Belize vs Mexico
Belize vs Mexico: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $32.9M in Belize and $13.8B in Mexico, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mexico, by $13.7B, or 420 times that in Belize.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Mexico has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1981.
- In 2025, Belize ranked 141 and Mexico ranked 28 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Belize | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $32.9M | $13.8B |
| 2024 | $35.2M | $20.6B |
| 2023 | $33.6M | $12B |
| 2022 | $30M | $12.2B |
| 2021 | $30.6M | $11.5B |
| 2020 | $30.8M | $11.9B |
| 2019 | $28.9M | $9.11B |
| 2018 | $27.7M | $8.29B |
| 2017 | $27.4M | $7.41B |
| 2016 | $26.1M | $8.18B |
| 2015 | $23.9M | $7.31B |
| 2014 | $23.9M | $7.79B |
| 2013 | $21.6M | $7.45B |
| 2012 | $18.6M | $7.05B |
| 2011 | $19.1M | $6.66B |
| 2010 | $19.3M | $6.1B |
| 2009 | $21.9M | $6.4B |
| 2008 | $23.5M | $5.33B |
| 2007 | $18.4M | $5.36B |
| 2006 | $16.8M | $4B |
| 2005 | $13.6M | $4.26B |
| 2004 | $11.9M | $4.19B |
| 2003 | $11.4M | $4.35B |
| 2002 | $10.7M | $4.36B |
| 2001 | $10.6M | $4.51B |
| 2000 | $10.5M | $4.56B |
| 1999 | – | $4.42B |
| 1998 | – | $4.2B |
| 1997 | $15M | $4.07B |
| 1996 | $12.9M | $4.07B |
| 1995 | $13.8M | $3.83B |
| 1994 | $13.9M | $4.58B |
| 1993 | $11.1M | $3.65B |
| 1992 | $9.69M | $3.42B |
| 1991 | $8.88M | $3.08B |
| 1990 | $9.01M | $2.92B |
| 1989 | $8.48M | $3.08B |
| 1988 | – | $2.91B |
| 1987 | – | $3.13B |
| 1986 | – | $3.23B |
| 1985 | $6.88M | $3.84B |
| 1984 | $7.3M | $3.69B |
| 1983 | $6.72M | $2.94B |
| 1982 | $6.27M | $3.07B |
| 1981 | $5.4M | $3.18B |
| 1980 | – | $2.4B |
| 1979 | – | $2.53B |
| 1978 | – | $2.27B |
| 1977 | – | $2.24B |
| 1976 | – | $2.39B |
| 1975 | – | $2.13B |
| 1974 | – | $1.98B |
| 1973 | – | $1.81B |
| 1972 | – | $1.64B |
| 1971 | – | $1.36B |
| 1970 | – | $1.32B |
| 1969 | – | $1.41B |
| 1968 | – | $1.21B |
| 1967 | – | $1.11B |
| 1966 | – | $1.12B |
| 1965 | – | $1.06B |
| 1964 | – | $1.11B |
| 1963 | – | $1.06B |
| 1962 | – | $943M |
| 1961 | – | $831M |
| 1960 | – | $821M |
| 1959 | – | $728M |
| 1958 | – | $744M |
| 1957 | – | $800M |
| 1956 | – | $737M |
| 1955 | – | $722M |
| 1954 | – | $762M |
| 1953 | – | $604M |
| 1952 | – | $533M |
| 1951 | – | $576M |
| 1950 | – | $569M |
| 1949 | – | $511M |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Belize vs Mexico
Health
- Life expectancyBelize: 73.6 years in 2023Mexico: 75.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBelize: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024Mexico: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBelize: 8.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBelize: 2.84% in 2017Mexico: 2.79% in 2017
- Suicide rateBelize: 7.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Mexico: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBelize: 411,100 people in 2023Mexico: 130 million people in 2023
- Population growthBelize: 1.46% a year in 2023Mexico: 0.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBelize: 2.01 births per woman in 2023Mexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBelize: 41.6% in 2025Mexico: 80% in 2025
- Median ageBelize: 26 years in 2023Mexico: 28.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBelize: 4.8% in 2023Mexico: 8% in 2023
- Net migration rateBelize: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Mexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBelize: 1% of GDP in 2025Mexico: 0.74% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personBelize: $79 in 2025Mexico: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBelize: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Mexico: 2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBelize: 2,000 people in 2020Mexico: 341,000 people in 2020
- National powerBelize: 0% of world capability in 2022Mexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBelize: 1.32% of the labour force in 2020Mexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBelize: 1 million TIV in 2023Mexico: 9 million TIV in 2025