Belize vs Mexico
Belize vs Mexico: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $79 in Belize and $104 in Mexico, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mexico, by $25, or 1.31 times that in Belize.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Mexico has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Belize.
- In 2025, Belize ranked 84 and Mexico ranked 75 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Belize | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $79 | $104 |
| 2024 | $85 | $158 |
| 2023 | $80 | $92 |
| 2022 | $70 | $79 |
| 2021 | $68 | $68 |
| 2020 | $67 | $64 |
| 2019 | $64 | $53 |
| 2018 | $62 | $47 |
| 2017 | $62 | $41 |
| 2016 | $60 | $44 |
| 2015 | $56 | $45 |
| 2014 | $58 | $57 |
| 2013 | $53 | $55 |
| 2012 | $46 | $49 |
| 2011 | $48 | $48 |
| 2010 | $48 | $42 |
| 2009 | $56 | $41 |
| 2008 | $62 | $40 |
| 2007 | $47 | $39 |
| 2006 | $43 | $28 |
| 2005 | $39 | $30 |
| 2004 | $35 | $28 |
| 2003 | $33 | $29 |
| 2002 | $31 | $31 |
| 2001 | $30 | $33 |
| 2000 | $30 | $31 |
| 1999 | – | $28 |
| 1998 | – | $24 |
| 1997 | $44 | $23 |
| 1996 | $38 | $21 |
| 1995 | $40 | $17 |
| 1994 | $40 | $30 |
| 1993 | $32 | $24 |
| 1992 | $28 | $21 |
| 1991 | $26 | $17 |
| 1990 | $26 | $15 |
| 1989 | $25 | $14 |
| 1988 | – | $12 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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 in US dollarsBelize: $32.9M in 2025Mexico: $13.8B 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