Mexico vs Vietnam: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 9 million TIV in Mexico and 177 million TIV in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 168 million TIV, or 20 times that in Mexico.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Vietnam 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	Vietnam	World
2025	9 million	177 million	33.3 billion
2024	46 million	58 million	30.6 billion
2023	4 million	45 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	86 million	33 billion
2021	3 million	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	277 million	38 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	166 million	26.9 billion
2018	16 million	604 million	27.3 billion
2017	215 million	783 million	31.2 billion
2016	328 million	924 million	31.4 billion
2015	324 million	869 million	28.7 billion
2014	89 million	1.23 billion	27 billion
2013	52 million	360 million	27.4 billion
2012	260 million	782 million	27.9 billion
2011	225 million	1.02 billion	29.9 billion
2010	109 million	161 million	25.8 billion
2009	59 million	61 million	24 billion
2008	23 million	186 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	78 million	42 million	24.4 billion
2005	40 million	221 million	21.3 billion
2004	321 million	299 million	21.3 billion
2003	20 million	22 million	19.2 billion
2002	97 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	149 million	97 million	18.3 billion
2000	215 million	11 million	20.5 billion
1999	136 million	168 million	25.3 billion
1998	19 million	209 million	27.9 billion
1997	495 million	111 million	28.9 billion
1996	92 million	214 million	23.7 billion
1995	55 million	273 million	22.9 billion
1994	136 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	160 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	19 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	40 million	–	27.8 billion
1990	32 million	116 million	28.6 billion
1989	63 million	128 million	31.7 billion
1988	103 million	65 million	32.9 billion
1987	154 million	50 million	36.2 billion
1986	137 million	78 million	35.5 billion
1985	8 million	28 million	33.2 billion
1984	–	557 million	36.8 billion
1983	116 million	916 million	39.1 billion
1982	343 million	532 million	41.4 billion
1981	115 million	1.07 billion	42 billion
1980	75 million	1.02 billion	37.4 billion
1979	68 million	1.25 billion	33.3 billion
1978	74 million	227 million	39.2 billion
1977	39 million	42 million	37 billion
1976	69 million	42 million	33 billion
1975	104 million	493 million	34.2 billion
1974	61 million	859 million	32.9 billion
1973	158 million	1.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	15 million	1.32 billion	28.7 billion
1971	48 million	1.2 billion	29.3 billion
1970	82 million	1.21 billion	22.1 billion
1969	–	909 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	1.18 billion	22.4 billion
1967	15 million	1.1 billion	22.1 billion
1966	22 million	1.14 billion	22.4 billion
1965	12 million	651 million	23.1 billion
1964	38 million	266 million	24.2 billion
1963	60 million	107 million	18.1 billion
1962	109 million	47 million	15.5 billion
1961	30 million	95 million	15 billion
1960	20 million	103 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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