South Korea vs Spain: Arms exports

South Korea
964.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2024
Spain
639.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2024
South Korea rank
8th
Spain rank
11th

Arms exports over time

  • South Korea
  • Spain
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How they compare

South Korea currently reports 964.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values against 639.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values in Spain, a difference of 325.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values.

That makes South Korea's figure about 1.5 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1972 it was South Korea ahead.

Globally, South Korea ranks 8th and Spain ranks 11th 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.