Mexico vs Peru: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 9 million TIV in Mexico and 90 million TIV in Peru, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Peru, by 81 million TIV, or 10 times that in Mexico.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

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

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Mexico	Peru	World
2025	9 million	90 million	33.3 billion
2024	46 million	1 million	30.6 billion
2023	4 million	22 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	38 million	33 billion
2021	3 million	62 million	26.8 billion
2020	277 million	28 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	0	26.9 billion
2018	16 million	103 million	27.3 billion
2017	215 million	28 million	31.2 billion
2016	328 million	168 million	31.4 billion
2015	324 million	211 million	28.7 billion
2014	89 million	153 million	27 billion
2013	52 million	15 million	27.4 billion
2012	260 million	5 million	27.9 billion
2011	225 million	71 million	29.9 billion
2010	109 million	46 million	25.8 billion
2009	59 million	43 million	24 billion
2008	23 million	–	24.1 billion
2007	–	172 million	26.5 billion
2006	78 million	193 million	24.4 billion
2005	40 million	368 million	21.3 billion
2004	321 million	47 million	21.3 billion
2003	20 million	22 million	19.2 billion
2002	97 million	16 million	17.7 billion
2001	149 million	10 million	18.3 billion
2000	215 million	18 million	20.5 billion
1999	136 million	95 million	25.3 billion
1998	19 million	52 million	27.9 billion
1997	495 million	373 million	28.9 billion
1996	92 million	121 million	23.7 billion
1995	55 million	47 million	22.9 billion
1994	136 million	175 million	22.8 billion
1993	160 million	43 million	25.8 billion
1992	19 million	130 million	24.3 billion
1991	40 million	108 million	27.8 billion
1990	32 million	104 million	28.6 billion
1989	63 million	11 million	31.7 billion
1988	103 million	241 million	32.9 billion
1987	154 million	611 million	36.2 billion
1986	137 million	250 million	35.5 billion
1985	8 million	215 million	33.2 billion
1984	–	361 million	36.8 billion
1983	116 million	320 million	39.1 billion
1982	343 million	271 million	41.4 billion
1981	115 million	857 million	42 billion
1980	75 million	676 million	37.4 billion
1979	68 million	641 million	33.3 billion
1978	74 million	748 million	39.2 billion
1977	39 million	933 million	37 billion
1976	69 million	373 million	33 billion
1975	104 million	555 million	34.2 billion
1974	61 million	561 million	32.9 billion
1973	158 million	476 million	32.6 billion
1972	15 million	198 million	28.7 billion
1971	48 million	157 million	29.3 billion
1970	82 million	35 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	96 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	188 million	22.4 billion
1967	15 million	26 million	22.1 billion
1966	22 million	65 million	22.4 billion
1965	12 million	52 million	23.1 billion
1964	38 million	18 million	24.2 billion
1963	60 million	24 million	18.1 billion
1962	109 million	14 million	15.5 billion
1961	30 million	96 million	15 billion
1960	20 million	191 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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