Arms exports — all countries

Arms exports — Latin America & Caribbean

Arms exports in Latin America & Caribbean in 2019 — 33,000,000 M TIV. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 312.5%.

2019 33,000,000 M TIV −54.17% vs 1975
World rank
Period maximum 72,000,000 M TIV1975
Period minimum 4,000,000 M TIV1964

Trend over time

1960–2019 · million TIV (constant 1990 prices)

Arms exports — Latin America & Caribbean, 1960–2019020,000,00040,000,00060,000,00080,000,000196019661972197819841990199620022008201420191960: 8,000,000 M TIV1961: 12,000,000 M TIV1962: 6,000,000 M TIV1964: 4,000,000 M TIV1975: 72,000,000 M TIV2019: 33,000,000 M TIV
Change over the period: +25,000,000 (+312.5%) Average annual rate: 2.43 %

Comparison, 2019

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 33,000,000 M TIV
World 24,411,000,000 M TIV
Arms exports — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year M TIV Change Change, %
2019 33,000,000
1975 72,000,000
1964 4,000,000
1962 6,000,000 −6,000,000 −50%
1961 12,000,000 +4,000,000 +50%
1960 8,000,000

About the indicator

Transfers of major conventional weapons expressed in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV) in constant 1990 prices. TIV reflects the military capability of the equipment transferred rather than the price of the contract: deals of equal value can give different TIV, and secondhand equipment is valued below new.

Important: TIV cannot be read as the monetary value of the transfers — it is an indicator of the volume of military capability handed over.

Source: Military Expenditure Database (SIPRI), license SIPRI terms of use.