Singapore vs South Korea: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 79 million TIV in Singapore and 2.02 billion TIV in South Korea, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by 1.94 billion TIV, or 26 times that in Singapore.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

South Korea has been higher since 1998, when it overtook Singapore.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Singapore	South Korea	World
2025	79 million	2.02 billion	33.5 billion
2024	–	1.1 billion	30.7 billion
2023	11 million	675 million	29.5 billion
2022	36 million	231 million	33.3 billion
2021	72 million	536 million	27.1 billion
2020	24 million	829 million	24.1 billion
2019	–	675 million	27 billion
2018	–	1.05 billion	27.4 billion
2017	–	700 million	31.3 billion
2016	77 million	435 million	31.5 billion
2015	80 million	92 million	28.7 billion
2014	12 million	218 million	27.1 billion
2013	7 million	350 million	27.4 billion
2012	79 million	203 million	27.9 billion
2011	17 million	328 million	29.9 billion
2010	32 million	177 million	25.8 billion
2009	35 million	224 million	24.4 billion
2008	–	110 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	278 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	158 million	24.5 billion
2005	–	109 million	21.4 billion
2004	65 million	74 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	96 million	19.2 billion
2002	4 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	–	230 million	18.5 billion
2000	12 million	36 million	20.5 billion
1999	11 million	–	25.4 billion
1998	23 million	32 million	27.9 billion
1997	46 million	25 million	28.9 billion
1996	1 million	24 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	30 million	22.9 billion
1994	30 million	7 million	23 billion
1993	11 million	62 million	25.8 billion
1992	3 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	3 million	118 million	28.2 billion
1990	44 million	72 million	30.2 billion
1989	87 million	48 million	34.9 billion
1988	25 million	54 million	36.8 billion
1987	81 million	–	39.4 billion
1986	–	73 million	39 billion
1985	26 million	28 million	38.2 billion
1984	38 million	126 million	41.6 billion
1983	25 million	–	43.9 billion
1982	–	65 million	46.2 billion
1981	15 million	130 million	45.8 billion
1980	–	105 million	42.2 billion
1979	72 million	105 million	38.4 billion
1978	29 million	–	42.4 billion
1977	–	–	40 billion
1976	–	–	36 billion
1975	17 million	–	37.2 billion
1974	–	–	36.6 billion
1973	–	–	36.3 billion
1972	–	141 million	34.5 billion
1971	2 million	–	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

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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.

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