South Korea vs United Kingdom

South Korea vs United Kingdom: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 2.02 billion TIV in South Korea and 702 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by 1.32 billion TIV, or 2.88 times that in United Kingdom.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

South Korea vs United Kingdom: Arms exportsArms exports in 2025: 2.02 billion TIV in South Korea and 702 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by 1.32 billion TIV, or 2.88 times that in United Kingdom.
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What the numbers say

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

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearSouth KoreaUnited KingdomWorld
20252.02 billion702 million33.5 billion
20241.1 billion884 million30.7 billion
2023675 million1.32 billion29.5 billion
2022231 million1.74 billion33.3 billion
2021536 million639 million27.1 billion
2020829 million652 million24.1 billion
2019675 million886 million27 billion
20181.05 billion682 million27.4 billion
2017700 million1.1 billion31.3 billion
2016435 million1.34 billion31.5 billion
201592 million1.18 billion28.7 billion
2014218 million1.66 billion27.1 billion
2013350 million1.51 billion27.4 billion
2012203 million813 million27.9 billion
2011328 million1 billion29.9 billion
2010177 million1.15 billion25.8 billion
2009224 million1.07 billion24.4 billion
2008110 million931 million24.1 billion
2007278 million924 million26.5 billion
2006158 million957 million24.5 billion
2005109 million990 million21.4 billion
200474 million1.23 billion21.3 billion
200396 million769 million19.2 billion
2002–1.08 billion17.7 billion
2001230 million1.35 billion18.5 billion
200036 million1.62 billion20.5 billion
1999–1.32 billion25.4 billion
199832 million1.4 billion27.9 billion
199725 million2.36 billion28.9 billion
199624 million1.62 billion23.7 billion
199530 million1.46 billion22.9 billion
19947 million1.53 billion23 billion
199362 million1.38 billion25.8 billion
1992–1.09 billion24.3 billion
1991118 million1.53 billion28.2 billion
199072 million1.84 billion30.2 billion
198948 million3.5 billion34.9 billion
198854 million2.53 billion36.8 billion
1987–3.6 billion39.4 billion
198673 million1.99 billion39 billion
198528 million2.14 billion38.2 billion
1984126 million2.53 billion41.6 billion
1983–2.54 billion43.9 billion
198265 million2.52 billion46.2 billion
1981130 million2.36 billion45.8 billion
1980105 million1.57 billion42.2 billion
1979105 million1.54 billion38.4 billion
1978–2.21 billion42.4 billion
1977–2.2 billion40 billion
1976–2.52 billion36 billion
1975–2.23 billion37.2 billion
1974–2.25 billion36.6 billion
1973–2.79 billion36.3 billion
1972141 million2.68 billion34.5 billion
1971–2.35 billion32.9 billion
1970–982 million25.3 billion
1969–1.62 billion28.1 billion
1968–1.68 billion26.1 billion
1967–1.88 billion25.6 billion
1966–1.42 billion25.8 billion
1965–1.5 billion25.8 billion
1964–1.41 billion26.7 billion
1963–1.24 billion20.3 billion
1962–1.07 billion17.5 billion
1961–1.4 billion16.4 billion
1960–2.19 billion17.6 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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