Korea - Arms imports

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)

The latest value for Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in Korea was 1,317,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 1,976,000,000 in 1996 and 80,000,000 in 1970.

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
1960 195,000,000
1961 180,000,000
1962 131,000,000
1963 218,000,000
1964 283,000,000
1965 627,000,000
1966 574,000,000
1967 130,000,000
1968 350,000,000
1969 499,000,000
1970 80,000,000
1971 240,000,000
1972 373,000,000
1973 253,000,000
1974 450,000,000
1975 654,000,000
1976 556,000,000
1977 1,193,000,000
1978 380,000,000
1979 1,354,000,000
1980 924,000,000
1981 893,000,000
1982 684,000,000
1983 501,000,000
1984 527,000,000
1985 759,000,000
1986 873,000,000
1987 763,000,000
1988 1,213,000,000
1989 1,843,000,000
1990 1,206,000,000
1991 919,000,000
1992 785,000,000
1993 1,028,000,000
1994 1,026,000,000
1995 1,954,000,000
1996 1,976,000,000
1997 1,229,000,000
1998 1,427,000,000
1999 1,646,000,000
2000 1,397,000,000
2001 772,000,000
2002 528,000,000
2003 752,000,000
2004 1,061,000,000
2005 809,000,000
2006 1,653,000,000
2007 1,727,000,000
2008 1,686,000,000
2009 794,000,000
2010 1,299,000,000
2011 1,570,000,000
2012 1,078,000,000
2013 191,000,000
2014 723,000,000
2015 254,000,000
2016 1,058,000,000
2017 1,052,000,000
2018 1,100,000,000
2019 1,480,000,000
2020 1,317,000,000

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade