South Korea vs Türkiye

South Korea vs Türkiye: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 2.02 billion TIV in South Korea and 539 million TIV in Türkiye, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by 1.48 billion TIV, or 3.75 times that in Türkiye.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

South Korea vs Türkiye: Arms exportsArms exports in 2025: 2.02 billion TIV in South Korea and 539 million TIV in Türkiye, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by 1.48 billion TIV, or 3.75 times that in Türkiye.
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What the numbers say

  • South Korea has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Türkiye.
  • The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearSouth KoreaTürkiyeWorld
20252.02 billion539 million33.5 billion
20241.1 billion411 million30.7 billion
2023675 million698 million29.5 billion
2022231 million628 million33.3 billion
2021536 million526 million27.1 billion
2020829 million275 million24.1 billion
2019675 million286 million27 billion
20181.05 billion257 million27.4 billion
2017700 million184 million31.3 billion
2016435 million258 million31.5 billion
201592 million244 million28.7 billion
2014218 million166 million27.1 billion
2013350 million146 million27.4 billion
2012203 million149 million27.9 billion
2011328 million95 million29.9 billion
2010177 million79 million25.8 billion
2009224 million78 million24.4 billion
2008110 million123 million24.1 billion
2007278 million88 million26.5 billion
2006158 million68 million24.5 billion
2005109 million26 million21.4 billion
200474 million30 million21.3 billion
200396 million45 million19.2 billion
2002–28 million17.7 billion
2001230 million5 million18.5 billion
200036 million21 million20.5 billion
1999–46 million25.4 billion
199832 million3 million27.9 billion
199725 million028.9 billion
199624 million3 million23.7 billion
199530 million3 million22.9 billion
19947 million–23 billion
199362 million–25.8 billion
1992––24.3 billion
1991118 million–28.2 billion
199072 million–30.2 billion
198948 million–34.9 billion
198854 million–36.8 billion
1987––39.4 billion
198673 million–39 billion
198528 million–38.2 billion
1984126 million–41.6 billion
1983––43.9 billion
198265 million–46.2 billion
1981130 million11 million45.8 billion
1980105 million23 million42.2 billion
1979105 million–38.4 billion
1978––42.4 billion
1977––40 billion
1976––36 billion
1975––37.2 billion
1974––36.6 billion
1973––36.3 billion
1972141 million–34.5 billion
1971––32.9 billion
1970––25.3 billion
1969––28.1 billion
1968––26.1 billion
1967––25.6 billion
1966––25.8 billion
1965––25.8 billion
1964––26.7 billion
1963––20.3 billion
1962––17.5 billion
1961––16.4 billion
1960––17.6 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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