Mexico vs Türkiye: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 9 million TIV in Mexico and 381 million TIV in Türkiye, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Türkiye, by 372 million TIV, or 42 times that in Mexico.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Türkiye 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	Türkiye	World
2025	9 million	381 million	33.3 billion
2024	46 million	381 million	30.6 billion
2023	4 million	679 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	187 million	33 billion
2021	3 million	249 million	26.8 billion
2020	277 million	110 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	742 million	26.9 billion
2018	16 million	476 million	27.3 billion
2017	215 million	427 million	31.2 billion
2016	328 million	324 million	31.4 billion
2015	324 million	446 million	28.7 billion
2014	89 million	1.53 billion	27 billion
2013	52 million	769 million	27.4 billion
2012	260 million	1.48 billion	27.9 billion
2011	225 million	794 million	29.9 billion
2010	109 million	469 million	25.8 billion
2009	59 million	714 million	24 billion
2008	23 million	623 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	675 million	26.5 billion
2006	78 million	524 million	24.4 billion
2005	40 million	1.08 billion	21.3 billion
2004	321 million	252 million	21.3 billion
2003	20 million	327 million	19.2 billion
2002	97 million	878 million	17.7 billion
2001	149 million	501 million	18.3 billion
2000	215 million	1.18 billion	20.5 billion
1999	136 million	1.73 billion	25.3 billion
1998	19 million	2.62 billion	27.9 billion
1997	495 million	1.51 billion	28.9 billion
1996	92 million	1.49 billion	23.7 billion
1995	55 million	1.56 billion	22.9 billion
1994	136 million	1.89 billion	22.8 billion
1993	160 million	2.33 billion	25.8 billion
1992	19 million	1.87 billion	24.3 billion
1991	40 million	1.29 billion	27.8 billion
1990	32 million	1.24 billion	28.6 billion
1989	63 million	1.03 billion	31.7 billion
1988	103 million	1.63 billion	32.9 billion
1987	154 million	1.43 billion	36.2 billion
1986	137 million	472 million	35.5 billion
1985	8 million	678 million	33.2 billion
1984	–	549 million	36.8 billion
1983	116 million	503 million	39.1 billion
1982	343 million	478 million	41.4 billion
1981	115 million	726 million	42 billion
1980	75 million	486 million	37.4 billion
1979	68 million	917 million	33.3 billion
1978	74 million	984 million	39.2 billion
1977	39 million	293 million	37 billion
1976	69 million	358 million	33 billion
1975	104 million	640 million	34.2 billion
1974	61 million	1.28 billion	32.9 billion
1973	158 million	790 million	32.6 billion
1972	15 million	1.09 billion	28.7 billion
1971	48 million	941 million	29.3 billion
1970	82 million	396 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	628 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	418 million	22.4 billion
1967	15 million	593 million	22.1 billion
1966	22 million	525 million	22.4 billion
1965	12 million	603 million	23.1 billion
1964	38 million	839 million	24.2 billion
1963	60 million	586 million	18.1 billion
1962	109 million	266 million	15.5 billion
1961	30 million	322 million	15 billion
1960	20 million	581 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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