Dominican Republic vs Mexico: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 13 million TIV in Dominican Republic and 9 million TIV in Mexico, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Dominican Republic, by 4 million TIV, or 1.44 times that in Mexico.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Dominican Republic 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	Dominican Republic	Mexico	World
2025	13 million	9 million	33.3 billion
2024	10 million	46 million	30.6 billion
2023	9 million	4 million	29.5 billion
2022	5 million	–	33 billion
2021	–	3 million	26.8 billion
2020	4 million	277 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	–	26.9 billion
2018	–	16 million	27.3 billion
2017	–	215 million	31.2 billion
2016	0	328 million	31.4 billion
2015	1 million	324 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	89 million	27 billion
2013	–	52 million	27.4 billion
2012	–	260 million	27.9 billion
2011	12 million	225 million	29.9 billion
2010	51 million	109 million	25.8 billion
2009	10 million	59 million	24 billion
2008	–	23 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	–	26.5 billion
2006	–	78 million	24.4 billion
2005	2 million	40 million	21.3 billion
2004	36 million	321 million	21.3 billion
2003	9 million	20 million	19.2 billion
2002	0	97 million	17.7 billion
2001	5 million	149 million	18.3 billion
2000	13 million	215 million	20.5 billion
1999	1 million	136 million	25.3 billion
1998	6 million	19 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	495 million	28.9 billion
1996	4 million	92 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	55 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	136 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	160 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	19 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	40 million	27.8 billion
1990	–	32 million	28.6 billion
1989	–	63 million	31.7 billion
1988	3 million	103 million	32.9 billion
1987	–	154 million	36.2 billion
1986	0	137 million	35.5 billion
1985	2 million	8 million	33.2 billion
1984	25 million	–	36.8 billion
1983	–	116 million	39.1 billion
1982	36 million	343 million	41.4 billion
1981	5 million	115 million	42 billion
1980	9 million	75 million	37.4 billion
1979	–	68 million	33.3 billion
1978	–	74 million	39.2 billion
1977	–	39 million	37 billion
1976	12 million	69 million	33 billion
1975	2 million	104 million	34.2 billion
1974	–	61 million	32.9 billion
1973	0	158 million	32.6 billion
1972	7 million	15 million	28.7 billion
1971	2 million	48 million	29.3 billion
1970	1 million	82 million	22.1 billion
1969	0	–	24.7 billion
1968	1 million	–	22.4 billion
1967	1 million	15 million	22.1 billion
1966	9 million	22 million	22.4 billion
1965	10 million	12 million	23.1 billion
1964	5 million	38 million	24.2 billion
1963	7 million	60 million	18.1 billion
1962	0	109 million	15.5 billion
1961	15 million	30 million	15 billion
1960	9 million	20 million	15.7 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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