Ecuador vs Venezuela: Arms imports

Arms imports: 30 million TIV in Ecuador in 2025 and 98 million TIV in Venezuela in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Venezuela, by 91 million TIV, or 14 times that in Ecuador.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Venezuela has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Ecuador.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Ecuador	Venezuela	World
2025	30 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	19 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	7 million	98 million	29.5 billion
2022	9 million	–	33 billion
2021	16 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	21 million	79 million	23.4 billion
2019	3 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	5 million	14 million	27.3 billion
2017	20 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	26 million	95 million	31.4 billion
2015	27 million	138 million	28.7 billion
2014	56 million	186 million	27 billion
2013	12 million	1.01 billion	27.4 billion
2012	89 million	692 million	27.9 billion
2011	70 million	600 million	29.9 billion
2010	90 million	211 million	25.8 billion
2009	77 million	366 million	24 billion
2008	102 million	741 million	24.1 billion
2007	2 million	770 million	26.5 billion
2006	47 million	380 million	24.4 billion
2005	39 million	21 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	9 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	15 million	19.2 billion
2002	1 million	44 million	17.7 billion
2001	41 million	106 million	18.3 billion
2000	9 million	108 million	20.5 billion
1999	27 million	85 million	25.3 billion
1998	31 million	8 million	27.9 billion
1997	103 million	39 million	28.9 billion
1996	29 million	37 million	23.7 billion
1995	39 million	5 million	22.9 billion
1994	17 million	1 million	22.8 billion
1993	18 million	37 million	25.8 billion
1992	4 million	72 million	24.3 billion
1991	136 million	318 million	27.8 billion
1990	3 million	189 million	28.6 billion
1989	20 million	120 million	31.7 billion
1988	26 million	105 million	32.9 billion
1987	26 million	73 million	36.2 billion
1986	30 million	92 million	35.5 billion
1985	23 million	517 million	33.2 billion
1984	322 million	234 million	36.8 billion
1983	360 million	241 million	39.1 billion
1982	291 million	698 million	41.4 billion
1981	122 million	908 million	42 billion
1980	289 million	361 million	37.4 billion
1979	110 million	14 million	33.3 billion
1978	224 million	59 million	39.2 billion
1977	582 million	216 million	37 billion
1976	226 million	170 million	33 billion
1975	42 million	230 million	34.2 billion
1974	22 million	252 million	32.9 billion
1973	15 million	395 million	32.6 billion
1972	41 million	165 million	28.7 billion
1971	85 million	130 million	29.3 billion
1970	5 million	15 million	22.1 billion
1969	1 million	8 million	24.7 billion
1968	5 million	20 million	22.4 billion
1967	21 million	205 million	22.1 billion
1966	9 million	69 million	22.4 billion
1965	29 million	–	23.1 billion
1964	3 million	6 million	24.2 billion
1963	3 million	34 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	32 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	32 million	15 billion
1960	66 million	64 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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