Papua New Guinea vs South Korea

Papua New Guinea vs South Korea: Arms imports

Arms imports: 9 million TIV in Papua New Guinea in 2023 and 222 million TIV in South Korea in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in South Korea, by 209 million TIV, or 24 times that in Papua New Guinea.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Papua New Guinea vs South Korea: Arms importsArms imports: 9 million TIV in Papua New Guinea in 2023 and 222 million TIV in South Korea in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in South Korea, by 209 million TIV, or 24 times that in Papua New Guinea.
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What the numbers say

  • South Korea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1975.
  • The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearPapua New GuineaSouth KoreaWorld
2025–222 million33.3 billion
2024–1.03 billion30.6 billion
20239 million218 million29.5 billion
2022–423 million33 billion
202114 million812 million26.8 billion
2020–1.27 billion23.4 billion
2019–1.61 billion26.9 billion
20188 million1.03 billion27.3 billion
20170962 million31.2 billion
2016–1.04 billion31.4 billion
2015–268 million28.7 billion
20143 million742 million27 billion
2013–189 million27.4 billion
2012–1.08 billion27.9 billion
2011–1.57 billion29.9 billion
2010–1.3 billion25.8 billion
2009–798 million24 billion
2008–1.69 billion24.1 billion
2007–1.73 billion26.5 billion
2006–1.66 billion24.4 billion
2005–801 million21.3 billion
2004–1.06 billion21.3 billion
2003–767 million19.2 billion
2002–519 million17.7 billion
2001–768 million18.3 billion
2000–1.39 billion20.5 billion
1999–1.64 billion25.3 billion
1998–1.42 billion27.9 billion
19977 million1.22 billion28.9 billion
19961 million1.97 billion23.7 billion
1995–1.95 billion22.9 billion
19941 million1.01 billion22.8 billion
1993–1.01 billion25.8 billion
199210 million782 million24.3 billion
199110 million908 million27.8 billion
19904 million1.2 billion28.6 billion
19896 million1.84 billion31.7 billion
19886 million1.24 billion32.9 billion
198712 million773 million36.2 billion
19868 million857 million35.5 billion
1985–760 million33.2 billion
19842 million524 million36.8 billion
1983–496 million39.1 billion
19824 million673 million41.4 billion
19812 million872 million42 billion
1980–877 million37.4 billion
1979–1.32 billion33.3 billion
19782 million399 million39.2 billion
19773 million1.2 billion37 billion
1976–556 million33 billion
197532 million661 million34.2 billion
1974–458 million32.9 billion
1973–269 million32.6 billion
1972–413 million28.7 billion
1971–250 million29.3 billion
1970–100 million22.1 billion
1969–586 million24.7 billion
1968–359 million22.4 billion
1967–137 million22.1 billion
1966–578 million22.4 billion
1965–632 million23.1 billion
1964–332 million24.2 billion
1963–214 million18.1 billion
1962–65 million15.5 billion
1961–113 million15 billion
1960–122 million15.7 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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