion
1967	846 million	140 million	22.1 billion
1966	832 million	58 million	22.4 billion
1965	118 million	87 million	23.1 billion
1964	168 million	84 million	24.2 billion
1963	197 million	111 million	18.1 billion
1962	181 million	113 million	15.5 billion
1961	69 million	52 million	15 billion
1960	405 million	28 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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