Mexico vs Sudan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 9 million TIV in Mexico and 57 million TIV in Sudan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sudan, 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

Sudan has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Mexico.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Mexico	Sudan	World
2025	9 million	57 million	33.3 billion
2024	46 million	50 million	30.6 billion
2023	4 million	6 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	3 million	33 billion
2021	3 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	277 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	–	20 million	26.9 billion
2018	16 million	35 million	27.3 billion
2017	215 million	66 million	31.2 billion
2016	328 million	110 million	31.4 billion
2015	324 million	136 million	28.7 billion
2014	89 million	70 million	27 billion
2013	52 million	155 million	27.4 billion
2012	260 million	119 million	27.9 billion
2011	225 million	191 million	29.9 billion
2010	109 million	196 million	25.8 billion
2009	59 million	100 million	24 billion
2008	23 million	120 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	58 million	26.5 billion
2006	78 million	112 million	24.4 billion
2005	40 million	113 million	21.3 billion
2004	321 million	294 million	21.3 billion
2003	20 million	205 million	19.2 billion
2002	97 million	50 million	17.7 billion
2001	149 million	106 million	18.3 billion
2000	215 million	–	20.5 billion
1999	136 million	36 million	25.3 billion
1998	19 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	495 million	63 million	28.9 billion
1996	92 million	27 million	23.7 billion
1995	55 million	3 million	22.9 billion
1994	136 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	160 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	19 million	6 million	24.3 billion
1991	40 million	46 million	27.8 billion
1990	32 million	4 million	28.6 billion
1989	63 million	16 million	31.7 billion
1988	103 million	77 million	32.9 billion
1987	154 million	122 million	36.2 billion
1986	137 million	10 million	35.5 billion
1985	8 million	66 million	33.2 billion
1984	–	106 million	36.8 billion
1983	116 million	25 million	39.1 billion
1982	343 million	90 million	41.4 billion
1981	115 million	203 million	42 billion
1980	75 million	3 million	37.4 billion
1979	68 million	46 million	33.3 billion
1978	74 million	208 million	39.2 billion
1977	39 million	29 million	37 billion
1976	69 million	–	33 billion
1975	104 million	5 million	34.2 billion
1974	61 million	3 million	32.9 billion
1973	158 million	23 million	32.6 billion
1972	15 million	69 million	28.7 billion
1971	48 million	87 million	29.3 billion
1970	82 million	598 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	177 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	15 million	6 million	22.1 billion
1966	22 million	10 million	22.4 billion
1965	12 million	5 million	23.1 billion
1964	38 million	36 million	24.2 billion
1963	60 million	17 million	18.1 billion
1962	109 million	34 million	15.5 billion
1961	30 million	17 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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