Japan vs South Korea: Arms imports
Arms imports over time
- Japan
- South Korea
How they compare
South Korea currently reports 1.01 billion SIPRI trend indicator values against 977.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values in Japan, a difference of 32.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values.
The two have swapped places 19 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Japan ahead.
Globally, Japan ranks 10th and South Korea ranks 7th of 172 countries.
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About this data
Arms transfers (imports) 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.