Weapons Sales in South Korea increased to 964 SIPRI TIV Million in 2024 from 631 SIPRI TIV Million in 2023. Weapons Sales in South Korea averaged 234.79 SIPRI TIV Million from 1972 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 1047.00 SIPRI TIV Million in 2018 and a record low of 7.00 SIPRI TIV Million in 1994. source: SIPRI

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Balance of Trade	8740.00	12170.00	USD Million	Jan 2026
Capital Flows	23771.60	8468.90	USD Million	Dec 2025
Current Account	18700.00	12900.00	USD Million	Dec 2025
Current Account to GDP	5.30	1.80	percent of GDP	Dec 2024
Exports	65850.00	69580.00	USD Million	Jan 2026
Exports by Category
Exports by Country
Exports YoY	33.90	13.30	percent	Jan 2026
External Debt	738080.90	735572.70	USD Million	Sep 2025
Foreign Direct Investment	15385801.00	7567697.00	USD Thousand	Dec 2025
Gold Reserves	104.45	104.45	Tonnes	Dec 2025
Imports	57100.00	57400.00	USD Million	Jan 2026
Imports by Category
Imports by Country
Imports YoY	11.70	4.60	percent	Jan 2026
Terms of Trade	101.81	98.32	points	Jan 2026
Terrorism Index	0.58	0.00	Points	Dec 2024
Tourism Revenues	2031.70	1890.80	USD Million	Dec 2025
Tourist Arrivals	1518292.00	1596939.00		Dec 2025
Weapons Sales	964.00	631.00	SIPRI TIV Million	Dec 2024

South Korea Weapons Sales

Weapons Sales are presented as a Trend-Indicator Value based on the known unit production costs of a core set of weapons such as aircraft, air defence systems, anti-submarine warfare weapons, armoured vehicles, artillery, engines, missiles, sensors, satellites, ships and others. The indicator aims to represent the transfer value of military resources rather than the financial value of the transfer.