South Korea vs Switzerland

South Korea vs Switzerland: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 2.02 billion TIV in South Korea and 129 million TIV in Switzerland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by 1.89 billion TIV, or 16 times that in Switzerland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

South Korea vs Switzerland: Arms exportsArms exports in 2025: 2.02 billion TIV in South Korea and 129 million TIV in Switzerland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by 1.89 billion TIV, or 16 times that in Switzerland.
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What the numbers say

  • South Korea has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Switzerland.
  • The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearSouth KoreaSwitzerlandWorld
20252.02 billion129 million33.5 billion
20241.1 billion11 million30.7 billion
2023675 million63 million29.5 billion
2022231 million181 million33.3 billion
2021536 million107 million27.1 billion
2020829 million145 million24.1 billion
2019675 million222 million27 billion
20181.05 billion244 million27.4 billion
2017700 million175 million31.3 billion
2016435 million220 million31.5 billion
201592 million491 million28.7 billion
2014218 million352 million27.1 billion
2013350 million213 million27.4 billion
2012203 million257 million27.9 billion
2011328 million349 million29.9 billion
2010177 million285 million25.8 billion
2009224 million260 million24.4 billion
2008110 million506 million24.1 billion
2007278 million325 million26.5 billion
2006158 million320 million24.5 billion
2005109 million274 million21.4 billion
200474 million293 million21.3 billion
200396 million207 million19.2 billion
2002–178 million17.7 billion
2001230 million219 million18.5 billion
200036 million140 million20.5 billion
1999–227 million25.4 billion
199832 million198 million27.9 billion
199725 million131 million28.9 billion
199624 million204 million23.7 billion
199530 million144 million22.9 billion
19947 million176 million23 billion
199362 million232 million25.8 billion
1992–457 million24.3 billion
1991118 million508 million28.2 billion
199072 million475 million30.2 billion
198948 million318 million34.9 billion
198854 million375 million36.8 billion
1987–319 million39.4 billion
198673 million340 million39 billion
198528 million347 million38.2 billion
1984126 million529 million41.6 billion
1983–331 million43.9 billion
198265 million413 million46.2 billion
1981130 million559 million45.8 billion
1980105 million566 million42.2 billion
1979105 million488 million38.4 billion
1978–223 million42.4 billion
1977–339 million40 billion
1976–592 million36 billion
1975–484 million37.2 billion
1974–89 million36.6 billion
1973–54 million36.3 billion
1972141 million34 million34.5 billion
1971–42 million32.9 billion
1970–18 million25.3 billion
1969–106 million28.1 billion
1968–88 million26.1 billion
1967–261 million25.6 billion
1966–367 million25.8 billion
1965–484 million25.8 billion
1964–394 million26.7 billion
1963–351 million20.3 billion
1962–534 million17.5 billion
1961–493 million16.4 billion
1960–435 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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