Chile vs Peru: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 14 million TIV in Chile and 90 million TIV in Peru, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Peru, by 76 million TIV, or 6.43 times that in Chile.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

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

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Chile	Peru	World
2025	14 million	90 million	33.3 billion
2024	14 million	1 million	30.6 billion
2023	9 million	22 million	29.5 billion
2022	207 million	38 million	33 billion
2021	66 million	62 million	26.8 billion
2020	304 million	28 million	23.4 billion
2019	16 million	0	26.9 billion
2018	74 million	103 million	27.3 billion
2017	49 million	28 million	31.2 billion
2016	70 million	168 million	31.4 billion
2015	135 million	211 million	28.7 billion
2014	135 million	153 million	27 billion
2013	55 million	15 million	27.4 billion
2012	61 million	5 million	27.9 billion
2011	326 million	71 million	29.9 billion
2010	474 million	46 million	25.8 billion
2009	329 million	43 million	24 billion
2008	395 million	–	24.1 billion
2007	659 million	172 million	26.5 billion
2006	1.1 billion	193 million	24.4 billion
2005	446 million	368 million	21.3 billion
2004	64 million	47 million	21.3 billion
2003	188 million	22 million	19.2 billion
2002	75 million	16 million	17.7 billion
2001	60 million	10 million	18.3 billion
2000	230 million	18 million	20.5 billion
1999	206 million	95 million	25.3 billion
1998	80 million	52 million	27.9 billion
1997	280 million	373 million	28.9 billion
1996	163 million	121 million	23.7 billion
1995	330 million	47 million	22.9 billion
1994	81 million	175 million	22.8 billion
1993	84 million	43 million	25.8 billion
1992	179 million	130 million	24.3 billion
1991	102 million	108 million	27.8 billion
1990	132 million	104 million	28.6 billion
1989	133 million	11 million	31.7 billion
1988	84 million	241 million	32.9 billion
1987	155 million	611 million	36.2 billion
1986	173 million	250 million	35.5 billion
1985	28 million	215 million	33.2 billion
1984	513 million	361 million	36.8 billion
1983	135 million	320 million	39.1 billion
1982	339 million	271 million	41.4 billion
1981	147 million	857 million	42 billion
1980	150 million	676 million	37.4 billion
1979	147 million	641 million	33.3 billion
1978	192 million	748 million	39.2 billion
1977	72 million	933 million	37 billion
1976	387 million	373 million	33 billion
1975	196 million	555 million	34.2 billion
1974	272 million	561 million	32.9 billion
1973	278 million	476 million	32.6 billion
1972	51 million	198 million	28.7 billion
1971	185 million	157 million	29.3 billion
1970	77 million	35 million	22.1 billion
1969	13 million	96 million	24.7 billion
1968	62 million	188 million	22.4 billion
1967	150 million	26 million	22.1 billion
1966	74 million	65 million	22.4 billion
1965	49 million	52 million	23.1 billion
1964	38 million	18 million	24.2 billion
1963	123 million	24 million	18.1 billion
1962	19 million	14 million	15.5 billion
1961	38 million	96 million	15 billion
1960	308 million	191 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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