Mexico vs United Arab Emirates: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 9 million TIV in Mexico and 868 million TIV in United Arab Emirates, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 859 million TIV, or 96 times that in Mexico.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 1989, when it overtook Mexico.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Mexico	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	9 million	868 million	33.3 billion
2024	46 million	1.09 billion	30.6 billion
2023	4 million	918 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	756 million	33 billion
2021	3 million	577 million	26.8 billion
2020	277 million	660 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	750 million	26.9 billion
2018	16 million	1.17 billion	27.3 billion
2017	215 million	909 million	31.2 billion
2016	328 million	1.49 billion	31.4 billion
2015	324 million	1.69 billion	28.7 billion
2014	89 million	736 million	27 billion
2013	52 million	2.32 billion	27.4 billion
2012	260 million	1.14 billion	27.9 billion
2011	225 million	1.22 billion	29.9 billion
2010	109 million	650 million	25.8 billion
2009	59 million	604 million	24 billion
2008	23 million	730 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	819 million	26.5 billion
2006	78 million	1.93 billion	24.4 billion
2005	40 million	2.07 billion	21.3 billion
2004	321 million	1.15 billion	21.3 billion
2003	20 million	676 million	19.2 billion
2002	97 million	223 million	17.7 billion
2001	149 million	186 million	18.3 billion
2000	215 million	244 million	20.5 billion
1999	136 million	441 million	25.3 billion
1998	19 million	757 million	27.9 billion
1997	495 million	690 million	28.9 billion
1996	92 million	481 million	23.7 billion
1995	55 million	426 million	22.9 billion
1994	136 million	571 million	22.8 billion
1993	160 million	582 million	25.8 billion
1992	19 million	205 million	24.3 billion
1991	40 million	237 million	27.8 billion
1990	32 million	561 million	28.6 billion
1989	63 million	663 million	31.7 billion
1988	103 million	45 million	32.9 billion
1987	154 million	195 million	36.2 billion
1986	137 million	132 million	35.5 billion
1985	8 million	145 million	33.2 billion
1984	–	310 million	36.8 billion
1983	116 million	163 million	39.1 billion
1982	343 million	155 million	41.4 billion
1981	115 million	420 million	42 billion
1980	75 million	213 million	37.4 billion
1979	68 million	39 million	33.3 billion
1978	74 million	230 million	39.2 billion
1977	39 million	310 million	37 billion
1976	69 million	275 million	33 billion
1975	104 million	145 million	34.2 billion
1974	61 million	100 million	32.9 billion
1973	158 million	88 million	32.6 billion
1972	15 million	28 million	28.7 billion
1971	48 million	24 million	29.3 billion
1970	82 million	67 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	12 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	15 million	–	22.1 billion
1966	22 million	–	22.4 billion
1965	12 million	–	23.1 billion
1964	38 million	–	24.2 billion
1963	60 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	109 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	30 million	–	15 billion
1960	20 million	–	15.7 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

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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Deaths in conflictsMexico: 14,210 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022