North Korea vs Vietnam: Arms imports

Arms imports: 1 million TIV in North Korea in 2010 and 177 million TIV in Vietnam in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 160 million TIV, or 160 times that in North Korea.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Vietnam has been higher since 2004, 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	Vietnam	World
2025	–	177 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	58 million	30.6 billion
2023	–	45 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	86 million	33 billion
2021	–	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	–	38 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	166 million	26.9 billion
2018	–	604 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	783 million	31.2 billion
2016	–	924 million	31.4 billion
2015	–	869 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	1.23 billion	27 billion
2013	–	360 million	27.4 billion
2012	–	782 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	1.02 billion	29.9 billion
2010	1 million	161 million	25.8 billion
2009	4 million	61 million	24 billion
2008	5 million	186 million	24.1 billion
2007	5 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	5 million	42 million	24.4 billion
2005	5 million	221 million	21.3 billion
2004	8 million	299 million	21.3 billion
2003	35 million	22 million	19.2 billion
2002	54 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	73 million	97 million	18.3 billion
2000	63 million	11 million	20.5 billion
1999	54 million	168 million	25.3 billion
1998	54 million	209 million	27.9 billion
1997	54 million	111 million	28.9 billion
1996	118 million	214 million	23.7 billion
1995	184 million	273 million	22.9 billion
1994	79 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	146 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	183 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	251 million	–	27.8 billion
1990	340 million	116 million	28.6 billion
1989	561 million	128 million	31.7 billion
1988	818 million	65 million	32.9 billion
1987	813 million	50 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.08 billion	78 million	35.5 billion
1985	963 million	28 million	33.2 billion
1984	112 million	557 million	36.8 billion
1983	339 million	916 million	39.1 billion
1982	527 million	532 million	41.4 billion
1981	347 million	1.07 billion	42 billion
1980	487 million	1.02 billion	37.4 billion
1979	313 million	1.25 billion	33.3 billion
1978	354 million	227 million	39.2 billion
1977	297 million	42 million	37 billion
1976	487 million	42 million	33 billion
1975	561 million	493 million	34.2 billion
1974	793 million	859 million	32.9 billion
1973	535 million	1.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	482 million	1.32 billion	28.7 billion
1971	1.5 billion	1.2 billion	29.3 billion
1970	649 million	1.21 billion	22.1 billion
1969	609 million	909 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.31 billion	1.18 billion	22.4 billion
1967	846 million	1.1 billion	22.1 billion
1966	832 million	1.14 billion	22.4 billion
1965	118 million	651 million	23.1 billion
1964	168 million	266 million	24.2 billion
1963	197 million	107 million	18.1 billion
1962	181 million	47 million	15.5 billion
1961	69 million	95 million	15 billion
1960	405 million	103 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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