South Korea vs Sweden: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 222 million TIV in South Korea and 146 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by 76 million TIV, or 1.52 times that in Sweden.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	South Korea	Sweden	World
2025	222 million	146 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.03 billion	56 million	30.6 billion
2023	218 million	98 million	29.5 billion
2022	423 million	318 million	33 billion
2021	812 million	110 million	26.8 billion
2020	1.27 billion	3 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.61 billion	7 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.03 billion	7 million	27.3 billion
2017	962 million	32 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.04 billion	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	268 million	24 million	28.7 billion
2014	742 million	48 million	27 billion
2013	189 million	58 million	27.4 billion
2012	1.08 billion	202 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.57 billion	185 million	29.9 billion
2010	1.3 billion	–	25.8 billion
2009	798 million	15 million	24 billion
2008	1.69 billion	52 million	24.1 billion
2007	1.73 billion	51 million	26.5 billion
2006	1.66 billion	121 million	24.4 billion
2005	801 million	78 million	21.3 billion
2004	1.06 billion	47 million	21.3 billion
2003	767 million	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	519 million	74 million	17.7 billion
2001	768 million	165 million	18.3 billion
2000	1.39 billion	196 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.64 billion	224 million	25.3 billion
1998	1.42 billion	294 million	27.9 billion
1997	1.22 billion	196 million	28.9 billion
1996	1.97 billion	98 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.95 billion	106 million	22.9 billion
1994	1.01 billion	307 million	22.8 billion
1993	1.01 billion	46 million	25.8 billion
1992	782 million	60 million	24.3 billion
1991	908 million	55 million	27.8 billion
1990	1.2 billion	94 million	28.6 billion
1989	1.84 billion	127 million	31.7 billion
1988	1.24 billion	152 million	32.9 billion
1987	773 million	125 million	36.2 billion
1986	857 million	118 million	35.5 billion
1985	760 million	84 million	33.2 billion
1984	524 million	108 million	36.8 billion
1983	496 million	106 million	39.1 billion
1982	673 million	153 million	41.4 billion
1981	872 million	495 million	42 billion
1980	877 million	291 million	37.4 billion
1979	1.32 billion	233 million	33.3 billion
1978	399 million	229 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.2 billion	114 million	37 billion
1976	556 million	214 million	33 billion
1975	661 million	292 million	34.2 billion
1974	458 million	256 million	32.9 billion
1973	269 million	231 million	32.6 billion
1972	413 million	196 million	28.7 billion
1971	250 million	160 million	29.3 billion
1970	100 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1969	586 million	172 million	24.7 billion
1968	359 million	189 million	22.4 billion
1967	137 million	318 million	22.1 billion
1966	578 million	299 million	22.4 billion
1965	632 million	324 million	23.1 billion
1964	332 million	400 million	24.2 billion
1963	214 million	335 million	18.1 billion
1962	65 million	177 million	15.5 billion
1961	113 million	165 million	15 billion
1960	122 million	227 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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