South Korea vs Spain

South Korea vs Spain: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 2.02 billion TIV in South Korea and 341 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by 1.68 billion TIV, or 5.92 times that in Spain.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

South Korea vs Spain: Arms exportsArms exports in 2025: 2.02 billion TIV in South Korea and 341 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by 1.68 billion TIV, or 5.92 times that in Spain.
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What the numbers say

  • South Korea has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Spain.
  • The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearSouth KoreaSpainWorld
20252.02 billion341 million33.5 billion
20241.1 billion606 million30.7 billion
2023675 million912 million29.5 billion
2022231 million1.01 billion33.3 billion
2021536 million676 million27.1 billion
2020829 million1.01 billion24.1 billion
2019675 million318 million27 billion
20181.05 billion705 million27.4 billion
2017700 million820 million31.3 billion
2016435 million481 million31.5 billion
201592 million982 million28.7 billion
2014218 million962 million27.1 billion
2013350 million450 million27.4 billion
2012203 million266 million27.9 billion
2011328 million997 million29.9 billion
2010177 million273 million25.8 billion
2009224 million984 million24.4 billion
2008110 million626 million24.1 billion
2007278 million628 million26.5 billion
2006158 million898 million24.5 billion
2005109 million113 million21.4 billion
200474 million54 million21.3 billion
200396 million99 million19.2 billion
2002–18 million17.7 billion
2001230 million8 million18.5 billion
200036 million47 million20.5 billion
1999–46 million25.4 billion
199832 million174 million27.9 billion
199725 million605 million28.9 billion
199624 million112 million23.7 billion
199530 million88 million22.9 billion
19947 million253 million23 billion
199362 million103 million25.8 billion
1992–70 million24.3 billion
1991118 million103 million28.2 billion
199072 million116 million30.2 billion
198948 million167 million34.9 billion
198854 million136 million36.8 billion
1987–152 million39.4 billion
198673 million197 million39 billion
198528 million92 million38.2 billion
1984126 million244 million41.6 billion
1983–367 million43.9 billion
198265 million263 million46.2 billion
1981130 million135 million45.8 billion
1980105 million10 million42.2 billion
1979105 million18 million38.4 billion
1978–38 million42.4 billion
1977–25 million40 billion
1976–46 million36 billion
1975–272 million37.2 billion
1974–82 million36.6 billion
1973–18 million36.3 billion
1972141 million18 million34.5 billion
1971–140 million32.9 billion
1970–70 million25.3 billion
1969–10 million28.1 billion
1968–12 million26.1 billion
1967–12 million25.6 billion
1966–26 million25.8 billion
1965–33 million25.8 billion
1964–12 million26.7 billion
1963–10 million20.3 billion
1962–10 million17.5 billion
1961–8 million16.4 billion
1960–2 million17.6 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.

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