Mexico vs Saudi Arabia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 9 million TIV in Mexico and 3.04 billion TIV in Saudi Arabia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 3.03 billion TIV, or 340 times that in Mexico.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Saudi Arabia has been higher since 2002, when it overtook Mexico.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Mexico	Saudi Arabia	World
2025	9 million	3.04 billion	33.3 billion
2024	46 million	1.24 billion	30.6 billion
2023	4 million	1.33 billion	29.5 billion
2022	–	3.05 billion	33 billion
2021	3 million	1.75 billion	26.8 billion
2020	277 million	2.24 billion	23.4 billion
2019	–	3.03 billion	26.9 billion
2018	16 million	2.94 billion	27.3 billion
2017	215 million	3.85 billion	31.2 billion
2016	328 million	2.91 billion	31.4 billion
2015	324 million	3.47 billion	28.7 billion
2014	89 million	2.72 billion	27 billion
2013	52 million	1.69 billion	27.4 billion
2012	260 million	835 million	27.9 billion
2011	225 million	1.18 billion	29.9 billion
2010	109 million	1.11 billion	25.8 billion
2009	59 million	828 million	24 billion
2008	23 million	389 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	229 million	26.5 billion
2006	78 million	207 million	24.4 billion
2005	40 million	166 million	21.3 billion
2004	321 million	1.16 billion	21.3 billion
2003	20 million	158 million	19.2 billion
2002	97 million	559 million	17.7 billion
2001	149 million	59 million	18.3 billion
2000	215 million	104 million	20.5 billion
1999	136 million	1.58 billion	25.3 billion
1998	19 million	2.89 billion	27.9 billion
1997	495 million	2.79 billion	28.9 billion
1996	92 million	1.73 billion	23.7 billion
1995	55 million	985 million	22.9 billion
1994	136 million	981 million	22.8 billion
1993	160 million	2.35 billion	25.8 billion
1992	19 million	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	40 million	1.04 billion	27.8 billion
1990	32 million	2.04 billion	28.6 billion
1989	63 million	1.38 billion	31.7 billion
1988	103 million	784 million	32.9 billion
1987	154 million	2.01 billion	36.2 billion
1986	137 million	2.84 billion	35.5 billion
1985	8 million	1.31 billion	33.2 billion
1984	–	824 million	36.8 billion
1983	116 million	1.82 billion	39.1 billion
1982	343 million	2.22 billion	41.4 billion
1981	115 million	1.82 billion	42 billion
1980	75 million	1.09 billion	37.4 billion
1979	68 million	767 million	33.3 billion
1978	74 million	1.01 billion	39.2 billion
1977	39 million	1.02 billion	37 billion
1976	69 million	702 million	33 billion
1975	104 million	372 million	34.2 billion
1974	61 million	547 million	32.9 billion
1973	158 million	202 million	32.6 billion
1972	15 million	130 million	28.7 billion
1971	48 million	10 million	29.3 billion
1970	82 million	87 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	416 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	448 million	22.4 billion
1967	15 million	222 million	22.1 billion
1966	22 million	227 million	22.4 billion
1965	12 million	48 million	23.1 billion
1964	38 million	5 million	24.2 billion
1963	60 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	109 million	22 million	15.5 billion
1961	30 million	8 million	15 billion
1960	20 million	6 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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