South Korea vs Spain: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 222 million TIV in South Korea and 237 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 15 million TIV, or 1.07 times that in South Korea.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Spain has been higher since 2025, when it overtook South Korea.
In 2025, South Korea ranked 35 and Spain ranked 33 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	South Korea	Spain	World
2025	222 million	237 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.03 billion	159 million	30.6 billion
2023	218 million	159 million	29.5 billion
2022	423 million	198 million	33 billion
2021	812 million	134 million	26.8 billion
2020	1.27 billion	70 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.61 billion	35 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.03 billion	149 million	27.3 billion
2017	962 million	82 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.04 billion	104 million	31.4 billion
2015	268 million	152 million	28.7 billion
2014	742 million	109 million	27 billion
2013	189 million	155 million	27.4 billion
2012	1.08 billion	219 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.57 billion	166 million	29.9 billion
2010	1.3 billion	272 million	25.8 billion
2009	798 million	228 million	24 billion
2008	1.69 billion	347 million	24.1 billion
2007	1.73 billion	343 million	26.5 billion
2006	1.66 billion	312 million	24.4 billion
2005	801 million	358 million	21.3 billion
2004	1.06 billion	288 million	21.3 billion
2003	767 million	239 million	19.2 billion
2002	519 million	266 million	17.7 billion
2001	768 million	140 million	18.3 billion
2000	1.39 billion	315 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.64 billion	357 million	25.3 billion
1998	1.42 billion	82 million	27.9 billion
1997	1.22 billion	192 million	28.9 billion
1996	1.97 billion	395 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.95 billion	355 million	22.9 billion
1994	1.01 billion	838 million	22.8 billion
1993	1.01 billion	299 million	25.8 billion
1992	782 million	207 million	24.3 billion
1991	908 million	109 million	27.8 billion
1990	1.2 billion	691 million	28.6 billion
1989	1.84 billion	835 million	31.7 billion
1988	1.24 billion	1.95 billion	32.9 billion
1987	773 million	1.08 billion	36.2 billion
1986	857 million	1.08 billion	35.5 billion
1985	760 million	327 million	33.2 billion
1984	524 million	81 million	36.8 billion
1983	496 million	614 million	39.1 billion
1982	673 million	512 million	41.4 billion
1981	872 million	636 million	42 billion
1980	877 million	689 million	37.4 billion
1979	1.32 billion	650 million	33.3 billion
1978	399 million	432 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.2 billion	312 million	37 billion
1976	556 million	831 million	33 billion
1975	661 million	1.16 billion	34.2 billion
1974	458 million	557 million	32.9 billion
1973	269 million	895 million	32.6 billion
1972	413 million	793 million	28.7 billion
1971	250 million	637 million	29.3 billion
1970	100 million	234 million	22.1 billion
1969	586 million	181 million	24.7 billion
1968	359 million	133 million	22.4 billion
1967	137 million	303 million	22.1 billion
1966	578 million	307 million	22.4 billion
1965	632 million	382 million	23.1 billion
1964	332 million	51 million	24.2 billion
1963	214 million	15 million	18.1 billion
1962	65 million	55 million	15.5 billion
1961	113 million	103 million	15 billion
1960	122 million	214 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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