Russia vs South Korea
Russia vs South Korea: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 1.94 billion TIV in Russia and 2.02 billion TIV in South Korea, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by 79 million TIV, or 1.04 times that in Russia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- South Korea has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Russia.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Russia | South Korea | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.94 billion | 2.02 billion | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 1.99 billion | 1.1 billion | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 1.51 billion | 675 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 2.57 billion | 231 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 2.4 billion | 536 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 3.66 billion | 829 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 5.37 billion | 675 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 7.15 billion | 1.05 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 6.4 billion | 700 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 6.75 billion | 435 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 5.8 billion | 92 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 5.4 billion | 218 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 7.89 billion | 350 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 8.34 billion | 203 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 8.79 billion | 328 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 6.23 billion | 177 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 5.13 billion | 224 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 6 billion | 110 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 5.6 billion | 278 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 5.18 billion | 158 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 5.2 billion | 109 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 6.35 billion | 74 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 5.27 billion | 96 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 5.74 billion | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 5.25 billion | 230 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 4.5 billion | 36 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 4.41 billion | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 2.12 billion | 32 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 3.45 billion | 25 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 3.64 billion | 24 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 3.83 billion | 30 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 1.54 billion | 7 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 3.49 billion | 62 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 2.64 billion | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 118 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 72 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 48 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 54 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 73 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 28 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 126 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 65 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 130 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 105 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 105 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 141 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Russia vs South Korea
Health
- Life expectancyRussia: 73.2 years in 2023South Korea: 84.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityRussia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024South Korea: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityRussia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023South Korea: 2.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterRussia: 76.2% in 2022South Korea: 99.3% in 2022
- DepressionRussia: 3.71% in 2017South Korea: 3.17% in 2017
- Suicide rateRussia: 25.1 per 100,000 people in 2017South Korea: 20.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationRussia: 145 million people in 2023South Korea: 51.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthRussia: -0.32% a year in 2023South Korea: -0.04% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateRussia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023South Korea: 0.72 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationRussia: 75.3% in 2025South Korea: 81.2% in 2025
- Median ageRussia: 39.5 years in 2023South Korea: 44.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overRussia: 16.6% in 2023South Korea: 18.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateRussia: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023South Korea: 1.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingRussia: 7.5% of GDP in 2025South Korea: 2.6% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsRussia: $158B in 2025South Korea: $48.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personRussia: $1,318 in 2025South Korea: $924 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingRussia: 19.8% of government spending in 2025South Korea: 10.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelRussia: 1.45 million people in 2020South Korea: 569,000 people in 2020
- National powerRussia: 3.82% of world capability in 2022South Korea: 2% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersRussia: 1.98% of the labour force in 2020South Korea: 2.01% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsRussia: 129 million TIV in 2025South Korea: 222 million TIV in 2025