Mexico vs South Korea: Arms exports
Arms exports: 1 million TIV in Mexico in 2019 and 2.02 billion TIV in South Korea in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in South Korea, by 674 million TIV, or 680 times that in Mexico.
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Watch it change on the mapSIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI · log scale
Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 1 million 2019 | — |
| South Korea | 2.02 billion 2025 | 92 million |
| World | 33.5 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
What the numbers say
- South Korea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1991.
- The world as a whole: 27 billion TIV in 2019.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Mexico | South Korea | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 2.02 billion | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 1.1 billion | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 675 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 231 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 536 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 829 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 1 million | 675 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 1.05 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 700 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 435 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 92 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 218 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 350 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 203 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 328 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 177 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 224 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 110 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 278 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 158 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 109 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 74 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 96 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 230 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 36 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 32 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 25 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 24 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 30 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 7 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 62 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 8 million | 118 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 72 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 48 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 54 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 73 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 28 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 126 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 65 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 130 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 105 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 105 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 141 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
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