Ecuador vs Mexico: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 30 million TIV in Ecuador and 9 million TIV in Mexico, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ecuador, by 21 million TIV, or 3.33 times that in Mexico.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Ecuador 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	Ecuador	Mexico	World
2025	30 million	9 million	33.3 billion
2024	19 million	46 million	30.6 billion
2023	7 million	4 million	29.5 billion
2022	9 million	–	33 billion
2021	16 million	3 million	26.8 billion
2020	21 million	277 million	23.4 billion
2019	3 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	5 million	16 million	27.3 billion
2017	20 million	215 million	31.2 billion
2016	26 million	328 million	31.4 billion
2015	27 million	324 million	28.7 billion
2014	56 million	89 million	27 billion
2013	12 million	52 million	27.4 billion
2012	89 million	260 million	27.9 billion
2011	70 million	225 million	29.9 billion
2010	90 million	109 million	25.8 billion
2009	77 million	59 million	24 billion
2008	102 million	23 million	24.1 billion
2007	2 million	–	26.5 billion
2006	47 million	78 million	24.4 billion
2005	39 million	40 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	321 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	20 million	19.2 billion
2002	1 million	97 million	17.7 billion
2001	41 million	149 million	18.3 billion
2000	9 million	215 million	20.5 billion
1999	27 million	136 million	25.3 billion
1998	31 million	19 million	27.9 billion
1997	103 million	495 million	28.9 billion
1996	29 million	92 million	23.7 billion
1995	39 million	55 million	22.9 billion
1994	17 million	136 million	22.8 billion
1993	18 million	160 million	25.8 billion
1992	4 million	19 million	24.3 billion
1991	136 million	40 million	27.8 billion
1990	3 million	32 million	28.6 billion
1989	20 million	63 million	31.7 billion
1988	26 million	103 million	32.9 billion
1987	26 million	154 million	36.2 billion
1986	30 million	137 million	35.5 billion
1985	23 million	8 million	33.2 billion
1984	322 million	–	36.8 billion
1983	360 million	116 million	39.1 billion
1982	291 million	343 million	41.4 billion
1981	122 million	115 million	42 billion
1980	289 million	75 million	37.4 billion
1979	110 million	68 million	33.3 billion
1978	224 million	74 million	39.2 billion
1977	582 million	39 million	37 billion
1976	226 million	69 million	33 billion
1975	42 million	104 million	34.2 billion
1974	22 million	61 million	32.9 billion
1973	15 million	158 million	32.6 billion
1972	41 million	15 million	28.7 billion
1971	85 million	48 million	29.3 billion
1970	5 million	82 million	22.1 billion
1969	1 million	–	24.7 billion
1968	5 million	–	22.4 billion
1967	21 million	15 million	22.1 billion
1966	9 million	22 million	22.4 billion
1965	29 million	12 million	23.1 billion
1964	3 million	38 million	24.2 billion
1963	3 million	60 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	109 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	30 million	15 billion
1960	66 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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