Ecuador vs Mexico
Ecuador vs Mexico: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $150 in Ecuador and $104 in Mexico, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ecuador, by $46, or 1.45 times that in Mexico.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Ecuador has been higher since 2002, when it overtook Mexico.
- In 2025, Ecuador ranked 66 and Mexico ranked 75 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Ecuador | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $150 | $104 |
| 2024 | $160 | $158 |
| 2023 | $150 | $92 |
| 2022 | $146 | $79 |
| 2021 | $137 | $68 |
| 2020 | $135 | $64 |
| 2019 | $136 | $53 |
| 2018 | $151 | $47 |
| 2017 | $148 | $41 |
| 2016 | $153 | $44 |
| 2015 | $161 | $45 |
| 2014 | $175 | $57 |
| 2013 | $174 | $55 |
| 2012 | $168 | $49 |
| 2011 | $161 | $48 |
| 2010 | $140 | $42 |
| 2009 | $133 | $41 |
| 2008 | $114 | $40 |
| 2007 | $92 | $39 |
| 2006 | $68 | $28 |
| 2005 | $70 | $30 |
| 2004 | $53 | $28 |
| 2003 | $56 | $29 |
| 2002 | $39 | $31 |
| 2001 | $30 | $33 |
| 2000 | $21 | $31 |
| 1999 | $24 | $28 |
| 1998 | $45 | $24 |
| 1997 | $42 | $23 |
| 1996 | $36 | $21 |
| 1995 | $41 | $17 |
| 1994 | $26 | $30 |
| 1993 | $25 | $24 |
| 1992 | $20 | $21 |
| 1991 | $20 | $17 |
| 1990 | $20 | $15 |
| 1989 | $19 | $14 |
| 1988 | $20 | $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
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 in US dollarsEcuador: $2.71B in 2025Mexico: $13.8B 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