Ethiopia vs Mexico: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia and 9 million TIV in Mexico, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 54 million TIV, or 7 times that in Mexico.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Ethiopia has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Mexico.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Ethiopia	Mexico	World
2025	63 million	9 million	33.3 billion
2024	48 million	46 million	30.6 billion
2023	2 million	4 million	29.5 billion
2022	45 million	–	33 billion
2021	16 million	3 million	26.8 billion
2020	25 million	277 million	23.4 billion
2019	76 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	16 million	27.3 billion
2017	51 million	215 million	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	328 million	31.4 billion
2015	10 million	324 million	28.7 billion
2014	33 million	89 million	27 billion
2013	154 million	52 million	27.4 billion
2012	193 million	260 million	27.9 billion
2011	76 million	225 million	29.9 billion
2010	58 million	109 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	59 million	24 billion
2008	–	23 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	–	26.5 billion
2006	–	78 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	40 million	21.3 billion
2004	239 million	321 million	21.3 billion
2003	174 million	20 million	19.2 billion
2002	20 million	97 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	149 million	18.3 billion
2000	114 million	215 million	20.5 billion
1999	152 million	136 million	25.3 billion
1998	208 million	19 million	27.9 billion
1997	69 million	495 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	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	80 million	40 million	27.8 billion
1990	2 million	32 million	28.6 billion
1989	47 million	63 million	31.7 billion
1988	155 million	103 million	32.9 billion
1987	239 million	154 million	36.2 billion
1986	348 million	137 million	35.5 billion
1985	268 million	8 million	33.2 billion
1984	228 million	–	36.8 billion
1983	403 million	116 million	39.1 billion
1982	516 million	343 million	41.4 billion
1981	328 million	115 million	42 billion
1980	330 million	75 million	37.4 billion
1979	113 million	68 million	33.3 billion
1978	965 million	74 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.13 billion	39 million	37 billion
1976	113 million	69 million	33 billion
1975	58 million	104 million	34.2 billion
1974	36 million	61 million	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	158 million	32.6 billion
1972	53 million	15 million	28.7 billion
1971	54 million	48 million	29.3 billion
1970	90 million	82 million	22.1 billion
1969	24 million	–	24.7 billion
1968	34 million	–	22.4 billion
1967	31 million	15 million	22.1 billion
1966	99 million	22 million	22.4 billion
1965	14 million	12 million	23.1 billion
1964	4 million	38 million	24.2 billion
1963	27 million	60 million	18.1 billion
1962	21 million	109 million	15.5 billion
1961	4 million	30 million	15 billion
1960	24 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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