Korea - Arms exports

Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values)

The latest value for Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in Korea was 827,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 48 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 1,056,000,000 in 2018 and 7,000,000 in 1994.

Definition: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services. Figures are SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIVs) expressed in US$ m. at constant (1990) prices. A '0' indicates that the value of deliveries is less than US$0.5m

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Arms Transfers Programme (http://portal.sipri.org/publications/pages/transfer/splash).

See also:

Year Value
1972 141,000,000
1979 105,000,000
1980 105,000,000
1981 130,000,000
1982 65,000,000
1984 126,000,000
1985 28,000,000
1986 73,000,000
1988 51,000,000
1989 48,000,000
1990 72,000,000
1991 118,000,000
1993 60,000,000
1994 7,000,000
1995 28,000,000
1996 24,000,000
1997 21,000,000
1998 32,000,000
2000 10,000,000
2001 228,000,000
2003 98,000,000
2004 73,000,000
2005 108,000,000
2006 158,000,000
2007 280,000,000
2008 109,000,000
2009 224,000,000
2010 198,000,000
2011 350,000,000
2012 224,000,000
2013 349,000,000
2014 207,000,000
2015 94,000,000
2016 480,000,000
2017 742,000,000
2018 1,056,000,000
2019 693,000,000
2020 827,000,000

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade