Pakistan vs South Korea: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 706 million TIV in Pakistan and 222 million TIV in South Korea, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 484 million TIV, or 3.18 times that in South Korea.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Pakistan has been higher since 2021, when it overtook South Korea.
In 2025, Pakistan ranked 14 and South Korea ranked 35 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Pakistan	South Korea	World
2025	706 million	222 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.07 billion	1.03 billion	30.6 billion
2023	2.2 billion	218 million	29.5 billion
2022	1.53 billion	423 million	33 billion
2021	984 million	812 million	26.8 billion
2020	624 million	1.27 billion	23.4 billion
2019	654 million	1.61 billion	26.9 billion
2018	893 million	1.03 billion	27.3 billion
2017	870 million	962 million	31.2 billion
2016	872 million	1.04 billion	31.4 billion
2015	771 million	268 million	28.7 billion
2014	877 million	742 million	27 billion
2013	1.11 billion	189 million	27.4 billion
2012	1.02 billion	1.08 billion	27.9 billion
2011	1.18 billion	1.57 billion	29.9 billion
2010	2.23 billion	1.3 billion	25.8 billion
2009	1.2 billion	798 million	24 billion
2008	1.07 billion	1.69 billion	24.1 billion
2007	693 million	1.73 billion	26.5 billion
2006	324 million	1.66 billion	24.4 billion
2005	427 million	801 million	21.3 billion
2004	471 million	1.06 billion	21.3 billion
2003	645 million	767 million	19.2 billion
2002	566 million	519 million	17.7 billion
2001	412 million	768 million	18.3 billion
2000	175 million	1.39 billion	20.5 billion
1999	867 million	1.64 billion	25.3 billion
1998	699 million	1.42 billion	27.9 billion
1997	691 million	1.22 billion	28.9 billion
1996	506 million	1.97 billion	23.7 billion
1995	368 million	1.95 billion	22.9 billion
1994	862 million	1.01 billion	22.8 billion
1993	992 million	1.01 billion	25.8 billion
1992	352 million	782 million	24.3 billion
1991	511 million	908 million	27.8 billion
1990	635 million	1.2 billion	28.6 billion
1989	974 million	1.84 billion	31.7 billion
1988	412 million	1.24 billion	32.9 billion
1987	617 million	773 million	36.2 billion
1986	280 million	857 million	35.5 billion
1985	751 million	760 million	33.2 billion
1984	863 million	524 million	36.8 billion
1983	784 million	496 million	39.1 billion
1982	544 million	673 million	41.4 billion
1981	491 million	872 million	42 billion
1980	900 million	877 million	37.4 billion
1979	697 million	1.32 billion	33.3 billion
1978	655 million	399 million	39.2 billion
1977	271 million	1.2 billion	37 billion
1976	276 million	556 million	33 billion
1975	223 million	661 million	34.2 billion
1974	225 million	458 million	32.9 billion
1973	177 million	269 million	32.6 billion
1972	664 million	413 million	28.7 billion
1971	553 million	250 million	29.3 billion
1970	422 million	100 million	22.1 billion
1969	542 million	586 million	24.7 billion
1968	415 million	359 million	22.4 billion
1967	151 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1966	592 million	578 million	22.4 billion
1965	222 million	632 million	23.1 billion
1964	96 million	332 million	24.2 billion
1963	225 million	214 million	18.1 billion
1962	84 million	65 million	15.5 billion
1961	41 million	113 million	15 billion
1960	46 million	122 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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