South Korea vs Russia: Arms exports

South Korea
964.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2024
Russia
1.34 billion SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2024
South Korea rank
8th
Russia rank
5th

Arms exports over time

  • South Korea
  • Russia
02.0B4.0B6.0B8.0B197219982024

How they compare

Russia currently reports 1.34 billion SIPRI trend indicator values against 964.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values in South Korea, a difference of 375.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values.

That makes Russia's figure about 1.4 times South Korea's.

Across all 30 years both countries report, Russia has been ahead every year.

Globally, South Korea ranks 8th and Russia ranks 5th of 70 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values)
Unit
SIPRI trend indicator values
Source
Arms Transfers Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
106 places, 3,345 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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.