India vs Mexico
India vs Mexico: Arms exports
Arms exports: 81 million TIV in India in 2025 and 1 million TIV in Mexico in 2019, by SIPRI estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in India, by 19 million TIV, or 20 times that in Mexico.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- India has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2019.
- The world as a whole: 27 billion TIV in 2019.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | India | Mexico | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 81 million | – | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 94 million | – | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 41 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 7 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 54 million | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 153 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 20 million | 1 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 47 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 56 million | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 49 million | – | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 42 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 40 million | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 18 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 3 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 5 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 27 million | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 15 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 23 million | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 33 million | – | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 19 million | – | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 31 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 4 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 2 million | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 21 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 2 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 2 million | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 9 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 7 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 8 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 7 million | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 1 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 2 million | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 22 million | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 27 million | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 31 million | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 24 million | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 21 million | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 2 million | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 7 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 1 million | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
India vs Mexico
Health
- Life expectancyIndia: 72 years in 2023Mexico: 75.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIndia: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024Mexico: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIndia: 22.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIndia: 3.53% in 2017Mexico: 2.79% in 2017
- Suicide rateIndia: 15.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Mexico: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIndia: 1.44 billion people in 2023Mexico: 130 million people in 2023
- Population growthIndia: 0.89% a year in 2023Mexico: 0.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIndia: 1.98 births per woman in 2023Mexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIndia: 35.7% in 2025Mexico: 80% in 2025
- Median ageIndia: 28.1 years in 2023Mexico: 28.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIndia: 6.9% in 2023Mexico: 8% in 2023
- Net migration rateIndia: -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Mexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIndia: 2.3% of GDP in 2025Mexico: 0.74% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIndia: $93.3B in 2025Mexico: $13.8B in 2025
- Military spending per personIndia: $63 in 2025Mexico: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIndia: 8.2% of government spending in 2025Mexico: 2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIndia: 3.07 million people in 2020Mexico: 341,000 people in 2020
- National powerIndia: 9.94% of world capability in 2022Mexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIndia: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020Mexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIndia: 2.86 billion TIV in 2025Mexico: 9 million TIV in 2025