Germany vs Mexico: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 1.63 billion TIV in Germany and 9 million TIV in Mexico, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.62 billion TIV, or 180 times that in Mexico.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Germany has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Mexico.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Germany	Mexico	World
2025	1.63 billion	9 million	33.3 billion
2024	240 million	46 million	30.6 billion
2023	203 million	4 million	29.5 billion
2022	269 million	–	33 billion
2021	235 million	3 million	26.8 billion
2020	105 million	277 million	23.4 billion
2019	38 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	16 million	27.3 billion
2017	43 million	215 million	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	328 million	31.4 billion
2015	119 million	324 million	28.7 billion
2014	77 million	89 million	27 billion
2013	103 million	52 million	27.4 billion
2012	140 million	260 million	27.9 billion
2011	79 million	225 million	29.9 billion
2010	301 million	109 million	25.8 billion
2009	329 million	59 million	24 billion
2008	277 million	23 million	24.1 billion
2007	46 million	–	26.5 billion
2006	413 million	78 million	24.4 billion
2005	206 million	40 million	21.3 billion
2004	245 million	321 million	21.3 billion
2003	70 million	20 million	19.2 billion
2002	71 million	97 million	17.7 billion
2001	133 million	149 million	18.3 billion
2000	113 million	215 million	20.5 billion
1999	129 million	136 million	25.3 billion
1998	618 million	19 million	27.9 billion
1997	60 million	495 million	28.9 billion
1996	244 million	92 million	23.7 billion
1995	222 million	55 million	22.9 billion
1994	417 million	136 million	22.8 billion
1993	529 million	160 million	25.8 billion
1992	716 million	19 million	24.3 billion
1991	750 million	40 million	27.8 billion
1990	757 million	32 million	28.6 billion
1989	701 million	63 million	31.7 billion
1988	447 million	103 million	32.9 billion
1987	340 million	154 million	36.2 billion
1986	322 million	137 million	35.5 billion
1985	130 million	8 million	33.2 billion
1984	412 million	–	36.8 billion
1983	434 million	116 million	39.1 billion
1982	453 million	343 million	41.4 billion
1981	261 million	115 million	42 billion
1980	150 million	75 million	37.4 billion
1979	65 million	68 million	33.3 billion
1978	661 million	74 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.01 billion	39 million	37 billion
1976	1.36 billion	69 million	33 billion
1975	1.83 billion	104 million	34.2 billion
1974	2.14 billion	61 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.72 billion	158 million	32.6 billion
1972	796 million	15 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.24 billion	48 million	29.3 billion
1970	1.26 billion	82 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.23 billion	–	24.7 billion
1968	1.25 billion	–	22.4 billion
1967	1.39 billion	15 million	22.1 billion
1966	3.39 billion	22 million	22.4 billion
1965	3.52 billion	12 million	23.1 billion
1964	3.83 billion	38 million	24.2 billion
1963	3.31 billion	60 million	18.1 billion
1962	2.5 billion	109 million	15.5 billion
1961	2.09 billion	30 million	15 billion
1960	2.04 billion	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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