Dominican Republic vs Mexico
Dominican Republic vs Mexico: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $90 in Dominican Republic and $104 in Mexico, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mexico, by $14, or 1.15 times that in Dominican Republic.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Mexico has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Dominican Republic.
- In 2025, Dominican Republic ranked 78 and Mexico ranked 75 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Dominican Republic | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $90 | $104 |
| 2024 | $89 | $158 |
| 2023 | $84 | $92 |
| 2022 | $69 | $79 |
| 2021 | $55 | $68 |
| 2020 | $55 | $64 |
| 2019 | $57 | $53 |
| 2018 | $55 | $47 |
| 2017 | $50 | $41 |
| 2016 | $46 | $44 |
| 2015 | $44 | $45 |
| 2014 | $43 | $57 |
| 2013 | $38 | $55 |
| 2012 | $40 | $49 |
| 2011 | $35 | $48 |
| 2010 | $36 | $42 |
| 2009 | $33 | $41 |
| 2008 | $35 | $40 |
| 2007 | $29 | $39 |
| 2006 | $28 | $28 |
| 2005 | $30 | $30 |
| 2004 | $17 | $28 |
| 2003 | $17 | $29 |
| 2002 | $31 | $31 |
| 2001 | $35 | $33 |
| 2000 | $29 | $31 |
| 1999 | $21 | $28 |
| 1998 | $19 | $24 |
| 1997 | $19 | $23 |
| 1996 | $13 | $21 |
| 1995 | $11 | $17 |
| 1994 | $13 | $30 |
| 1993 | $13 | $24 |
| 1992 | $9 | $21 |
| 1991 | $5 | $17 |
| 1990 | $7 | $15 |
| 1989 | $8 | $14 |
| 1988 | $7 | $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
Dominican Republic vs Mexico
Health
- Life expectancyDominican Republic: 73.7 years in 2023Mexico: 75.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityDominican Republic: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Mexico: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityDominican Republic: 25.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterDominican Republic: 44.9% in 2022Mexico: 43% in 2022
- DepressionDominican Republic: 2.98% in 2017Mexico: 2.79% in 2017
- Suicide rateDominican Republic: 8.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Mexico: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationDominican Republic: 11.3 million people in 2023Mexico: 130 million people in 2023
- Population growthDominican Republic: 0.86% a year in 2023Mexico: 0.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateDominican Republic: 2.24 births per woman in 2023Mexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationDominican Republic: 72.5% in 2025Mexico: 80% in 2025
- Median ageDominican Republic: 27.7 years in 2023Mexico: 28.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overDominican Republic: 7.6% in 2023Mexico: 8% in 2023
- Net migration rateDominican Republic: -3.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Mexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personDominican Republic: $9,287 in 2025Mexico: $10,260 in 2025
- GDP growthDominican Republic: 2.1% a year in 2025Mexico: 0.5% a year in 2025
- InflationDominican Republic: 3.9% a year in 2025Mexico: 3.8% a year in 2025
- Government debtDominican Republic: 59% of GDP in 2025Mexico: 61.7% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingDominican Republic: 0.8% of GDP in 2025Mexico: 0.74% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsDominican Republic: $1.04B in 2025Mexico: $13.8B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingDominican Republic: 4.1% of government spending in 2025Mexico: 2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelDominican Republic: 71,000 people in 2020Mexico: 341,000 people in 2020
- National powerDominican Republic: 0.11% of world capability in 2022Mexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersDominican Republic: 1.48% of the labour force in 2020Mexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsDominican Republic: 13 million TIV in 2025Mexico: 9 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsDominican Republic: 0 TIV in 2022Mexico: 1 million TIV in 2019