South Korea vs Saudi Arabia: Arms imports
Arms imports over time
- South Korea
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Saudi Arabia currently reports 1.11 billion SIPRI trend indicator values against 1.01 billion SIPRI trend indicator values in South Korea, a difference of 102.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values.
That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.1 times South Korea's.
The two have swapped places 21 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was South Korea ahead.
Globally, South Korea ranks 7th and Saudi Arabia ranks 6th 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.