Dem. People's Rep. Korea - Arms exports

Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values)

The latest value for Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in Dem. People's Rep. Korea was 1,000,000 as of 2014. Over the past 40 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 250,000,000 in 1983 and 1,000,000 in 2014.

Definition: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services. Figures are SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIVs) expressed in US$ m. at constant (1990) prices. A '0' indicates that the value of deliveries is less than US$0.5m

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Arms Transfers Programme (http://portal.sipri.org/publications/pages/transfer/splash).

See also:

Year Value
1974 8,000,000
1975 12,000,000
1979 20,000,000
1980 29,000,000
1981 5,000,000
1982 148,000,000
1983 250,000,000
1984 88,000,000
1985 57,000,000
1986 65,000,000
1987 212,000,000
1988 189,000,000
1989 66,000,000
1990 4,000,000
1991 113,000,000
1992 131,000,000
1993 137,000,000
1994 24,000,000
1995 41,000,000
1996 47,000,000
1997 47,000,000
1998 81,000,000
1999 55,000,000
2000 58,000,000
2001 73,000,000
2002 162,000,000
2003 134,000,000
2004 47,000,000
2005 20,000,000
2006 20,000,000
2007 20,000,000
2008 20,000,000
2009 26,000,000
2010 5,000,000
2014 1,000,000

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade