Japan vs Mexico: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 1.72 billion TIV in Japan and 9 million TIV in Mexico, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 1.71 billion TIV, or 190 times that in Mexico.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Japan has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Mexico.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Japan	Mexico	World
2025	1.72 billion	9 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.04 billion	46 million	30.6 billion
2023	852 million	4 million	29.5 billion
2022	1.47 billion	–	33 billion
2021	1.01 billion	3 million	26.8 billion
2020	929 million	277 million	23.4 billion
2019	992 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	764 million	16 million	27.3 billion
2017	446 million	215 million	31.2 billion
2016	332 million	328 million	31.4 billion
2015	343 million	324 million	28.7 billion
2014	316 million	89 million	27 billion
2013	341 million	52 million	27.4 billion
2012	239 million	260 million	27.9 billion
2011	300 million	225 million	29.9 billion
2010	658 million	109 million	25.8 billion
2009	990 million	59 million	24 billion
2008	990 million	23 million	24.1 billion
2007	553 million	–	26.5 billion
2006	469 million	78 million	24.4 billion
2005	375 million	40 million	21.3 billion
2004	399 million	321 million	21.3 billion
2003	458 million	20 million	19.2 billion
2002	442 million	97 million	17.7 billion
2001	427 million	149 million	18.3 billion
2000	497 million	215 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.26 billion	136 million	25.3 billion
1998	1.49 billion	19 million	27.9 billion
1997	843 million	495 million	28.9 billion
1996	876 million	92 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.26 billion	55 million	22.9 billion
1994	1.02 billion	136 million	22.8 billion
1993	2.13 billion	160 million	25.8 billion
1992	2.52 billion	19 million	24.3 billion
1991	2.94 billion	40 million	27.8 billion
1990	2.68 billion	32 million	28.6 billion
1989	2.28 billion	63 million	31.7 billion
1988	2 billion	103 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.94 billion	154 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.89 billion	137 million	35.5 billion
1985	1.97 billion	8 million	33.2 billion
1984	2.05 billion	–	36.8 billion
1983	1.69 billion	116 million	39.1 billion
1982	1.44 billion	343 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.31 billion	115 million	42 billion
1980	1.03 billion	75 million	37.4 billion
1979	920 million	68 million	33.3 billion
1978	901 million	74 million	39.2 billion
1977	788 million	39 million	37 billion
1976	1.48 billion	69 million	33 billion
1975	1.6 billion	104 million	34.2 billion
1974	733 million	61 million	32.9 billion
1973	468 million	158 million	32.6 billion
1972	493 million	15 million	28.7 billion
1971	605 million	48 million	29.3 billion
1970	502 million	82 million	22.1 billion
1969	488 million	–	24.7 billion
1968	557 million	–	22.4 billion
1967	610 million	15 million	22.1 billion
1966	324 million	22 million	22.4 billion
1965	1.16 billion	12 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.72 billion	38 million	24.2 billion
1963	239 million	60 million	18.1 billion
1962	263 million	109 million	15.5 billion
1961	335 million	30 million	15 billion
1960	790 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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