Mexico vs South Korea: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 9 million TIV in Mexico and 222 million TIV in South Korea, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by 213 million TIV, or 25 times that in Mexico.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Latest figures

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Country	Latest	10 years before	Rank in 2025
Mexico	9 million 2025	324 million	84 of 110
South Korea	222 million 2025	268 million	35 of 110
World	33.3 billion 2025	28.7 billion

What the numbers say

South Korea has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Mexico.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Mexico	South Korea	World
2025	9 million	222 million	33.3 billion
2024	46 million	1.03 billion	30.6 billion
2023	4 million	218 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	423 million	33 billion
2021	3 million	812 million	26.8 billion
2020	277 million	1.27 billion	23.4 billion
2019	–	1.61 billion	26.9 billion
2018	16 million	1.03 billion	27.3 billion
2017	215 million	962 million	31.2 billion
2016	328 million	1.04 billion	31.4 billion
2015	324 million	268 million	28.7 billion
2014	89 million	742 million	27 billion
2013	52 million	189 million	27.4 billion
2012	260 million	1.08 billion	27.9 billion
2011	225 million	1.57 billion	29.9 billion
2010	109 million	1.3 billion	25.8 billion
2009	59 million	798 million	24 billion
2008	23 million	1.69 billion	24.1 billion
2007	–	1.73 billion	26.5 billion
2006	78 million	1.66 billion	24.4 billion
2005	40 million	801 million	21.3 billion
2004	321 million	1.06 billion	21.3 billion
2003	20 million	767 million	19.2 billion
2002	97 million	519 million	17.7 billion
2001	149 million	768 million	18.3 billion
2000	215 million	1.39 billion	20.5 billion
1999	136 million	1.64 billion	25.3 billion
1998	19 million	1.42 billion	27.9 billion
1997	495 million	1.22 billion	28.9 billion
1996	92 million	1.97 billion	23.7 billion
1995	55 million	1.95 billion	22.9 billion
1994	136 million	1.01 billion	22.8 billion
1993	160 million	1.01 billion	25.8 billion
1992	19 million	782 million	24.3 billion
1991	40 million	908 million	27.8 billion
1990	32 million	1.2 billion	28.6 billion
1989	63 million	1.84 billion	31.7 billion
1988	103 million	1.24 billion	32.9 billion
1987	154 million	773 million	36.2 billion
1986	137 million	857 million	35.5 billion
1985	8 million	760 million	33.2 billion
1984	–	524 million	36.8 billion
1983	116 million	496 million	39.1 billion
1982	343 million	673 million	41.4 billion
1981	115 million	872 million	42 billion
1980	75 million	877 million	37.4 billion
1979	68 million	1.32 billion	33.3 billion
1978	74 million	399 million	39.2 billion
1977	39 million	1.2 billion	37 billion
1976	69 million	556 million	33 billion
1975	104 million	661 million	34.2 billion
1974	61 million	458 million	32.9 billion
1973	158 million	269 million	32.6 billion
1972	15 million	413 million	28.7 billion
1971	48 million	250 million	29.3 billion
1970	82 million	100 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	586 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	359 million	22.4 billion
1967	15 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1966	22 million	578 million	22.4 billion
1965	12 million	632 million	23.1 billion
1964	38 million	332 million	24.2 billion
1963	60 million	214 million	18.1 billion
1962	109 million	65 million	15.5 billion
1961	30 million	113 million	15 billion
1960	20 million	122 million	15.7 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

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.

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