South Korea vs Qatar: Arms imports

South Korea
1.01 billion SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2024
Qatar
1.15 billion SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2024
South Korea rank
7th
Qatar rank
5th

Arms imports over time

  • South Korea
  • Qatar
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How they compare

Qatar currently reports 1.15 billion SIPRI trend indicator values against 1.01 billion SIPRI trend indicator values in South Korea, a difference of 143.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values.

That makes Qatar's figure about 1.1 times South Korea's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1968 it was South Korea ahead.

Globally, South Korea ranks 7th and Qatar ranks 5th of 172 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Arms imports (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
217 places, 9,420 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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.