Mexico vs Switzerland: Arms imports

Arms imports: 9 million TIV in Mexico in 2025 and 33 million TIV in Switzerland in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 29 million TIV, or 8.25 times that in Mexico.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Switzerland has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Mexico.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Mexico	Switzerland	World
2025	9 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	46 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	4 million	33 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	15 million	33 billion
2021	3 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	277 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	–	–	26.9 billion
2018	16 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	215 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	328 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	324 million	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	89 million	5 million	27 billion
2013	52 million	–	27.4 billion
2012	260 million	2 million	27.9 billion
2011	225 million	24 million	29.9 billion
2010	109 million	38 million	25.8 billion
2009	59 million	36 million	24 billion
2008	23 million	15 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	108 million	26.5 billion
2006	78 million	83 million	24.4 billion
2005	40 million	168 million	21.3 billion
2004	321 million	203 million	21.3 billion
2003	20 million	117 million	19.2 billion
2002	97 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	149 million	60 million	18.3 billion
2000	215 million	15 million	20.5 billion
1999	136 million	499 million	25.3 billion
1998	19 million	428 million	27.9 billion
1997	495 million	375 million	28.9 billion
1996	92 million	187 million	23.7 billion
1995	55 million	93 million	22.9 billion
1994	136 million	114 million	22.8 billion
1993	160 million	98 million	25.8 billion
1992	19 million	381 million	24.3 billion
1991	40 million	469 million	27.8 billion
1990	32 million	433 million	28.6 billion
1989	63 million	318 million	31.7 billion
1988	103 million	179 million	32.9 billion
1987	154 million	151 million	36.2 billion
1986	137 million	108 million	35.5 billion
1985	8 million	341 million	33.2 billion
1984	–	404 million	36.8 billion
1983	116 million	442 million	39.1 billion
1982	343 million	175 million	41.4 billion
1981	115 million	289 million	42 billion
1980	75 million	272 million	37.4 billion
1979	68 million	226 million	33.3 billion
1978	74 million	217 million	39.2 billion
1977	39 million	4 million	37 billion
1976	69 million	142 million	33 billion
1975	104 million	136 million	34.2 billion
1974	61 million	64 million	32.9 billion
1973	158 million	123 million	32.6 billion
1972	15 million	192 million	28.7 billion
1971	48 million	153 million	29.3 billion
1970	82 million	142 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	166 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	199 million	22.4 billion
1967	15 million	177 million	22.1 billion
1966	22 million	373 million	22.4 billion
1965	12 million	228 million	23.1 billion
1964	38 million	263 million	24.2 billion
1963	60 million	52 million	18.1 billion
1962	109 million	4 million	15.5 billion
1961	30 million	37 million	15 billion
1960	20 million	218 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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