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	23770.00	26240.00	USD Million	Apr 2026
Capital Flows	36974.80	22761.70	USD Million	Mar 2026
Current Account	37330.00	23190.00	USD Million	Mar 2026
Current Account to GDP	6.60	5.30	percent of GDP	Dec 2025
Exports	85890.00	86630.00	USD Million	Apr 2026
Exports by Category
Exports by Country
Exports YoY	48.00	49.20	percent	Apr 2026
External Debt	766866.50	738080.90	USD Million	Dec 2025
Foreign Direct Investment	15385801.00	7567697.00	USD Thousand	Dec 2025
Gold Reserves	104.45	104.45	Tonnes	Dec 2025
Imports	62110.00	60400.00	USD Million	Apr 2026
Imports by Category
Imports by Country
Imports YoY	16.70	13.20	percent	Apr 2026
Terms of Trade	111.47	101.60	points	Apr 2026
Terrorism Index	0.33	0.58	Points	Dec 2025
Tourism Revenues	2648.80	1555.90	USD Million	Mar 2026
Tourist Arrivals	2045992.00	1431472.00		Mar 2026
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.