South Korea vs Netherlands: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 222 million TIV in South Korea and 824 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 602 million TIV, or 3.71 times that in South Korea.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Netherlands has been higher since 2025, when it overtook South Korea.
In 2025, South Korea ranked 35 and Netherlands ranked 12 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	South Korea	Netherlands	World
2025	222 million	824 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.03 billion	333 million	30.6 billion
2023	218 million	374 million	29.5 billion
2022	423 million	725 million	33 billion
2021	812 million	512 million	26.8 billion
2020	1.27 billion	575 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.61 billion	494 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.03 billion	139 million	27.3 billion
2017	962 million	33 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.04 billion	69 million	31.4 billion
2015	268 million	51 million	28.7 billion
2014	742 million	8 million	27 billion
2013	189 million	488 million	27.4 billion
2012	1.08 billion	190 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.57 billion	115 million	29.9 billion
2010	1.3 billion	171 million	25.8 billion
2009	798 million	262 million	24 billion
2008	1.69 billion	147 million	24.1 billion
2007	1.73 billion	221 million	26.5 billion
2006	1.66 billion	304 million	24.4 billion
2005	801 million	86 million	21.3 billion
2004	1.06 billion	130 million	21.3 billion
2003	767 million	128 million	19.2 billion
2002	519 million	247 million	17.7 billion
2001	768 million	164 million	18.3 billion
2000	1.39 billion	123 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.64 billion	278 million	25.3 billion
1998	1.42 billion	269 million	27.9 billion
1997	1.22 billion	126 million	28.9 billion
1996	1.97 billion	203 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.95 billion	84 million	22.9 billion
1994	1.01 billion	205 million	22.8 billion
1993	1.01 billion	140 million	25.8 billion
1992	782 million	237 million	24.3 billion
1991	908 million	322 million	27.8 billion
1990	1.2 billion	273 million	28.6 billion
1989	1.84 billion	705 million	31.7 billion
1988	1.24 billion	393 million	32.9 billion
1987	773 million	614 million	36.2 billion
1986	857 million	792 million	35.5 billion
1985	760 million	892 million	33.2 billion
1984	524 million	1.17 billion	36.8 billion
1983	496 million	1.33 billion	39.1 billion
1982	673 million	1.24 billion	41.4 billion
1981	872 million	755 million	42 billion
1980	877 million	645 million	37.4 billion
1979	1.32 billion	792 million	33.3 billion
1978	399 million	717 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.2 billion	606 million	37 billion
1976	556 million	285 million	33 billion
1975	661 million	108 million	34.2 billion
1974	458 million	40 million	32.9 billion
1973	269 million	21 million	32.6 billion
1972	413 million	650 million	28.7 billion
1971	250 million	698 million	29.3 billion
1970	100 million	699 million	22.1 billion
1969	586 million	569 million	24.7 billion
1968	359 million	288 million	22.4 billion
1967	137 million	751 million	22.1 billion
1966	578 million	204 million	22.4 billion
1965	632 million	815 million	23.1 billion
1964	332 million	1.01 billion	24.2 billion
1963	214 million	767 million	18.1 billion
1962	65 million	294 million	15.5 billion
1961	113 million	227 million	15 billion
1960	122 million	255 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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