Mexico vs Netherlands: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 9 million TIV in Mexico and 824 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 815 million TIV, or 92 times that in Mexico.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Netherlands 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	Netherlands	World
2025	9 million	824 million	33.3 billion
2024	46 million	333 million	30.6 billion
2023	4 million	374 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	725 million	33 billion
2021	3 million	512 million	26.8 billion
2020	277 million	575 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	494 million	26.9 billion
2018	16 million	139 million	27.3 billion
2017	215 million	33 million	31.2 billion
2016	328 million	69 million	31.4 billion
2015	324 million	51 million	28.7 billion
2014	89 million	8 million	27 billion
2013	52 million	488 million	27.4 billion
2012	260 million	190 million	27.9 billion
2011	225 million	115 million	29.9 billion
2010	109 million	171 million	25.8 billion
2009	59 million	262 million	24 billion
2008	23 million	147 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	221 million	26.5 billion
2006	78 million	304 million	24.4 billion
2005	40 million	86 million	21.3 billion
2004	321 million	130 million	21.3 billion
2003	20 million	128 million	19.2 billion
2002	97 million	247 million	17.7 billion
2001	149 million	164 million	18.3 billion
2000	215 million	123 million	20.5 billion
1999	136 million	278 million	25.3 billion
1998	19 million	269 million	27.9 billion
1997	495 million	126 million	28.9 billion
1996	92 million	203 million	23.7 billion
1995	55 million	84 million	22.9 billion
1994	136 million	205 million	22.8 billion
1993	160 million	140 million	25.8 billion
1992	19 million	237 million	24.3 billion
1991	40 million	322 million	27.8 billion
1990	32 million	273 million	28.6 billion
1989	63 million	705 million	31.7 billion
1988	103 million	393 million	32.9 billion
1987	154 million	614 million	36.2 billion
1986	137 million	792 million	35.5 billion
1985	8 million	892 million	33.2 billion
1984	–	1.17 billion	36.8 billion
1983	116 million	1.33 billion	39.1 billion
1982	343 million	1.24 billion	41.4 billion
1981	115 million	755 million	42 billion
1980	75 million	645 million	37.4 billion
1979	68 million	792 million	33.3 billion
1978	74 million	717 million	39.2 billion
1977	39 million	606 million	37 billion
1976	69 million	285 million	33 billion
1975	104 million	108 million	34.2 billion
1974	61 million	40 million	32.9 billion
1973	158 million	21 million	32.6 billion
1972	15 million	650 million	28.7 billion
1971	48 million	698 million	29.3 billion
1970	82 million	699 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	569 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	288 million	22.4 billion
1967	15 million	751 million	22.1 billion
1966	22 million	204 million	22.4 billion
1965	12 million	815 million	23.1 billion
1964	38 million	1.01 billion	24.2 billion
1963	60 million	767 million	18.1 billion
1962	109 million	294 million	15.5 billion
1961	30 million	227 million	15 billion
1960	20 million	255 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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