Mexico vs Spain: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 9 million TIV in Mexico and 237 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 228 million TIV, or 26 times that in Mexico.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Spain 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	Spain	World
2025	9 million	237 million	33.3 billion
2024	46 million	159 million	30.6 billion
2023	4 million	159 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	198 million	33 billion
2021	3 million	134 million	26.8 billion
2020	277 million	70 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	35 million	26.9 billion
2018	16 million	149 million	27.3 billion
2017	215 million	82 million	31.2 billion
2016	328 million	104 million	31.4 billion
2015	324 million	152 million	28.7 billion
2014	89 million	109 million	27 billion
2013	52 million	155 million	27.4 billion
2012	260 million	219 million	27.9 billion
2011	225 million	166 million	29.9 billion
2010	109 million	272 million	25.8 billion
2009	59 million	228 million	24 billion
2008	23 million	347 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	343 million	26.5 billion
2006	78 million	312 million	24.4 billion
2005	40 million	358 million	21.3 billion
2004	321 million	288 million	21.3 billion
2003	20 million	239 million	19.2 billion
2002	97 million	266 million	17.7 billion
2001	149 million	140 million	18.3 billion
2000	215 million	315 million	20.5 billion
1999	136 million	357 million	25.3 billion
1998	19 million	82 million	27.9 billion
1997	495 million	192 million	28.9 billion
1996	92 million	395 million	23.7 billion
1995	55 million	355 million	22.9 billion
1994	136 million	838 million	22.8 billion
1993	160 million	299 million	25.8 billion
1992	19 million	207 million	24.3 billion
1991	40 million	109 million	27.8 billion
1990	32 million	691 million	28.6 billion
1989	63 million	835 million	31.7 billion
1988	103 million	1.95 billion	32.9 billion
1987	154 million	1.08 billion	36.2 billion
1986	137 million	1.08 billion	35.5 billion
1985	8 million	327 million	33.2 billion
1984	–	81 million	36.8 billion
1983	116 million	614 million	39.1 billion
1982	343 million	512 million	41.4 billion
1981	115 million	636 million	42 billion
1980	75 million	689 million	37.4 billion
1979	68 million	650 million	33.3 billion
1978	74 million	432 million	39.2 billion
1977	39 million	312 million	37 billion
1976	69 million	831 million	33 billion
1975	104 million	1.16 billion	34.2 billion
1974	61 million	557 million	32.9 billion
1973	158 million	895 million	32.6 billion
1972	15 million	793 million	28.7 billion
1971	48 million	637 million	29.3 billion
1970	82 million	234 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	181 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	133 million	22.4 billion
1967	15 million	303 million	22.1 billion
1966	22 million	307 million	22.4 billion
1965	12 million	382 million	23.1 billion
1964	38 million	51 million	24.2 billion
1963	60 million	15 million	18.1 billion
1962	109 million	55 million	15.5 billion
1961	30 million	103 million	15 billion
1960	20 million	214 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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