Singapore vs South Korea: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 57 million TIV in Singapore and 222 million TIV in South Korea, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by 165 million TIV, or 3.89 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 2024, when it overtook Singapore.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Singapore	South Korea	World
2025	57 million	222 million	33.3 billion
2024	378 million	1.03 billion	30.6 billion
2023	495 million	218 million	29.5 billion
2022	516 million	423 million	33 billion
2021	226 million	812 million	26.8 billion
2020	176 million	1.27 billion	23.4 billion
2019	487 million	1.61 billion	26.9 billion
2018	562 million	1.03 billion	27.3 billion
2017	408 million	962 million	31.2 billion
2016	642 million	1.04 billion	31.4 billion
2015	152 million	268 million	28.7 billion
2014	66 million	742 million	27 billion
2013	753 million	189 million	27.4 billion
2012	746 million	1.08 billion	27.9 billion
2011	879 million	1.57 billion	29.9 billion
2010	937 million	1.3 billion	25.8 billion
2009	1.4 billion	798 million	24 billion
2008	1.11 billion	1.69 billion	24.1 billion
2007	396 million	1.73 billion	26.5 billion
2006	74 million	1.66 billion	24.4 billion
2005	538 million	801 million	21.3 billion
2004	374 million	1.06 billion	21.3 billion
2003	79 million	767 million	19.2 billion
2002	229 million	519 million	17.7 billion
2001	246 million	768 million	18.3 billion
2000	782 million	1.39 billion	20.5 billion
1999	302 million	1.64 billion	25.3 billion
1998	798 million	1.42 billion	27.9 billion
1997	613 million	1.22 billion	28.9 billion
1996	159 million	1.97 billion	23.7 billion
1995	302 million	1.95 billion	22.9 billion
1994	179 million	1.01 billion	22.8 billion
1993	170 million	1.01 billion	25.8 billion
1992	115 million	782 million	24.3 billion
1991	373 million	908 million	27.8 billion
1990	513 million	1.2 billion	28.6 billion
1989	231 million	1.84 billion	31.7 billion
1988	541 million	1.24 billion	32.9 billion
1987	302 million	773 million	36.2 billion
1986	84 million	857 million	35.5 billion
1985	123 million	760 million	33.2 billion
1984	83 million	524 million	36.8 billion
1983	242 million	496 million	39.1 billion
1982	171 million	673 million	41.4 billion
1981	167 million	872 million	42 billion
1980	371 million	877 million	37.4 billion
1979	313 million	1.32 billion	33.3 billion
1978	50 million	399 million	39.2 billion
1977	171 million	1.2 billion	37 billion
1976	252 million	556 million	33 billion
1975	253 million	661 million	34.2 billion
1974	282 million	458 million	32.9 billion
1973	89 million	269 million	32.6 billion
1972	181 million	413 million	28.7 billion
1971	171 million	250 million	29.3 billion
1970	92 million	100 million	22.1 billion
1969	139 million	586 million	24.7 billion
1968	6 million	359 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	137 million	22.1 billion
1966	8 million	578 million	22.4 billion
1965	1 million	632 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	332 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	214 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	65 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	113 million	15 billion
1960	–	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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