South Korea vs Sudan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 222 million TIV in South Korea and 57 million TIV in Sudan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by 165 million TIV, or 3.89 times that in Sudan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

South Korea has been higher since 1971, when it overtook Sudan.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	South Korea	Sudan	World
2025	222 million	57 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.03 billion	50 million	30.6 billion
2023	218 million	6 million	29.5 billion
2022	423 million	3 million	33 billion
2021	812 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	1.27 billion	–	23.4 billion
2019	1.61 billion	20 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.03 billion	35 million	27.3 billion
2017	962 million	66 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.04 billion	110 million	31.4 billion
2015	268 million	136 million	28.7 billion
2014	742 million	70 million	27 billion
2013	189 million	155 million	27.4 billion
2012	1.08 billion	119 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.57 billion	191 million	29.9 billion
2010	1.3 billion	196 million	25.8 billion
2009	798 million	100 million	24 billion
2008	1.69 billion	120 million	24.1 billion
2007	1.73 billion	58 million	26.5 billion
2006	1.66 billion	112 million	24.4 billion
2005	801 million	113 million	21.3 billion
2004	1.06 billion	294 million	21.3 billion
2003	767 million	205 million	19.2 billion
2002	519 million	50 million	17.7 billion
2001	768 million	106 million	18.3 billion
2000	1.39 billion	–	20.5 billion
1999	1.64 billion	36 million	25.3 billion
1998	1.42 billion	–	27.9 billion
1997	1.22 billion	63 million	28.9 billion
1996	1.97 billion	27 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.95 billion	3 million	22.9 billion
1994	1.01 billion	–	22.8 billion
1993	1.01 billion	–	25.8 billion
1992	782 million	6 million	24.3 billion
1991	908 million	46 million	27.8 billion
1990	1.2 billion	4 million	28.6 billion
1989	1.84 billion	16 million	31.7 billion
1988	1.24 billion	77 million	32.9 billion
1987	773 million	122 million	36.2 billion
1986	857 million	10 million	35.5 billion
1985	760 million	66 million	33.2 billion
1984	524 million	106 million	36.8 billion
1983	496 million	25 million	39.1 billion
1982	673 million	90 million	41.4 billion
1981	872 million	203 million	42 billion
1980	877 million	3 million	37.4 billion
1979	1.32 billion	46 million	33.3 billion
1978	399 million	208 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.2 billion	29 million	37 billion
1976	556 million	–	33 billion
1975	661 million	5 million	34.2 billion
1974	458 million	3 million	32.9 billion
1973	269 million	23 million	32.6 billion
1972	413 million	69 million	28.7 billion
1971	250 million	87 million	29.3 billion
1970	100 million	598 million	22.1 billion
1969	586 million	177 million	24.7 billion
1968	359 million	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	137 million	6 million	22.1 billion
1966	578 million	10 million	22.4 billion
1965	632 million	5 million	23.1 billion
1964	332 million	36 million	24.2 billion
1963	214 million	17 million	18.1 billion
1962	65 million	34 million	15.5 billion
1961	113 million	17 million	15 billion
1960	122 million	6 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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