Poland vs South Korea: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 2.17 billion TIV in Poland and 222 million TIV in South Korea, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 1.95 billion TIV, or 9.77 times that in South Korea.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Poland has been higher since 2023, when it overtook South Korea.
In 2025, Poland ranked 4 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	Poland	South Korea	World
2025	2.17 billion	222 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.54 billion	1.03 billion	30.6 billion
2023	1.39 billion	218 million	29.5 billion
2022	414 million	423 million	33 billion
2021	68 million	812 million	26.8 billion
2020	153 million	1.27 billion	23.4 billion
2019	213 million	1.61 billion	26.9 billion
2018	50 million	1.03 billion	27.3 billion
2017	126 million	962 million	31.2 billion
2016	45 million	1.04 billion	31.4 billion
2015	127 million	268 million	28.7 billion
2014	275 million	742 million	27 billion
2013	146 million	189 million	27.4 billion
2012	227 million	1.08 billion	27.9 billion
2011	141 million	1.57 billion	29.9 billion
2010	174 million	1.3 billion	25.8 billion
2009	193 million	798 million	24 billion
2008	633 million	1.69 billion	24.1 billion
2007	969 million	1.73 billion	26.5 billion
2006	442 million	1.66 billion	24.4 billion
2005	105 million	801 million	21.3 billion
2004	223 million	1.06 billion	21.3 billion
2003	347 million	767 million	19.2 billion
2002	253 million	519 million	17.7 billion
2001	31 million	768 million	18.3 billion
2000	146 million	1.39 billion	20.5 billion
1999	23 million	1.64 billion	25.3 billion
1998	–	1.42 billion	27.9 billion
1997	–	1.22 billion	28.9 billion
1996	101 million	1.97 billion	23.7 billion
1995	250 million	1.95 billion	22.9 billion
1994	74 million	1.01 billion	22.8 billion
1993	4 million	1.01 billion	25.8 billion
1992	100 million	782 million	24.3 billion
1991	76 million	908 million	27.8 billion
1990	226 million	1.2 billion	28.6 billion
1989	501 million	1.84 billion	31.7 billion
1988	903 million	1.24 billion	32.9 billion
1987	1.04 billion	773 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.39 billion	857 million	35.5 billion
1985	925 million	760 million	33.2 billion
1984	466 million	524 million	36.8 billion
1983	536 million	496 million	39.1 billion
1982	709 million	673 million	41.4 billion
1981	804 million	872 million	42 billion
1980	1.12 billion	877 million	37.4 billion
1979	1.19 billion	1.32 billion	33.3 billion
1978	1.19 billion	399 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.02 billion	1.2 billion	37 billion
1976	1.1 billion	556 million	33 billion
1975	887 million	661 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.06 billion	458 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.11 billion	269 million	32.6 billion
1972	958 million	413 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.01 billion	250 million	29.3 billion
1970	859 million	100 million	22.1 billion
1969	992 million	586 million	24.7 billion
1968	927 million	359 million	22.4 billion
1967	781 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1966	1 billion	578 million	22.4 billion
1965	1.16 billion	632 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.57 billion	332 million	24.2 billion
1963	1.02 billion	214 million	18.1 billion
1962	685 million	65 million	15.5 billion
1961	864 million	113 million	15 billion
1960	889 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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