Argentina vs Mexico: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Argentina and 9 million TIV in Mexico, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Argentina, by 99 million TIV, or 12 times that in Mexico.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Argentina has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Mexico.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Argentina	Mexico	World
2025	108 million	9 million	33.3 billion
2024	45 million	46 million	30.6 billion
2023	22 million	4 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	–	33 billion
2021	77 million	3 million	26.8 billion
2020	7 million	277 million	23.4 billion
2019	51 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	19 million	16 million	27.3 billion
2017	47 million	215 million	31.2 billion
2016	17 million	328 million	31.4 billion
2015	18 million	324 million	28.7 billion
2014	6 million	89 million	27 billion
2013	13 million	52 million	27.4 billion
2012	5 million	260 million	27.9 billion
2011	16 million	225 million	29.9 billion
2010	11 million	109 million	25.8 billion
2009	15 million	59 million	24 billion
2008	21 million	23 million	24.1 billion
2007	24 million	–	26.5 billion
2006	9 million	78 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	40 million	21.3 billion
2004	161 million	321 million	21.3 billion
2003	11 million	20 million	19.2 billion
2002	15 million	97 million	17.7 billion
2001	6 million	149 million	18.3 billion
2000	208 million	215 million	20.5 billion
1999	276 million	136 million	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	19 million	27.9 billion
1997	105 million	495 million	28.9 billion
1996	21 million	92 million	23.7 billion
1995	43 million	55 million	22.9 billion
1994	209 million	136 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	160 million	25.8 billion
1992	27 million	19 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	40 million	27.8 billion
1990	159 million	32 million	28.6 billion
1989	6 million	63 million	31.7 billion
1988	71 million	103 million	32.9 billion
1987	217 million	154 million	36.2 billion
1986	219 million	137 million	35.5 billion
1985	485 million	8 million	33.2 billion
1984	724 million	–	36.8 billion
1983	1.31 billion	116 million	39.1 billion
1982	406 million	343 million	41.4 billion
1981	833 million	115 million	42 billion
1980	445 million	75 million	37.4 billion
1979	451 million	68 million	33.3 billion
1978	434 million	74 million	39.2 billion
1977	204 million	39 million	37 billion
1976	499 million	69 million	33 billion
1975	268 million	104 million	34.2 billion
1974	450 million	61 million	32.9 billion
1973	248 million	158 million	32.6 billion
1972	402 million	15 million	28.7 billion
1971	363 million	48 million	29.3 billion
1970	257 million	82 million	22.1 billion
1969	230 million	–	24.7 billion
1968	430 million	–	22.4 billion
1967	143 million	15 million	22.1 billion
1966	93 million	22 million	22.4 billion
1965	7 million	12 million	23.1 billion
1964	19 million	38 million	24.2 billion
1963	29 million	60 million	18.1 billion
1962	47 million	109 million	15.5 billion
1961	205 million	30 million	15 billion
1960	111 million	20 million	15.7 billion

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Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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