Mexico vs Thailand: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 9 million TIV in Mexico and 33 million TIV in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Thailand, by 24 million TIV, or 3.67 times that in Mexico.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Thailand 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	Thailand	World
2025	9 million	33 million	33.3 billion
2024	46 million	73 million	30.6 billion
2023	4 million	290 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	271 million	33 billion
2021	3 million	151 million	26.8 billion
2020	277 million	141 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	293 million	26.9 billion
2018	16 million	636 million	27.3 billion
2017	215 million	317 million	31.2 billion
2016	328 million	346 million	31.4 billion
2015	324 million	184 million	28.7 billion
2014	89 million	107 million	27 billion
2013	52 million	383 million	27.4 billion
2012	260 million	278 million	27.9 billion
2011	225 million	252 million	29.9 billion
2010	109 million	60 million	25.8 billion
2009	59 million	63 million	24 billion
2008	23 million	16 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	78 million	99 million	24.4 billion
2005	40 million	115 million	21.3 billion
2004	321 million	138 million	21.3 billion
2003	20 million	131 million	19.2 billion
2002	97 million	152 million	17.7 billion
2001	149 million	109 million	18.3 billion
2000	215 million	77 million	20.5 billion
1999	136 million	160 million	25.3 billion
1998	19 million	62 million	27.9 billion
1997	495 million	910 million	28.9 billion
1996	92 million	741 million	23.7 billion
1995	55 million	530 million	22.9 billion
1994	136 million	608 million	22.8 billion
1993	160 million	182 million	25.8 billion
1992	19 million	429 million	24.3 billion
1991	40 million	575 million	27.8 billion
1990	32 million	235 million	28.6 billion
1989	63 million	284 million	31.7 billion
1988	103 million	623 million	32.9 billion
1987	154 million	539 million	36.2 billion
1986	137 million	162 million	35.5 billion
1985	8 million	185 million	33.2 billion
1984	–	360 million	36.8 billion
1983	116 million	247 million	39.1 billion
1982	343 million	81 million	41.4 billion
1981	115 million	350 million	42 billion
1980	75 million	318 million	37.4 billion
1979	68 million	326 million	33.3 billion
1978	74 million	192 million	39.2 billion
1977	39 million	111 million	37 billion
1976	69 million	154 million	33 billion
1975	104 million	90 million	34.2 billion
1974	61 million	114 million	32.9 billion
1973	158 million	321 million	32.6 billion
1972	15 million	147 million	28.7 billion
1971	48 million	243 million	29.3 billion
1970	82 million	258 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	121 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	88 million	22.4 billion
1967	15 million	140 million	22.1 billion
1966	22 million	58 million	22.4 billion
1965	12 million	87 million	23.1 billion
1964	38 million	84 million	24.2 billion
1963	60 million	111 million	18.1 billion
1962	109 million	113 million	15.5 billion
1961	30 million	52 million	15 billion
1960	20 million	28 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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