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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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 222 million 2025 | 268 million | 35 of 110 |
| Sweden | 146 million 2025 | 24 million | 39 of 110 |
| World | 33.3 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
What the numbers say
- 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 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
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