Brazil vs Chile: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 462 million TIV in Brazil and 14 million TIV in Chile, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 448 million TIV, or 33 times that in Chile.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Brazil has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Chile.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Brazil	Chile	World
2025	462 million	14 million	33.3 billion
2024	450 million	14 million	30.6 billion
2023	193 million	9 million	29.5 billion
2022	469 million	207 million	33 billion
2021	240 million	66 million	26.8 billion
2020	134 million	304 million	23.4 billion
2019	125 million	16 million	26.9 billion
2018	258 million	74 million	27.3 billion
2017	96 million	49 million	31.2 billion
2016	111 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	202 million	135 million	28.7 billion
2014	201 million	135 million	27 billion
2013	217 million	55 million	27.4 billion
2012	317 million	61 million	27.9 billion
2011	231 million	326 million	29.9 billion
2010	256 million	474 million	25.8 billion
2009	135 million	329 million	24 billion
2008	178 million	395 million	24.1 billion
2007	188 million	659 million	26.5 billion
2006	178 million	1.1 billion	24.4 billion
2005	223 million	446 million	21.3 billion
2004	85 million	64 million	21.3 billion
2003	110 million	188 million	19.2 billion
2002	221 million	75 million	17.7 billion
2001	573 million	60 million	18.3 billion
2000	86 million	230 million	20.5 billion
1999	308 million	206 million	25.3 billion
1998	200 million	80 million	27.9 billion
1997	476 million	280 million	28.9 billion
1996	547 million	163 million	23.7 billion
1995	267 million	330 million	22.9 billion
1994	311 million	81 million	22.8 billion
1993	66 million	84 million	25.8 billion
1992	98 million	179 million	24.3 billion
1991	161 million	102 million	27.8 billion
1990	140 million	132 million	28.6 billion
1989	742 million	133 million	31.7 billion
1988	125 million	84 million	32.9 billion
1987	234 million	155 million	36.2 billion
1986	139 million	173 million	35.5 billion
1985	82 million	28 million	33.2 billion
1984	123 million	513 million	36.8 billion
1983	88 million	135 million	39.1 billion
1982	72 million	339 million	41.4 billion
1981	61 million	147 million	42 billion
1980	338 million	150 million	37.4 billion
1979	375 million	147 million	33.3 billion
1978	832 million	192 million	39.2 billion
1977	525 million	72 million	37 billion
1976	551 million	387 million	33 billion
1975	538 million	196 million	34.2 billion
1974	256 million	272 million	32.9 billion
1973	598 million	278 million	32.6 billion
1972	520 million	51 million	28.7 billion
1971	171 million	185 million	29.3 billion
1970	217 million	77 million	22.1 billion
1969	108 million	13 million	24.7 billion
1968	236 million	62 million	22.4 billion
1967	218 million	150 million	22.1 billion
1966	57 million	74 million	22.4 billion
1965	149 million	49 million	23.1 billion
1964	25 million	38 million	24.2 billion
1963	127 million	123 million	18.1 billion
1962	62 million	19 million	15.5 billion
1961	212 million	38 million	15 billion
1960	236 million	308 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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