Mexico vs Venezuela: Arms imports

Arms imports: 9 million TIV in Mexico in 2025 and 98 million TIV in Venezuela in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Venezuela, by 94 million TIV, or 25 times that in Mexico.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Venezuela has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Mexico.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Mexico	Venezuela	World
2025	9 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	46 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	4 million	98 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	–	33 billion
2021	3 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	277 million	79 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	–	26.9 billion
2018	16 million	14 million	27.3 billion
2017	215 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	328 million	95 million	31.4 billion
2015	324 million	138 million	28.7 billion
2014	89 million	186 million	27 billion
2013	52 million	1.01 billion	27.4 billion
2012	260 million	692 million	27.9 billion
2011	225 million	600 million	29.9 billion
2010	109 million	211 million	25.8 billion
2009	59 million	366 million	24 billion
2008	23 million	741 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	770 million	26.5 billion
2006	78 million	380 million	24.4 billion
2005	40 million	21 million	21.3 billion
2004	321 million	9 million	21.3 billion
2003	20 million	15 million	19.2 billion
2002	97 million	44 million	17.7 billion
2001	149 million	106 million	18.3 billion
2000	215 million	108 million	20.5 billion
1999	136 million	85 million	25.3 billion
1998	19 million	8 million	27.9 billion
1997	495 million	39 million	28.9 billion
1996	92 million	37 million	23.7 billion
1995	55 million	5 million	22.9 billion
1994	136 million	1 million	22.8 billion
1993	160 million	37 million	25.8 billion
1992	19 million	72 million	24.3 billion
1991	40 million	318 million	27.8 billion
1990	32 million	189 million	28.6 billion
1989	63 million	120 million	31.7 billion
1988	103 million	105 million	32.9 billion
1987	154 million	73 million	36.2 billion
1986	137 million	92 million	35.5 billion
1985	8 million	517 million	33.2 billion
1984	–	234 million	36.8 billion
1983	116 million	241 million	39.1 billion
1982	343 million	698 million	41.4 billion
1981	115 million	908 million	42 billion
1980	75 million	361 million	37.4 billion
1979	68 million	14 million	33.3 billion
1978	74 million	59 million	39.2 billion
1977	39 million	216 million	37 billion
1976	69 million	170 million	33 billion
1975	104 million	230 million	34.2 billion
1974	61 million	252 million	32.9 billion
1973	158 million	395 million	32.6 billion
1972	15 million	165 million	28.7 billion
1971	48 million	130 million	29.3 billion
1970	82 million	15 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	8 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	20 million	22.4 billion
1967	15 million	205 million	22.1 billion
1966	22 million	69 million	22.4 billion
1965	12 million	–	23.1 billion
1964	38 million	6 million	24.2 billion
1963	60 million	34 million	18.1 billion
1962	109 million	32 million	15.5 billion
1961	30 million	32 million	15 billion
1960	20 million	64 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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