Mexico vs United Kingdom: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 9 million TIV in Mexico and 609 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 600 million TIV, or 68 times that in Mexico.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Kingdom has been higher since 2017, 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 Kingdom	World
2025	9 million	609 million	33.3 billion
2024	46 million	486 million	30.6 billion
2023	4 million	469 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	859 million	33 billion
2021	3 million	886 million	26.8 billion
2020	277 million	635 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	402 million	26.9 billion
2018	16 million	463 million	27.3 billion
2017	215 million	1 billion	31.2 billion
2016	328 million	288 million	31.4 billion
2015	324 million	424 million	28.7 billion
2014	89 million	217 million	27 billion
2013	52 million	509 million	27.4 billion
2012	260 million	566 million	27.9 billion
2011	225 million	347 million	29.9 billion
2010	109 million	461 million	25.8 billion
2009	59 million	381 million	24 billion
2008	23 million	575 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	817 million	26.5 billion
2006	78 million	375 million	24.4 billion
2005	40 million	31 million	21.3 billion
2004	321 million	212 million	21.3 billion
2003	20 million	770 million	19.2 billion
2002	97 million	721 million	17.7 billion
2001	149 million	1.29 billion	18.3 billion
2000	215 million	937 million	20.5 billion
1999	136 million	132 million	25.3 billion
1998	19 million	770 million	27.9 billion
1997	495 million	513 million	28.9 billion
1996	92 million	568 million	23.7 billion
1995	55 million	496 million	22.9 billion
1994	136 million	421 million	22.8 billion
1993	160 million	796 million	25.8 billion
1992	19 million	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	40 million	953 million	27.8 billion
1990	32 million	130 million	28.6 billion
1989	63 million	209 million	31.7 billion
1988	103 million	285 million	32.9 billion
1987	154 million	207 million	36.2 billion
1986	137 million	273 million	35.5 billion
1985	8 million	355 million	33.2 billion
1984	–	682 million	36.8 billion
1983	116 million	292 million	39.1 billion
1982	343 million	766 million	41.4 billion
1981	115 million	812 million	42 billion
1980	75 million	557 million	37.4 billion
1979	68 million	232 million	33.3 billion
1978	74 million	191 million	39.2 billion
1977	39 million	262 million	37 billion
1976	69 million	251 million	33 billion
1975	104 million	337 million	34.2 billion
1974	61 million	319 million	32.9 billion
1973	158 million	239 million	32.6 billion
1972	15 million	222 million	28.7 billion
1971	48 million	176 million	29.3 billion
1970	82 million	70 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	2.7 billion	24.7 billion
1968	–	2.35 billion	22.4 billion
1967	15 million	1.44 billion	22.1 billion
1966	22 million	242 million	22.4 billion
1965	12 million	166 million	23.1 billion
1964	38 million	133 million	24.2 billion
1963	60 million	159 million	18.1 billion
1962	109 million	38 million	15.5 billion
1961	30 million	34 million	15 billion
1960	20 million	26 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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