Canada vs Mexico
Canada vs Mexico: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $939 in Canada and $104 in Mexico, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by $835, or 9.03 times that in Mexico.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Canada has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
- In 2025, Canada ranked 23 and Mexico ranked 75 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Canada | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $939 | $104 |
| 2024 | $774 | $158 |
| 2023 | $739 | $92 |
| 2022 | $651 | $79 |
| 2021 | $644 | $68 |
| 2020 | $617 | $64 |
| 2019 | $567 | $53 |
| 2018 | $583 | $47 |
| 2017 | $584 | $41 |
| 2016 | $483 | $44 |
| 2015 | $509 | $45 |
| 2014 | $555 | $57 |
| 2013 | $527 | $55 |
| 2012 | $589 | $49 |
| 2011 | $622 | $48 |
| 2010 | $568 | $42 |
| 2009 | $563 | $41 |
| 2008 | $582 | $40 |
| 2007 | $529 | $39 |
| 2006 | $454 | $28 |
| 2005 | $402 | $30 |
| 2004 | $355 | $28 |
| 2003 | $314 | $29 |
| 2002 | $271 | $31 |
| 2001 | $270 | $33 |
| 2000 | $270 | $31 |
| 1999 | $270 | $28 |
| 1998 | $257 | $24 |
| 1997 | $266 | $23 |
| 1996 | $291 | $21 |
| 1995 | $313 | $17 |
| 1994 | $330 | $30 |
| 1993 | $358 | $24 |
| 1992 | $381 | $21 |
| 1991 | $405 | $17 |
| 1990 | $414 | $15 |
| 1989 | $396 | $14 |
| 1988 | $370 | $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
Canada vs Mexico
Health
- Life expectancyCanada: 82.6 years in 2023Mexico: 75.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCanada: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024Mexico: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCanada: 4.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCanada: 99% in 2022Mexico: 43% in 2022
- DepressionCanada: 3.99% in 2017Mexico: 2.79% in 2017
- Suicide rateCanada: 10.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Mexico: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCanada: 39.3 million people in 2023Mexico: 130 million people in 2023
- Population growthCanada: 1.22% a year in 2023Mexico: 0.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCanada: 1.35 births per woman in 2023Mexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCanada: 82.9% in 2025Mexico: 80% in 2025
- Median ageCanada: 40.3 years in 2023Mexico: 28.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCanada: 19.4% in 2023Mexico: 8% in 2023
- Net migration rateCanada: 11 per 1,000 people in 2023Mexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCanada: 1.63% of GDP in 2025Mexico: 0.74% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCanada: $37.5B in 2025Mexico: $13.8B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCanada: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Mexico: 2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCanada: 72,000 people in 2020Mexico: 341,000 people in 2020
- National powerCanada: 0.81% of world capability in 2022Mexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCanada: 0.35% of the labour force in 2020Mexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCanada: 83 million TIV in 2025Mexico: 9 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCanada: 312 million TIV in 2025Mexico: 1 million TIV in 2019