Iran vs Mexico: Arms imports

Arms imports: 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024 and 9 million TIV in Mexico in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Mexico, by 4 million TIV, or 1.1 times that in Iran.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Mexico has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Iran.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Iran	Mexico	World
2025	–	9 million	33.3 billion
2024	42 million	46 million	30.6 billion
2023	21 million	4 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	–	33 billion
2021	–	3 million	26.8 billion
2020	2 million	277 million	23.4 billion
2019	3 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	3 million	16 million	27.3 billion
2017	3 million	215 million	31.2 billion
2016	413 million	328 million	31.4 billion
2015	11 million	324 million	28.7 billion
2014	14 million	89 million	27 billion
2013	14 million	52 million	27.4 billion
2012	39 million	260 million	27.9 billion
2011	89 million	225 million	29.9 billion
2010	87 million	109 million	25.8 billion
2009	92 million	59 million	24 billion
2008	57 million	23 million	24.1 billion
2007	325 million	–	26.5 billion
2006	418 million	78 million	24.4 billion
2005	53 million	40 million	21.3 billion
2004	117 million	321 million	21.3 billion
2003	283 million	20 million	19.2 billion
2002	435 million	97 million	17.7 billion
2001	526 million	149 million	18.3 billion
2000	417 million	215 million	20.5 billion
1999	321 million	136 million	25.3 billion
1998	374 million	19 million	27.9 billion
1997	172 million	495 million	28.9 billion
1996	608 million	92 million	23.7 billion
1995	289 million	55 million	22.9 billion
1994	451 million	136 million	22.8 billion
1993	960 million	160 million	25.8 billion
1992	406 million	19 million	24.3 billion
1991	990 million	40 million	27.8 billion
1990	444 million	32 million	28.6 billion
1989	194 million	63 million	31.7 billion
1988	469 million	103 million	32.9 billion
1987	807 million	154 million	36.2 billion
1986	805 million	137 million	35.5 billion
1985	639 million	8 million	33.2 billion
1984	562 million	–	36.8 billion
1983	466 million	116 million	39.1 billion
1982	499 million	343 million	41.4 billion
1981	487 million	115 million	42 billion
1980	278 million	75 million	37.4 billion
1979	526 million	68 million	33.3 billion
1978	3.72 billion	74 million	39.2 billion
1977	5.48 billion	39 million	37 billion
1976	4.65 billion	69 million	33 billion
1975	5.23 billion	104 million	34.2 billion
1974	2.86 billion	61 million	32.9 billion
1973	2.05 billion	158 million	32.6 billion
1972	1.38 billion	15 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.1 billion	48 million	29.3 billion
1970	899 million	82 million	22.1 billion
1969	950 million	–	24.7 billion
1968	917 million	–	22.4 billion
1967	553 million	15 million	22.1 billion
1966	601 million	22 million	22.4 billion
1965	496 million	12 million	23.1 billion
1964	139 million	38 million	24.2 billion
1963	105 million	60 million	18.1 billion
1962	83 million	109 million	15.5 billion
1961	75 million	30 million	15 billion
1960	141 million	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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