Ecuador vs Peru: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 30 million TIV in Ecuador and 90 million TIV in Peru, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Peru, by 60 million TIV, or 3 times that in Ecuador.

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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 Ecuador.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Ecuador	Peru	World
2025	30 million	90 million	33.3 billion
2024	19 million	1 million	30.6 billion
2023	7 million	22 million	29.5 billion
2022	9 million	38 million	33 billion
2021	16 million	62 million	26.8 billion
2020	21 million	28 million	23.4 billion
2019	3 million	0	26.9 billion
2018	5 million	103 million	27.3 billion
2017	20 million	28 million	31.2 billion
2016	26 million	168 million	31.4 billion
2015	27 million	211 million	28.7 billion
2014	56 million	153 million	27 billion
2013	12 million	15 million	27.4 billion
2012	89 million	5 million	27.9 billion
2011	70 million	71 million	29.9 billion
2010	90 million	46 million	25.8 billion
2009	77 million	43 million	24 billion
2008	102 million	–	24.1 billion
2007	2 million	172 million	26.5 billion
2006	47 million	193 million	24.4 billion
2005	39 million	368 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	47 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	22 million	19.2 billion
2002	1 million	16 million	17.7 billion
2001	41 million	10 million	18.3 billion
2000	9 million	18 million	20.5 billion
1999	27 million	95 million	25.3 billion
1998	31 million	52 million	27.9 billion
1997	103 million	373 million	28.9 billion
1996	29 million	121 million	23.7 billion
1995	39 million	47 million	22.9 billion
1994	17 million	175 million	22.8 billion
1993	18 million	43 million	25.8 billion
1992	4 million	130 million	24.3 billion
1991	136 million	108 million	27.8 billion
1990	3 million	104 million	28.6 billion
1989	20 million	11 million	31.7 billion
1988	26 million	241 million	32.9 billion
1987	26 million	611 million	36.2 billion
1986	30 million	250 million	35.5 billion
1985	23 million	215 million	33.2 billion
1984	322 million	361 million	36.8 billion
1983	360 million	320 million	39.1 billion
1982	291 million	271 million	41.4 billion
1981	122 million	857 million	42 billion
1980	289 million	676 million	37.4 billion
1979	110 million	641 million	33.3 billion
1978	224 million	748 million	39.2 billion
1977	582 million	933 million	37 billion
1976	226 million	373 million	33 billion
1975	42 million	555 million	34.2 billion
1974	22 million	561 million	32.9 billion
1973	15 million	476 million	32.6 billion
1972	41 million	198 million	28.7 billion
1971	85 million	157 million	29.3 billion
1970	5 million	35 million	22.1 billion
1969	1 million	96 million	24.7 billion
1968	5 million	188 million	22.4 billion
1967	21 million	26 million	22.1 billion
1966	9 million	65 million	22.4 billion
1965	29 million	52 million	23.1 billion
1964	3 million	18 million	24.2 billion
1963	3 million	24 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	14 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	96 million	15 billion
1960	66 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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