Ecuador vs Mexico
Ecuador vs Mexico: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $2.71B in Ecuador and $13.8B in Mexico, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mexico, by $11.1B, or 5.09 times that in Ecuador.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Mexico has been higher since 1999, when it overtook Ecuador.
- In 2025, Ecuador ranked 57 and Mexico ranked 28 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Ecuador | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2.71B | $13.8B |
| 2024 | $2.88B | $20.6B |
| 2023 | $2.73B | $12B |
| 2022 | $2.69B | $12.2B |
| 2021 | $2.59B | $11.5B |
| 2020 | $2.53B | $11.9B |
| 2019 | $2.51B | $9.11B |
| 2018 | $2.74B | $8.29B |
| 2017 | $2.64B | $7.41B |
| 2016 | $2.71B | $8.18B |
| 2015 | $2.85B | $7.31B |
| 2014 | $3.17B | $7.79B |
| 2013 | $3.23B | $7.45B |
| 2012 | $3.14B | $7.05B |
| 2011 | $3.13B | $6.66B |
| 2010 | $2.79B | $6.1B |
| 2009 | $2.69B | $6.4B |
| 2008 | $2.39B | $5.33B |
| 2007 | $2.06B | $5.36B |
| 2006 | $1.53B | $4B |
| 2005 | $1.58B | $4.26B |
| 2004 | $1.2B | $4.19B |
| 2003 | $1.29B | $4.35B |
| 2002 | $949M | $4.36B |
| 2001 | $812M | $4.51B |
| 2000 | $774M | $4.56B |
| 1999 | $1.69B | $4.42B |
| 1998 | $4.77B | $4.2B |
| 1997 | $5.9B | $4.07B |
| 1996 | $6.48B | $4.07B |
| 1995 | $9.13B | $3.83B |
| 1994 | $5.89B | $4.58B |
| 1993 | $6.22B | $3.65B |
| 1992 | $5.51B | $3.42B |
| 1991 | $5.75B | $3.08B |
| 1990 | $6.06B | $2.92B |
| 1989 | $5.78B | $3.08B |
| 1988 | $6.09B | $2.91B |
| 1987 | $5.7B | $3.13B |
| 1986 | $5.31B | $3.23B |
| 1985 | $5.08B | $3.84B |
| 1984 | $3.97B | $3.69B |
| 1983 | $3.81B | $2.94B |
| 1982 | $4.41B | $3.07B |
| 1981 | $4.36B | $3.18B |
| 1980 | $4.53B | $2.4B |
| 1979 | $4.56B | $2.53B |
| 1978 | $4.43B | $2.27B |
| 1977 | $6.19B | $2.24B |
| 1976 | $3.99B | $2.39B |
| 1975 | $3.85B | $2.13B |
| 1974 | $3.26B | $1.98B |
| 1973 | $2.64B | $1.81B |
| 1972 | $2.26B | $1.64B |
| 1971 | $1.95B | $1.36B |
| 1970 | $2.18B | $1.32B |
| 1969 | $2.13B | $1.41B |
| 1968 | $1.68B | $1.21B |
| 1967 | $1.51B | $1.11B |
| 1966 | $1.42B | $1.12B |
| 1965 | $1.53B | $1.06B |
| 1964 | $1.37B | $1.11B |
| 1963 | $1.18B | $1.06B |
| 1962 | $1.34B | $943M |
| 1961 | $1.4B | $831M |
| 1960 | $1.46B | $821M |
| 1959 | $1.09B | $728M |
| 1958 | $1.24B | $744M |
| 1957 | $1.29B | $800M |
| 1956 | – | $737M |
| 1955 | – | $722M |
| 1954 | – | $762M |
| 1953 | $819M | $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
Ecuador vs Mexico
Health
- Life expectancyEcuador: 77.4 years in 2023Mexico: 75.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEcuador: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024Mexico: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEcuador: 9.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterEcuador: 67.1% in 2022Mexico: 43% in 2022
- DepressionEcuador: 2.98% in 2017Mexico: 2.79% in 2017
- Suicide rateEcuador: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Mexico: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEcuador: 18 million people in 2023Mexico: 130 million people in 2023
- Population growthEcuador: 0.87% a year in 2023Mexico: 0.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEcuador: 1.82 births per woman in 2023Mexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEcuador: 63.4% in 2025Mexico: 80% in 2025
- Median ageEcuador: 28.4 years in 2023Mexico: 28.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEcuador: 8.1% in 2023Mexico: 8% in 2023
- Net migration rateEcuador: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Mexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEcuador: 2.1% of GDP in 2025Mexico: 0.74% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personEcuador: $150 in 2025Mexico: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEcuador: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Mexico: 2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEcuador: 42,000 people in 2020Mexico: 341,000 people in 2020
- National powerEcuador: 0.15% of world capability in 2022Mexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEcuador: 0.54% of the labour force in 2020Mexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEcuador: 30 million TIV in 2025Mexico: 9 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsEcuador: 2 million TIV in 2018Mexico: 1 million TIV in 2019