Canada vs Mexico: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 83 million TIV in Canada and 9 million TIV in Mexico, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 74 million TIV, or 9.22 times that in Mexico.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Canada 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	Canada	Mexico	World
2025	83 million	9 million	33.3 billion
2024	198 million	46 million	30.6 billion
2023	73 million	4 million	29.5 billion
2022	214 million	–	33 billion
2021	357 million	3 million	26.8 billion
2020	248 million	277 million	23.4 billion
2019	187 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	185 million	16 million	27.3 billion
2017	354 million	215 million	31.2 billion
2016	246 million	328 million	31.4 billion
2015	408 million	324 million	28.7 billion
2014	316 million	89 million	27 billion
2013	202 million	52 million	27.4 billion
2012	207 million	260 million	27.9 billion
2011	356 million	225 million	29.9 billion
2010	242 million	109 million	25.8 billion
2009	104 million	59 million	24 billion
2008	423 million	23 million	24.1 billion
2007	478 million	–	26.5 billion
2006	97 million	78 million	24.4 billion
2005	106 million	40 million	21.3 billion
2004	341 million	321 million	21.3 billion
2003	140 million	20 million	19.2 billion
2002	418 million	97 million	17.7 billion
2001	520 million	149 million	18.3 billion
2000	529 million	215 million	20.5 billion
1999	143 million	136 million	25.3 billion
1998	111 million	19 million	27.9 billion
1997	353 million	495 million	28.9 billion
1996	419 million	92 million	23.7 billion
1995	405 million	55 million	22.9 billion
1994	473 million	136 million	22.8 billion
1993	196 million	160 million	25.8 billion
1992	407 million	19 million	24.3 billion
1991	767 million	40 million	27.8 billion
1990	157 million	32 million	28.6 billion
1989	37 million	63 million	31.7 billion
1988	712 million	103 million	32.9 billion
1987	787 million	154 million	36.2 billion
1986	849 million	137 million	35.5 billion
1985	848 million	8 million	33.2 billion
1984	654 million	–	36.8 billion
1983	649 million	116 million	39.1 billion
1982	277 million	343 million	41.4 billion
1981	453 million	115 million	42 billion
1980	442 million	75 million	37.4 billion
1979	193 million	68 million	33.3 billion
1978	130 million	74 million	39.2 billion
1977	90 million	39 million	37 billion
1976	53 million	69 million	33 billion
1975	195 million	104 million	34.2 billion
1974	229 million	61 million	32.9 billion
1973	78 million	158 million	32.6 billion
1972	376 million	15 million	28.7 billion
1971	457 million	48 million	29.3 billion
1970	623 million	82 million	22.1 billion
1969	516 million	–	24.7 billion
1968	336 million	–	22.4 billion
1967	237 million	15 million	22.1 billion
1966	306 million	22 million	22.4 billion
1965	563 million	12 million	23.1 billion
1964	742 million	38 million	24.2 billion
1963	1.01 billion	60 million	18.1 billion
1962	1.22 billion	109 million	15.5 billion
1961	1.58 billion	30 million	15 billion
1960	171 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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