Peru vs Venezuela: Arms imports

Arms imports: 90 million TIV in Peru in 2025 and 98 million TIV in Venezuela in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Venezuela, by 76 million TIV, or 4.45 times that in Peru.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Venezuela has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Peru.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Peru	Venezuela	World
2025	90 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	1 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	22 million	98 million	29.5 billion
2022	38 million	–	33 billion
2021	62 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	28 million	79 million	23.4 billion
2019	0	–	26.9 billion
2018	103 million	14 million	27.3 billion
2017	28 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	168 million	95 million	31.4 billion
2015	211 million	138 million	28.7 billion
2014	153 million	186 million	27 billion
2013	15 million	1.01 billion	27.4 billion
2012	5 million	692 million	27.9 billion
2011	71 million	600 million	29.9 billion
2010	46 million	211 million	25.8 billion
2009	43 million	366 million	24 billion
2008	–	741 million	24.1 billion
2007	172 million	770 million	26.5 billion
2006	193 million	380 million	24.4 billion
2005	368 million	21 million	21.3 billion
2004	47 million	9 million	21.3 billion
2003	22 million	15 million	19.2 billion
2002	16 million	44 million	17.7 billion
2001	10 million	106 million	18.3 billion
2000	18 million	108 million	20.5 billion
1999	95 million	85 million	25.3 billion
1998	52 million	8 million	27.9 billion
1997	373 million	39 million	28.9 billion
1996	121 million	37 million	23.7 billion
1995	47 million	5 million	22.9 billion
1994	175 million	1 million	22.8 billion
1993	43 million	37 million	25.8 billion
1992	130 million	72 million	24.3 billion
1991	108 million	318 million	27.8 billion
1990	104 million	189 million	28.6 billion
1989	11 million	120 million	31.7 billion
1988	241 million	105 million	32.9 billion
1987	611 million	73 million	36.2 billion
1986	250 million	92 million	35.5 billion
1985	215 million	517 million	33.2 billion
1984	361 million	234 million	36.8 billion
1983	320 million	241 million	39.1 billion
1982	271 million	698 million	41.4 billion
1981	857 million	908 million	42 billion
1980	676 million	361 million	37.4 billion
1979	641 million	14 million	33.3 billion
1978	748 million	59 million	39.2 billion
1977	933 million	216 million	37 billion
1976	373 million	170 million	33 billion
1975	555 million	230 million	34.2 billion
1974	561 million	252 million	32.9 billion
1973	476 million	395 million	32.6 billion
1972	198 million	165 million	28.7 billion
1971	157 million	130 million	29.3 billion
1970	35 million	15 million	22.1 billion
1969	96 million	8 million	24.7 billion
1968	188 million	20 million	22.4 billion
1967	26 million	205 million	22.1 billion
1966	65 million	69 million	22.4 billion
1965	52 million	–	23.1 billion
1964	18 million	6 million	24.2 billion
1963	24 million	34 million	18.1 billion
1962	14 million	32 million	15.5 billion
1961	96 million	32 million	15 billion
1960	191 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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