Guatemala vs Mexico
Guatemala vs Mexico: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $34 in Guatemala and $104 in Mexico, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mexico, by $70, or 3.05 times that in Guatemala.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Mexico has been higher since 1991, when it overtook Guatemala.
- In 2025, Guatemala ranked 109 and Mexico ranked 75 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Guatemala | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $34 | $104 |
| 2024 | $25 | $158 |
| 2023 | $24 | $92 |
| 2022 | $25 | $79 |
| 2021 | $19 | $68 |
| 2020 | $20 | $64 |
| 2019 | $20 | $53 |
| 2018 | $16 | $47 |
| 2017 | $17 | $41 |
| 2016 | $18 | $44 |
| 2015 | $16 | $45 |
| 2014 | $16 | $57 |
| 2013 | $16 | $55 |
| 2012 | $15 | $49 |
| 2011 | $13 | $48 |
| 2010 | $12 | $42 |
| 2009 | $10 | $41 |
| 2008 | $12 | $40 |
| 2007 | $10 | $39 |
| 2006 | $10 | $28 |
| 2005 | $8 | $30 |
| 2004 | $9 | $28 |
| 2003 | $14 | $29 |
| 2002 | $13 | $31 |
| 2001 | $17 | $33 |
| 2000 | $14 | $31 |
| 1999 | $11 | $28 |
| 1998 | $13 | $24 |
| 1997 | $12 | $23 |
| 1996 | $14 | $21 |
| 1995 | $16 | $17 |
| 1994 | $15 | $30 |
| 1993 | $15 | $24 |
| 1992 | $16 | $21 |
| 1991 | $13 | $17 |
| 1990 | $15 | $15 |
| 1989 | $18 | $14 |
| 1988 | $17 | $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
Guatemala vs Mexico
Health
- Life expectancyGuatemala: 72.6 years in 2023Mexico: 75.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGuatemala: 2.1 per 100 live births in 2024Mexico: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGuatemala: 17.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterGuatemala: 56.3% in 2022Mexico: 43% in 2022
- DepressionGuatemala: 3.22% in 2017Mexico: 2.79% in 2017
- Suicide rateGuatemala: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Mexico: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGuatemala: 18.1 million people in 2023Mexico: 130 million people in 2023
- Population growthGuatemala: 1.55% a year in 2023Mexico: 0.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGuatemala: 2.31 births per woman in 2023Mexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGuatemala: 56.3% in 2025Mexico: 80% in 2025
- Median ageGuatemala: 22.6 years in 2023Mexico: 28.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGuatemala: 4.7% in 2023Mexico: 8% in 2023
- Net migration rateGuatemala: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Mexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGuatemala: 0.52% of GDP in 2025Mexico: 0.74% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGuatemala: $617M in 2025Mexico: $13.8B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGuatemala: 3.5% of government spending in 2025Mexico: 2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGuatemala: 43,000 people in 2020Mexico: 341,000 people in 2020
- National powerGuatemala: 0.09% of world capability in 2022Mexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGuatemala: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020Mexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGuatemala: 6 million TIV in 2023Mexico: 9 million TIV in 2025