Mexico vs Singapore: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 9 million TIV in Mexico and 57 million TIV in Singapore, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 48 million TIV, or 6.33 times that in Mexico.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Singapore has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Mexico.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Mexico	Singapore	World
2025	9 million	57 million	33.3 billion
2024	46 million	378 million	30.6 billion
2023	4 million	495 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	516 million	33 billion
2021	3 million	226 million	26.8 billion
2020	277 million	176 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	487 million	26.9 billion
2018	16 million	562 million	27.3 billion
2017	215 million	408 million	31.2 billion
2016	328 million	642 million	31.4 billion
2015	324 million	152 million	28.7 billion
2014	89 million	66 million	27 billion
2013	52 million	753 million	27.4 billion
2012	260 million	746 million	27.9 billion
2011	225 million	879 million	29.9 billion
2010	109 million	937 million	25.8 billion
2009	59 million	1.4 billion	24 billion
2008	23 million	1.11 billion	24.1 billion
2007	–	396 million	26.5 billion
2006	78 million	74 million	24.4 billion
2005	40 million	538 million	21.3 billion
2004	321 million	374 million	21.3 billion
2003	20 million	79 million	19.2 billion
2002	97 million	229 million	17.7 billion
2001	149 million	246 million	18.3 billion
2000	215 million	782 million	20.5 billion
1999	136 million	302 million	25.3 billion
1998	19 million	798 million	27.9 billion
1997	495 million	613 million	28.9 billion
1996	92 million	159 million	23.7 billion
1995	55 million	302 million	22.9 billion
1994	136 million	179 million	22.8 billion
1993	160 million	170 million	25.8 billion
1992	19 million	115 million	24.3 billion
1991	40 million	373 million	27.8 billion
1990	32 million	513 million	28.6 billion
1989	63 million	231 million	31.7 billion
1988	103 million	541 million	32.9 billion
1987	154 million	302 million	36.2 billion
1986	137 million	84 million	35.5 billion
1985	8 million	123 million	33.2 billion
1984	–	83 million	36.8 billion
1983	116 million	242 million	39.1 billion
1982	343 million	171 million	41.4 billion
1981	115 million	167 million	42 billion
1980	75 million	371 million	37.4 billion
1979	68 million	313 million	33.3 billion
1978	74 million	50 million	39.2 billion
1977	39 million	171 million	37 billion
1976	69 million	252 million	33 billion
1975	104 million	253 million	34.2 billion
1974	61 million	282 million	32.9 billion
1973	158 million	89 million	32.6 billion
1972	15 million	181 million	28.7 billion
1971	48 million	171 million	29.3 billion
1970	82 million	92 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	139 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	6 million	22.4 billion
1967	15 million	–	22.1 billion
1966	22 million	8 million	22.4 billion
1965	12 million	1 million	23.1 billion
1964	38 million	–	24.2 billion
1963	60 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	109 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	30 million	–	15 billion
1960	20 million	–	15.7 billion

Each country on its own

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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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