Brazil vs Mexico: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 462 million TIV in Brazil and 9 million TIV in Mexico, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 453 million TIV, or 51 times that in Mexico.

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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 Mexico.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Brazil	Mexico	World
2025	462 million	9 million	33.3 billion
2024	450 million	46 million	30.6 billion
2023	193 million	4 million	29.5 billion
2022	469 million	–	33 billion
2021	240 million	3 million	26.8 billion
2020	134 million	277 million	23.4 billion
2019	125 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	258 million	16 million	27.3 billion
2017	96 million	215 million	31.2 billion
2016	111 million	328 million	31.4 billion
2015	202 million	324 million	28.7 billion
2014	201 million	89 million	27 billion
2013	217 million	52 million	27.4 billion
2012	317 million	260 million	27.9 billion
2011	231 million	225 million	29.9 billion
2010	256 million	109 million	25.8 billion
2009	135 million	59 million	24 billion
2008	178 million	23 million	24.1 billion
2007	188 million	–	26.5 billion
2006	178 million	78 million	24.4 billion
2005	223 million	40 million	21.3 billion
2004	85 million	321 million	21.3 billion
2003	110 million	20 million	19.2 billion
2002	221 million	97 million	17.7 billion
2001	573 million	149 million	18.3 billion
2000	86 million	215 million	20.5 billion
1999	308 million	136 million	25.3 billion
1998	200 million	19 million	27.9 billion
1997	476 million	495 million	28.9 billion
1996	547 million	92 million	23.7 billion
1995	267 million	55 million	22.9 billion
1994	311 million	136 million	22.8 billion
1993	66 million	160 million	25.8 billion
1992	98 million	19 million	24.3 billion
1991	161 million	40 million	27.8 billion
1990	140 million	32 million	28.6 billion
1989	742 million	63 million	31.7 billion
1988	125 million	103 million	32.9 billion
1987	234 million	154 million	36.2 billion
1986	139 million	137 million	35.5 billion
1985	82 million	8 million	33.2 billion
1984	123 million	–	36.8 billion
1983	88 million	116 million	39.1 billion
1982	72 million	343 million	41.4 billion
1981	61 million	115 million	42 billion
1980	338 million	75 million	37.4 billion
1979	375 million	68 million	33.3 billion
1978	832 million	74 million	39.2 billion
1977	525 million	39 million	37 billion
1976	551 million	69 million	33 billion
1975	538 million	104 million	34.2 billion
1974	256 million	61 million	32.9 billion
1973	598 million	158 million	32.6 billion
1972	520 million	15 million	28.7 billion
1971	171 million	48 million	29.3 billion
1970	217 million	82 million	22.1 billion
1969	108 million	–	24.7 billion
1968	236 million	–	22.4 billion
1967	218 million	15 million	22.1 billion
1966	57 million	22 million	22.4 billion
1965	149 million	12 million	23.1 billion
1964	25 million	38 million	24.2 billion
1963	127 million	60 million	18.1 billion
1962	62 million	109 million	15.5 billion
1961	212 million	30 million	15 billion
1960	236 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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