South Korea vs Türkiye: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 222 million TIV in South Korea and 381 million TIV in Türkiye, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Türkiye, by 159 million TIV, or 1.72 times that in South Korea.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Türkiye has been higher since 2025, when it overtook South Korea.
In 2025, South Korea ranked 35 and Türkiye ranked 30 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	Türkiye	World
2025	222 million	381 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.03 billion	381 million	30.6 billion
2023	218 million	679 million	29.5 billion
2022	423 million	187 million	33 billion
2021	812 million	249 million	26.8 billion
2020	1.27 billion	110 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.61 billion	742 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.03 billion	476 million	27.3 billion
2017	962 million	427 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.04 billion	324 million	31.4 billion
2015	268 million	446 million	28.7 billion
2014	742 million	1.53 billion	27 billion
2013	189 million	769 million	27.4 billion
2012	1.08 billion	1.48 billion	27.9 billion
2011	1.57 billion	794 million	29.9 billion
2010	1.3 billion	469 million	25.8 billion
2009	798 million	714 million	24 billion
2008	1.69 billion	623 million	24.1 billion
2007	1.73 billion	675 million	26.5 billion
2006	1.66 billion	524 million	24.4 billion
2005	801 million	1.08 billion	21.3 billion
2004	1.06 billion	252 million	21.3 billion
2003	767 million	327 million	19.2 billion
2002	519 million	878 million	17.7 billion
2001	768 million	501 million	18.3 billion
2000	1.39 billion	1.18 billion	20.5 billion
1999	1.64 billion	1.73 billion	25.3 billion
1998	1.42 billion	2.62 billion	27.9 billion
1997	1.22 billion	1.51 billion	28.9 billion
1996	1.97 billion	1.49 billion	23.7 billion
1995	1.95 billion	1.56 billion	22.9 billion
1994	1.01 billion	1.89 billion	22.8 billion
1993	1.01 billion	2.33 billion	25.8 billion
1992	782 million	1.87 billion	24.3 billion
1991	908 million	1.29 billion	27.8 billion
1990	1.2 billion	1.24 billion	28.6 billion
1989	1.84 billion	1.03 billion	31.7 billion
1988	1.24 billion	1.63 billion	32.9 billion
1987	773 million	1.43 billion	36.2 billion
1986	857 million	472 million	35.5 billion
1985	760 million	678 million	33.2 billion
1984	524 million	549 million	36.8 billion
1983	496 million	503 million	39.1 billion
1982	673 million	478 million	41.4 billion
1981	872 million	726 million	42 billion
1980	877 million	486 million	37.4 billion
1979	1.32 billion	917 million	33.3 billion
1978	399 million	984 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.2 billion	293 million	37 billion
1976	556 million	358 million	33 billion
1975	661 million	640 million	34.2 billion
1974	458 million	1.28 billion	32.9 billion
1973	269 million	790 million	32.6 billion
1972	413 million	1.09 billion	28.7 billion
1971	250 million	941 million	29.3 billion
1970	100 million	396 million	22.1 billion
1969	586 million	628 million	24.7 billion
1968	359 million	418 million	22.4 billion
1967	137 million	593 million	22.1 billion
1966	578 million	525 million	22.4 billion
1965	632 million	603 million	23.1 billion
1964	332 million	839 million	24.2 billion
1963	214 million	586 million	18.1 billion
1962	65 million	266 million	15.5 billion
1961	113 million	322 million	15 billion
1960	122 million	581 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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