Mexico vs United States: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 9 million TIV in Mexico and 745 million TIV in United States, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by 736 million TIV, or 83 times that in Mexico.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United States has been higher since 1983, 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 States	World
2025	9 million	745 million	33.3 billion
2024	46 million	1.05 billion	30.6 billion
2023	4 million	891 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	846 million	33 billion
2021	3 million	922 million	26.8 billion
2020	277 million	806 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	882 million	26.9 billion
2018	16 million	379 million	27.3 billion
2017	215 million	504 million	31.2 billion
2016	328 million	447 million	31.4 billion
2015	324 million	482 million	28.7 billion
2014	89 million	568 million	27 billion
2013	52 million	767 million	27.4 billion
2012	260 million	1.14 billion	27.9 billion
2011	225 million	937 million	29.9 billion
2010	109 million	969 million	25.8 billion
2009	59 million	939 million	24 billion
2008	23 million	936 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	842 million	26.5 billion
2006	78 million	706 million	24.4 billion
2005	40 million	582 million	21.3 billion
2004	321 million	596 million	21.3 billion
2003	20 million	630 million	19.2 billion
2002	97 million	515 million	17.7 billion
2001	149 million	508 million	18.3 billion
2000	215 million	333 million	20.5 billion
1999	136 million	220 million	25.3 billion
1998	19 million	262 million	27.9 billion
1997	495 million	610 million	28.9 billion
1996	92 million	601 million	23.7 billion
1995	55 million	809 million	22.9 billion
1994	136 million	951 million	22.8 billion
1993	160 million	968 million	25.8 billion
1992	19 million	540 million	24.3 billion
1991	40 million	515 million	27.8 billion
1990	32 million	363 million	28.6 billion
1989	63 million	1.78 billion	31.7 billion
1988	103 million	1.79 billion	32.9 billion
1987	154 million	2 billion	36.2 billion
1986	137 million	424 million	35.5 billion
1985	8 million	655 million	33.2 billion
1984	–	381 million	36.8 billion
1983	116 million	463 million	39.1 billion
1982	343 million	248 million	41.4 billion
1981	115 million	531 million	42 billion
1980	75 million	380 million	37.4 billion
1979	68 million	253 million	33.3 billion
1978	74 million	369 million	39.2 billion
1977	39 million	384 million	37 billion
1976	69 million	499 million	33 billion
1975	104 million	388 million	34.2 billion
1974	61 million	586 million	32.9 billion
1973	158 million	656 million	32.6 billion
1972	15 million	769 million	28.7 billion
1971	48 million	578 million	29.3 billion
1970	82 million	38 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	50 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	62 million	22.4 billion
1967	15 million	88 million	22.1 billion
1966	22 million	89 million	22.4 billion
1965	12 million	170 million	23.1 billion
1964	38 million	358 million	24.2 billion
1963	60 million	283 million	18.1 billion
1962	109 million	236 million	15.5 billion
1961	30 million	198 million	15 billion
1960	20 million	181 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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