Chile vs Ecuador: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 14 million TIV in Chile and 30 million TIV in Ecuador, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ecuador, by 16 million TIV, or 2.14 times that in Chile.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Ecuador has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Chile.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Chile	Ecuador	World
2025	14 million	30 million	33.3 billion
2024	14 million	19 million	30.6 billion
2023	9 million	7 million	29.5 billion
2022	207 million	9 million	33 billion
2021	66 million	16 million	26.8 billion
2020	304 million	21 million	23.4 billion
2019	16 million	3 million	26.9 billion
2018	74 million	5 million	27.3 billion
2017	49 million	20 million	31.2 billion
2016	70 million	26 million	31.4 billion
2015	135 million	27 million	28.7 billion
2014	135 million	56 million	27 billion
2013	55 million	12 million	27.4 billion
2012	61 million	89 million	27.9 billion
2011	326 million	70 million	29.9 billion
2010	474 million	90 million	25.8 billion
2009	329 million	77 million	24 billion
2008	395 million	102 million	24.1 billion
2007	659 million	2 million	26.5 billion
2006	1.1 billion	47 million	24.4 billion
2005	446 million	39 million	21.3 billion
2004	64 million	–	21.3 billion
2003	188 million	–	19.2 billion
2002	75 million	1 million	17.7 billion
2001	60 million	41 million	18.3 billion
2000	230 million	9 million	20.5 billion
1999	206 million	27 million	25.3 billion
1998	80 million	31 million	27.9 billion
1997	280 million	103 million	28.9 billion
1996	163 million	29 million	23.7 billion
1995	330 million	39 million	22.9 billion
1994	81 million	17 million	22.8 billion
1993	84 million	18 million	25.8 billion
1992	179 million	4 million	24.3 billion
1991	102 million	136 million	27.8 billion
1990	132 million	3 million	28.6 billion
1989	133 million	20 million	31.7 billion
1988	84 million	26 million	32.9 billion
1987	155 million	26 million	36.2 billion
1986	173 million	30 million	35.5 billion
1985	28 million	23 million	33.2 billion
1984	513 million	322 million	36.8 billion
1983	135 million	360 million	39.1 billion
1982	339 million	291 million	41.4 billion
1981	147 million	122 million	42 billion
1980	150 million	289 million	37.4 billion
1979	147 million	110 million	33.3 billion
1978	192 million	224 million	39.2 billion
1977	72 million	582 million	37 billion
1976	387 million	226 million	33 billion
1975	196 million	42 million	34.2 billion
1974	272 million	22 million	32.9 billion
1973	278 million	15 million	32.6 billion
1972	51 million	41 million	28.7 billion
1971	185 million	85 million	29.3 billion
1970	77 million	5 million	22.1 billion
1969	13 million	1 million	24.7 billion
1968	62 million	5 million	22.4 billion
1967	150 million	21 million	22.1 billion
1966	74 million	9 million	22.4 billion
1965	49 million	29 million	23.1 billion
1964	38 million	3 million	24.2 billion
1963	123 million	3 million	18.1 billion
1962	19 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	38 million	–	15 billion
1960	308 million	66 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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