Arms imports — all countries

Arms imports — North Korea

Arms imports in North Korea in 2010 — 1,000,000 M TIV. Ranked 113 in the world out of 118. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 99.8%.

2010 1,000,000 M TIV −75% vs 2009
World rank 113of 118
Period maximum 1,502,000,000 M TIV1971
Period minimum 1,000,000 M TIV2010

Trend over time

1960–2010 · million TIV (constant 1990 prices)

Arms imports — North Korea, 1960–20100500,000,0001,000,000,0001,500,000,0002,000,000,000196019651970197519801985199019952000200520101960: 405,000,000 M TIV1961: 69,000,000 M TIV1962: 181,000,000 M TIV1963: 197,000,000 M TIV1964: 168,000,000 M TIV1965: 118,000,000 M TIV1966: 862,000,000 M TIV1967: 876,000,000 M TIV1968: 1,323,000,000 M TIV1969: 624,000,000 M TIV1970: 649,000,000 M TIV1971: 1,502,000,000 M TIV1972: 482,000,000 M TIV1973: 550,000,000 M TIV1974: 808,000,000 M TIV1975: 591,000,000 M TIV1976: 487,000,000 M TIV1977: 297,000,000 M TIV1978: 354,000,000 M TIV1979: 313,000,000 M TIV1980: 487,000,000 M TIV1981: 347,000,000 M TIV1982: 527,000,000 M TIV1983: 339,000,000 M TIV1984: 112,000,000 M TIV1985: 963,000,000 M TIV1986: 1,075,000,000 M TIV1987: 813,000,000 M TIV1988: 818,000,000 M TIV1989: 561,000,000 M TIV1990: 340,000,000 M TIV1991: 251,000,000 M TIV1992: 183,000,000 M TIV1993: 146,000,000 M TIV1994: 79,000,000 M TIV1995: 184,000,000 M TIV1996: 118,000,000 M TIV1997: 54,000,000 M TIV1998: 54,000,000 M TIV1999: 54,000,000 M TIV2000: 63,000,000 M TIV2001: 73,000,000 M TIV2002: 54,000,000 M TIV2003: 35,000,000 M TIV2004: 8,000,000 M TIV2005: 5,000,000 M TIV2006: 5,000,000 M TIV2007: 5,000,000 M TIV2008: 5,000,000 M TIV2009: 4,000,000 M TIV2010: 1,000,000 M TIV
Change over the period: −404,000,000 (−99.75%) Average annual rate: -11.31 %

Comparison, 2010

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: North Korea

North Korea 1,000,000 M TIV
World 25,729,000,000 M TIV
East Asia & Pacific 6,411,000,000 M TIV
Eastern Asia computed 2,961,000,000 M TIV
Arms imports — North Korea, by year North Korea All countries CSV XLSX
Year M TIV Change Change, %
2010 1,000,000 −3,000,000 −75%
2009 4,000,000 −1,000,000 −20%
2008 5,000,000 +0 +0%
2007 5,000,000 +0 +0%
2006 5,000,000 +0 +0%
2005 5,000,000 −3,000,000 −37.5%
2004 8,000,000 −27,000,000 −77.14%
2003 35,000,000 −19,000,000 −35.19%
2002 54,000,000 −19,000,000 −26.03%
2001 73,000,000 +10,000,000 +15.87%
2000 63,000,000 +9,000,000 +16.67%
1999 54,000,000 +0 +0%
1998 54,000,000 +0 +0%
1997 54,000,000 −64,000,000 −54.24%
1996 118,000,000 −66,000,000 −35.87%
1995 184,000,000 +105,000,000 +132.91%
1994 79,000,000 −67,000,000 −45.89%
1993 146,000,000 −37,000,000 −20.22%
1992 183,000,000 −68,000,000 −27.09%
1991 251,000,000 −89,000,000 −26.18%
1990 340,000,000 −221,000,000 −39.39%
1989 561,000,000 −257,000,000 −31.42%
1988 818,000,000 +5,000,000 +0.62%
1987 813,000,000 −262,000,000 −24.37%
1986 1,075,000,000 +112,000,000 +11.63%
1985 963,000,000 +851,000,000 +759.82%
1984 112,000,000 −227,000,000 −66.96%
1983 339,000,000 −188,000,000 −35.67%
1982 527,000,000 +180,000,000 +51.87%
1981 347,000,000 −140,000,000 −28.75%
1980 487,000,000 +174,000,000 +55.59%
1979 313,000,000 −41,000,000 −11.58%
1978 354,000,000 +57,000,000 +19.19%
1977 297,000,000 −190,000,000 −39.01%
1976 487,000,000 −104,000,000 −17.6%
1975 591,000,000 −217,000,000 −26.86%
1974 808,000,000 +258,000,000 +46.91%
1973 550,000,000 +68,000,000 +14.11%
1972 482,000,000 −1,020,000,000 −67.91%
1971 1,502,000,000 +853,000,000 +131.43%
1970 649,000,000 +25,000,000 +4.01%
1969 624,000,000 −699,000,000 −52.83%
1968 1,323,000,000 +447,000,000 +51.03%
1967 876,000,000 +14,000,000 +1.62%
1966 862,000,000 +744,000,000 +630.51%
1965 118,000,000 −50,000,000 −29.76%
1964 168,000,000 −29,000,000 −14.72%
1963 197,000,000 +16,000,000 +8.84%
1962 181,000,000 +112,000,000 +162.32%
1961 69,000,000 −336,000,000 −82.96%
1960 405,000,000

Eastern Asia, 2010

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About the indicator

Transfers of major conventional weapons into the country, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV) in constant 1990 prices. The indicator reflects dependence on arms supplies from abroad: countries with a developed defense industry have low imports alongside high military expenditure.

Source: Military Expenditure Database (SIPRI), license SIPRI terms of use.