South Korea vs United Arab Emirates: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 2.02 billion TIV in South Korea and 33 million TIV in United Arab Emirates, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by 1.99 billion TIV, or 61 times that in United Arab Emirates.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

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

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	South Korea	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	2.02 billion	33 million	33.5 billion
2024	1.1 billion	119 million	30.7 billion
2023	675 million	64 million	29.5 billion
2022	231 million	17 million	33.3 billion
2021	536 million	57 million	27.1 billion
2020	829 million	209 million	24.1 billion
2019	675 million	131 million	27 billion
2018	1.05 billion	120 million	27.4 billion
2017	700 million	106 million	31.3 billion
2016	435 million	111 million	31.5 billion
2015	92 million	143 million	28.7 billion
2014	218 million	100 million	27.1 billion
2013	350 million	115 million	27.4 billion
2012	203 million	75 million	27.9 billion
2011	328 million	3 million	29.9 billion
2010	177 million	39 million	25.8 billion
2009	224 million	34 million	24.4 billion
2008	110 million	–	24.1 billion
2007	278 million	3 million	26.5 billion
2006	158 million	17 million	24.5 billion
2005	109 million	15 million	21.4 billion
2004	74 million	3 million	21.3 billion
2003	96 million	–	19.2 billion
2002	–	–	17.7 billion
2001	230 million	–	18.5 billion
2000	36 million	–	20.5 billion
1999	–	–	25.4 billion
1998	32 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	25 million	37 million	28.9 billion
1996	24 million	6 million	23.7 billion
1995	30 million	28 million	22.9 billion
1994	7 million	–	23 billion
1993	62 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	–	–	24.3 billion
1991	118 million	–	28.2 billion
1990	72 million	2 million	30.2 billion
1989	48 million	–	34.9 billion
1988	54 million	–	36.8 billion
1987	–	2 million	39.4 billion
1986	73 million	22 million	39 billion
1985	28 million	–	38.2 billion
1984	126 million	–	41.6 billion
1983	–	14 million	43.9 billion
1982	65 million	–	46.2 billion
1981	130 million	–	45.8 billion
1980	105 million	–	42.2 billion
1979	105 million	–	38.4 billion
1978	–	–	42.4 billion
1977	–	–	40 billion
1976	–	–	36 billion
1975	–	–	37.2 billion
1974	–	8 million	36.6 billion
1973	–	–	36.3 billion
1972	141 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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Deaths in conflictsSouth Korea: 0 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022