Mexico vs Pakistan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 9 million TIV in Mexico and 706 million TIV in Pakistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 697 million TIV, or 78 times that in Mexico.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Pakistan has been higher since 2001, when it overtook Mexico.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Mexico	Pakistan	World
2025	9 million	706 million	33.3 billion
2024	46 million	1.07 billion	30.6 billion
2023	4 million	2.2 billion	29.5 billion
2022	–	1.53 billion	33 billion
2021	3 million	984 million	26.8 billion
2020	277 million	624 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	654 million	26.9 billion
2018	16 million	893 million	27.3 billion
2017	215 million	870 million	31.2 billion
2016	328 million	872 million	31.4 billion
2015	324 million	771 million	28.7 billion
2014	89 million	877 million	27 billion
2013	52 million	1.11 billion	27.4 billion
2012	260 million	1.02 billion	27.9 billion
2011	225 million	1.18 billion	29.9 billion
2010	109 million	2.23 billion	25.8 billion
2009	59 million	1.2 billion	24 billion
2008	23 million	1.07 billion	24.1 billion
2007	–	693 million	26.5 billion
2006	78 million	324 million	24.4 billion
2005	40 million	427 million	21.3 billion
2004	321 million	471 million	21.3 billion
2003	20 million	645 million	19.2 billion
2002	97 million	566 million	17.7 billion
2001	149 million	412 million	18.3 billion
2000	215 million	175 million	20.5 billion
1999	136 million	867 million	25.3 billion
1998	19 million	699 million	27.9 billion
1997	495 million	691 million	28.9 billion
1996	92 million	506 million	23.7 billion
1995	55 million	368 million	22.9 billion
1994	136 million	862 million	22.8 billion
1993	160 million	992 million	25.8 billion
1992	19 million	352 million	24.3 billion
1991	40 million	511 million	27.8 billion
1990	32 million	635 million	28.6 billion
1989	63 million	974 million	31.7 billion
1988	103 million	412 million	32.9 billion
1987	154 million	617 million	36.2 billion
1986	137 million	280 million	35.5 billion
1985	8 million	751 million	33.2 billion
1984	–	863 million	36.8 billion
1983	116 million	784 million	39.1 billion
1982	343 million	544 million	41.4 billion
1981	115 million	491 million	42 billion
1980	75 million	900 million	37.4 billion
1979	68 million	697 million	33.3 billion
1978	74 million	655 million	39.2 billion
1977	39 million	271 million	37 billion
1976	69 million	276 million	33 billion
1975	104 million	223 million	34.2 billion
1974	61 million	225 million	32.9 billion
1973	158 million	177 million	32.6 billion
1972	15 million	664 million	28.7 billion
1971	48 million	553 million	29.3 billion
1970	82 million	422 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	542 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	415 million	22.4 billion
1967	15 million	151 million	22.1 billion
1966	22 million	592 million	22.4 billion
1965	12 million	222 million	23.1 billion
1964	38 million	96 million	24.2 billion
1963	60 million	225 million	18.1 billion
1962	109 million	84 million	15.5 billion
1961	30 million	41 million	15 billion
1960	20 million	46 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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