Chile

Arms imports in Chile

Arms imports in Chile: 308 million TIV in 1960 and 14 million TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
14 million TIV
Since 1960
−294 million TIV
World, 2025
33.3 billion TIV
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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Arms imports in ChileArms imports in Chile: 308 million TIV in 1960 and 14 million TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 1.1 billion TIV in 2006, the lowest 9 million TIV in 2023.
Estimates, SIPRIWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 1.1 billion TIV in 2006, the lowest 9 million TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearChileWorld
202514 million33.3 billion
202414 million30.6 billion
20239 million29.5 billion
2022207 million33 billion
202166 million26.8 billion
2020304 million23.4 billion
201916 million26.9 billion
201874 million27.3 billion
201749 million31.2 billion
201670 million31.4 billion
2015135 million28.7 billion
2014135 million27 billion
201355 million27.4 billion
201261 million27.9 billion
2011326 million29.9 billion
2010474 million25.8 billion
2009329 million24 billion
2008395 million24.1 billion
2007659 million26.5 billion
20061.1 billion24.4 billion
2005446 million21.3 billion
200464 million21.3 billion
2003188 million19.2 billion
200275 million17.7 billion
200160 million18.3 billion
2000230 million20.5 billion
1999206 million25.3 billion
199880 million27.9 billion
1997280 million28.9 billion
1996163 million23.7 billion
1995330 million22.9 billion
199481 million22.8 billion
199384 million25.8 billion
1992179 million24.3 billion
1991102 million27.8 billion
1990132 million28.6 billion
1989133 million31.7 billion
198884 million32.9 billion
1987155 million36.2 billion
1986173 million35.5 billion
198528 million33.2 billion
1984513 million36.8 billion
1983135 million39.1 billion
1982339 million41.4 billion
1981147 million42 billion
1980150 million37.4 billion
1979147 million33.3 billion
1978192 million39.2 billion
197772 million37 billion
1976387 million33 billion
1975196 million34.2 billion
1974272 million32.9 billion
1973278 million32.6 billion
197251 million28.7 billion
1971185 million29.3 billion
197077 million22.1 billion
196913 million24.7 billion
196862 million22.4 billion
1967150 million22.1 billion
196674 million22.4 billion
196549 million23.1 billion
196438 million24.2 billion
1963123 million18.1 billion
196219 million15.5 billion
196138 million15 billion
1960308 million15.7 billion

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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