Dem. People's Rep. Korea - Arms imports

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)

The latest value for Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in Dem. People's Rep. Korea was 1,000,000 as of 2010. Over the past 50 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 1,572,000,000 in 1971 and 1,000,000 in 2010.

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
1960 405,000,000
1961 69,000,000
1962 181,000,000
1963 197,000,000
1964 168,000,000
1965 117,000,000
1966 855,000,000
1967 854,000,000
1968 1,299,000,000
1969 605,000,000
1970 629,000,000
1971 1,572,000,000
1972 568,000,000
1973 640,000,000
1974 933,000,000
1975 636,000,000
1976 502,000,000
1977 312,000,000
1978 369,000,000
1979 238,000,000
1980 416,000,000
1981 263,000,000
1982 549,000,000
1983 511,000,000
1984 283,000,000
1985 1,040,000,000
1986 1,097,000,000
1987 849,000,000
1988 854,000,000
1989 595,000,000
1990 295,000,000
1991 198,000,000
1992 137,000,000
1993 93,000,000
1994 35,000,000
1995 143,000,000
1996 78,000,000
1997 9,000,000
1998 9,000,000
1999 179,000,000
2000 18,000,000
2001 28,000,000
2002 9,000,000
2003 8,000,000
2004 8,000,000
2005 5,000,000
2006 5,000,000
2007 5,000,000
2008 5,000,000
2009 4,000,000
2010 1,000,000

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade