China vs South Korea: Arms exports
Arms exports over time
- China
- South Korea
How they compare
China currently reports 1.13 billion SIPRI trend indicator values against 964.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values in South Korea, a difference of 167.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values.
That makes China's figure about 1.2 times South Korea's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1972 it was China ahead.
Globally, China ranks 6th and South Korea ranks 8th of 70 countries.
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About this data
Arms transfers (exports) cover the volume of transfers of major arms through sales and gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships. Figures are SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIVs). A '0' indicates that the volume of deliveries is between 0 and 0.5 million SIPRI TIV.