South Korea

Arms exports in South Korea

Arms exports in South Korea: 141 million TIV in 1972 and 2.02 billion TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
2.02 billion TIV
Since 1972
+1.88 billion TIV
World, 2025
33.5 billion TIV
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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Arms exports in South KoreaArms exports in South Korea: 141 million TIV in 1972 and 2.02 billion TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 2.02 billion TIV in 2025, the lowest 7 million TIV in 1994.
Estimates, SIPRIWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 2.02 billion TIV in 2025, the lowest 7 million TIV in 1994.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearSouth KoreaWorld
20252.02 billion33.5 billion
20241.1 billion30.7 billion
2023675 million29.5 billion
2022231 million33.3 billion
2021536 million27.1 billion
2020829 million24.1 billion
2019675 million27 billion
20181.05 billion27.4 billion
2017700 million31.3 billion
2016435 million31.5 billion
201592 million28.7 billion
2014218 million27.1 billion
2013350 million27.4 billion
2012203 million27.9 billion
2011328 million29.9 billion
2010177 million25.8 billion
2009224 million24.4 billion
2008110 million24.1 billion
2007278 million26.5 billion
2006158 million24.5 billion
2005109 million21.4 billion
200474 million21.3 billion
200396 million19.2 billion
2002–17.7 billion
2001230 million18.5 billion
200036 million20.5 billion
1999–25.4 billion
199832 million27.9 billion
199725 million28.9 billion
199624 million23.7 billion
199530 million22.9 billion
19947 million23 billion
199362 million25.8 billion
1992–24.3 billion
1991118 million28.2 billion
199072 million30.2 billion
198948 million34.9 billion
198854 million36.8 billion
1987–39.4 billion
198673 million39 billion
198528 million38.2 billion
1984126 million41.6 billion
1983–43.9 billion
198265 million46.2 billion
1981130 million45.8 billion
1980105 million42.2 billion
1979105 million38.4 billion
1978–42.4 billion
1977–40 billion
1976–36 billion
1975–37.2 billion
1974–36.6 billion
1973–36.3 billion
1972141 million34.5 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

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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