Cuba vs Mexico

Cuba vs Mexico: Arms imports

Arms imports: 8 million TIV in Cuba in 2004 and 9 million TIV in Mexico in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2004 the value was higher in Mexico, by 313 million TIV, or 40 times that in Cuba.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Cuba vs Mexico: Arms importsArms imports: 8 million TIV in Cuba in 2004 and 9 million TIV in Mexico in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2004 the value was higher in Mexico, by 313 million TIV, or 40 times that in Cuba.
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What the numbers say

  • Mexico has been higher since 2004, when it overtook Cuba.
  • The world as a whole: 21.3 billion TIV in 2004.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearCubaMexicoWorld
2025–9 million33.3 billion
2024–46 million30.6 billion
2023–4 million29.5 billion
2022––33 billion
2021–3 million26.8 billion
2020–277 million23.4 billion
2019––26.9 billion
2018–16 million27.3 billion
2017–215 million31.2 billion
2016–328 million31.4 billion
2015–324 million28.7 billion
2014–89 million27 billion
2013–52 million27.4 billion
2012–260 million27.9 billion
2011–225 million29.9 billion
2010–109 million25.8 billion
2009–59 million24 billion
2008–23 million24.1 billion
2007––26.5 billion
2006–78 million24.4 billion
2005–40 million21.3 billion
20048 million321 million21.3 billion
2003–20 million19.2 billion
2002–97 million17.7 billion
2001–149 million18.3 billion
2000–215 million20.5 billion
1999–136 million25.3 billion
1998–19 million27.9 billion
1997–495 million28.9 billion
1996–92 million23.7 billion
1995–55 million22.9 billion
1994–136 million22.8 billion
1993–160 million25.8 billion
1992–19 million24.3 billion
1991159 million40 million27.8 billion
1990169 million32 million28.6 billion
198994 million63 million31.7 billion
1988167 million103 million32.9 billion
198775 million154 million36.2 billion
1986281 million137 million35.5 billion
1985352 million8 million33.2 billion
1984426 million–36.8 billion
1983778 million116 million39.1 billion
1982960 million343 million41.4 billion
1981960 million115 million42 billion
1980349 million75 million37.4 billion
1979410 million68 million33.3 billion
1978503 million74 million39.2 billion
1977609 million39 million37 billion
1976316 million69 million33 billion
1975200 million104 million34.2 billion
1974408 million61 million32.9 billion
1973420 million158 million32.6 billion
1972452 million15 million28.7 billion
1971162 million48 million29.3 billion
1970155 million82 million22.1 billion
1969155 million–24.7 billion
1968155 million–22.4 billion
1967163 million15 million22.1 billion
1966232 million22 million22.4 billion
1965135 million12 million23.1 billion
1964252 million38 million24.2 billion
1963288 million60 million18.1 billion
19621.34 billion109 million15.5 billion
1961524 million30 million15 billion
1960153 million20 million15.7 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • 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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