Chile vs Mexico: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 14 million TIV in Chile and 9 million TIV in Mexico, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Chile, by 5 million TIV, or 1.56 times that in Mexico.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Chile 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	Chile	Mexico	World
2025	14 million	9 million	33.3 billion
2024	14 million	46 million	30.6 billion
2023	9 million	4 million	29.5 billion
2022	207 million	–	33 billion
2021	66 million	3 million	26.8 billion
2020	304 million	277 million	23.4 billion
2019	16 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	74 million	16 million	27.3 billion
2017	49 million	215 million	31.2 billion
2016	70 million	328 million	31.4 billion
2015	135 million	324 million	28.7 billion
2014	135 million	89 million	27 billion
2013	55 million	52 million	27.4 billion
2012	61 million	260 million	27.9 billion
2011	326 million	225 million	29.9 billion
2010	474 million	109 million	25.8 billion
2009	329 million	59 million	24 billion
2008	395 million	23 million	24.1 billion
2007	659 million	–	26.5 billion
2006	1.1 billion	78 million	24.4 billion
2005	446 million	40 million	21.3 billion
2004	64 million	321 million	21.3 billion
2003	188 million	20 million	19.2 billion
2002	75 million	97 million	17.7 billion
2001	60 million	149 million	18.3 billion
2000	230 million	215 million	20.5 billion
1999	206 million	136 million	25.3 billion
1998	80 million	19 million	27.9 billion
1997	280 million	495 million	28.9 billion
1996	163 million	92 million	23.7 billion
1995	330 million	55 million	22.9 billion
1994	81 million	136 million	22.8 billion
1993	84 million	160 million	25.8 billion
1992	179 million	19 million	24.3 billion
1991	102 million	40 million	27.8 billion
1990	132 million	32 million	28.6 billion
1989	133 million	63 million	31.7 billion
1988	84 million	103 million	32.9 billion
1987	155 million	154 million	36.2 billion
1986	173 million	137 million	35.5 billion
1985	28 million	8 million	33.2 billion
1984	513 million	–	36.8 billion
1983	135 million	116 million	39.1 billion
1982	339 million	343 million	41.4 billion
1981	147 million	115 million	42 billion
1980	150 million	75 million	37.4 billion
1979	147 million	68 million	33.3 billion
1978	192 million	74 million	39.2 billion
1977	72 million	39 million	37 billion
1976	387 million	69 million	33 billion
1975	196 million	104 million	34.2 billion
1974	272 million	61 million	32.9 billion
1973	278 million	158 million	32.6 billion
1972	51 million	15 million	28.7 billion
1971	185 million	48 million	29.3 billion
1970	77 million	82 million	22.1 billion
1969	13 million	–	24.7 billion
1968	62 million	–	22.4 billion
1967	150 million	15 million	22.1 billion
1966	74 million	22 million	22.4 billion
1965	49 million	12 million	23.1 billion
1964	38 million	38 million	24.2 billion
1963	123 million	60 million	18.1 billion
1962	19 million	109 million	15.5 billion
1961	38 million	30 million	15 billion
1960	308 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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