South Korea vs Switzerland: Arms imports

Arms imports: 222 million TIV in South Korea in 2025 and 33 million TIV in Switzerland in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in South Korea, by 185 million TIV, or 6.61 times that in Switzerland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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South Korea has been higher since 1971, when it overtook Switzerland.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	South Korea	Switzerland	World
2025	222 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	1.03 billion	–	30.6 billion
2023	218 million	33 million	29.5 billion
2022	423 million	15 million	33 billion
2021	812 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	1.27 billion	–	23.4 billion
2019	1.61 billion	–	26.9 billion
2018	1.03 billion	–	27.3 billion
2017	962 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	1.04 billion	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	268 million	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	742 million	5 million	27 billion
2013	189 million	–	27.4 billion
2012	1.08 billion	2 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.57 billion	24 million	29.9 billion
2010	1.3 billion	38 million	25.8 billion
2009	798 million	36 million	24 billion
2008	1.69 billion	15 million	24.1 billion
2007	1.73 billion	108 million	26.5 billion
2006	1.66 billion	83 million	24.4 billion
2005	801 million	168 million	21.3 billion
2004	1.06 billion	203 million	21.3 billion
2003	767 million	117 million	19.2 billion
2002	519 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	768 million	60 million	18.3 billion
2000	1.39 billion	15 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.64 billion	499 million	25.3 billion
1998	1.42 billion	428 million	27.9 billion
1997	1.22 billion	375 million	28.9 billion
1996	1.97 billion	187 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.95 billion	93 million	22.9 billion
1994	1.01 billion	114 million	22.8 billion
1993	1.01 billion	98 million	25.8 billion
1992	782 million	381 million	24.3 billion
1991	908 million	469 million	27.8 billion
1990	1.2 billion	433 million	28.6 billion
1989	1.84 billion	318 million	31.7 billion
1988	1.24 billion	179 million	32.9 billion
1987	773 million	151 million	36.2 billion
1986	857 million	108 million	35.5 billion
1985	760 million	341 million	33.2 billion
1984	524 million	404 million	36.8 billion
1983	496 million	442 million	39.1 billion
1982	673 million	175 million	41.4 billion
1981	872 million	289 million	42 billion
1980	877 million	272 million	37.4 billion
1979	1.32 billion	226 million	33.3 billion
1978	399 million	217 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.2 billion	4 million	37 billion
1976	556 million	142 million	33 billion
1975	661 million	136 million	34.2 billion
1974	458 million	64 million	32.9 billion
1973	269 million	123 million	32.6 billion
1972	413 million	192 million	28.7 billion
1971	250 million	153 million	29.3 billion
1970	100 million	142 million	22.1 billion
1969	586 million	166 million	24.7 billion
1968	359 million	199 million	22.4 billion
1967	137 million	177 million	22.1 billion
1966	578 million	373 million	22.4 billion
1965	632 million	228 million	23.1 billion
1964	332 million	263 million	24.2 billion
1963	214 million	52 million	18.1 billion
1962	65 million	4 million	15.5 billion
1961	113 million	37 million	15 billion
1960	122 million	218 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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