Chile vs Mexico
Chile vs Mexico: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $269 in Chile and $104 in Mexico, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Chile, by $165, or 2.59 times that in Mexico.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Chile has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
- In 2025, Chile ranked 54 and Mexico ranked 75 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Chile | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $269 | $104 |
| 2024 | $279 | $158 |
| 2023 | $279 | $92 |
| 2022 | $238 | $79 |
| 2021 | $268 | $68 |
| 2020 | $271 | $64 |
| 2019 | $272 | $53 |
| 2018 | $296 | $47 |
| 2017 | $292 | $41 |
| 2016 | $264 | $44 |
| 2015 | $258 | $45 |
| 2014 | $287 | $57 |
| 2013 | $314 | $55 |
| 2012 | $314 | $49 |
| 2011 | $329 | $48 |
| 2010 | $286 | $42 |
| 2009 | $231 | $41 |
| 2008 | $277 | $40 |
| 2007 | $243 | $39 |
| 2006 | $235 | $28 |
| 2005 | $191 | $30 |
| 2004 | $167 | $28 |
| 2003 | $130 | $29 |
| 2002 | $113 | $31 |
| 2001 | $121 | $33 |
| 2000 | $137 | $31 |
| 1999 | $134 | $28 |
| 1998 | $141 | $24 |
| 1997 | $143 | $23 |
| 1996 | $130 | $21 |
| 1995 | $127 | $17 |
| 1994 | $103 | $30 |
| 1993 | $92 | $24 |
| 1992 | $85 | $21 |
| 1991 | $77 | $17 |
| 1990 | $77 | $15 |
| 1989 | $75 | $14 |
| 1988 | $78 | $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
Chile vs Mexico
Health
- Life expectancyChile: 81.2 years in 2023Mexico: 75.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChile: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024Mexico: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChile: 4.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterChile: 98.8% in 2022Mexico: 43% in 2022
- DepressionChile: 4.06% in 2017Mexico: 2.79% in 2017
- Suicide rateChile: 10.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Mexico: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChile: 19.7 million people in 2023Mexico: 130 million people in 2023
- Population growthChile: 0.57% a year in 2023Mexico: 0.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChile: 1.17 births per woman in 2023Mexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChile: 89.2% in 2025Mexico: 80% in 2025
- Median ageChile: 36 years in 2023Mexico: 28.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChile: 13.7% in 2023Mexico: 8% in 2023
- Net migration rateChile: 3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Mexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChile: 1.52% of GDP in 2025Mexico: 0.74% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsChile: $5.15B in 2025Mexico: $13.8B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingChile: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Mexico: 2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelChile: 114,000 people in 2020Mexico: 341,000 people in 2020
- National powerChile: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Mexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChile: 1.28% of the labour force in 2020Mexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChile: 14 million TIV in 2025Mexico: 9 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsChile: 8 million TIV in 2022Mexico: 1 million TIV in 2019