Honduras vs Mexico
Honduras vs Mexico: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $582M in Honduras and $13.8B in Mexico, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mexico, by $13.2B, or 24 times that in Honduras.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Mexico has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1951.
- In 2025, Honduras ranked 95 and Mexico ranked 28 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Honduras | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $582M | $13.8B |
| 2024 | $547M | $20.6B |
| 2023 | $544M | $12B |
| 2022 | $507M | $12.2B |
| 2021 | $497M | $11.5B |
| 2020 | $432M | $11.9B |
| 2019 | $511M | $9.11B |
| 2018 | $475M | $8.29B |
| 2017 | $499M | $7.41B |
| 2016 | $456M | $8.18B |
| 2015 | $384M | $7.31B |
| 2014 | $315M | $7.79B |
| 2013 | $351M | $7.45B |
| 2012 | $291M | $7.05B |
| 2011 | $283M | $6.66B |
| 2010 | $257M | $6.1B |
| 2009 | $248M | $6.4B |
| 2008 | $221M | $5.33B |
| 2007 | $178M | $5.36B |
| 2006 | $150M | $4B |
| 2005 | $131M | $4.26B |
| 2004 | $133M | $4.19B |
| 2003 | $186M | $4.35B |
| 2002 | $147M | $4.36B |
| 2001 | $147M | $4.51B |
| 2000 | $129M | $4.56B |
| 1999 | – | $4.42B |
| 1998 | – | $4.2B |
| 1997 | – | $4.07B |
| 1996 | – | $4.07B |
| 1995 | – | $3.83B |
| 1994 | – | $4.58B |
| 1993 | $144M | $3.65B |
| 1992 | – | $3.42B |
| 1991 | $166M | $3.08B |
| 1990 | $244M | $2.92B |
| 1989 | $301M | $3.08B |
| 1988 | $316M | $2.91B |
| 1987 | $307M | $3.13B |
| 1986 | $271M | $3.23B |
| 1985 | $252M | $3.84B |
| 1984 | $224M | $3.69B |
| 1983 | $203M | $2.94B |
| 1982 | $210M | $3.07B |
| 1981 | $207M | $3.18B |
| 1980 | $213M | $2.4B |
| 1979 | $219M | $2.53B |
| 1978 | $214M | $2.27B |
| 1977 | $167M | $2.24B |
| 1976 | $135M | $2.39B |
| 1975 | $128M | $2.13B |
| 1974 | $109M | $1.98B |
| 1973 | $116M | $1.81B |
| 1972 | $118M | $1.64B |
| 1971 | $90.6M | $1.36B |
| 1970 | $80.4M | $1.32B |
| 1969 | $60.1M | $1.41B |
| 1968 | $59.6M | $1.21B |
| 1967 | $58.6M | $1.11B |
| 1966 | $57.2M | $1.12B |
| 1965 | $56M | $1.06B |
| 1964 | $54M | $1.11B |
| 1963 | $36.9M | $1.06B |
| 1962 | $38.1M | $943M |
| 1961 | $38.5M | $831M |
| 1960 | $40M | $821M |
| 1959 | $50M | $728M |
| 1958 | $55.3M | $744M |
| 1957 | $51.1M | $800M |
| 1956 | $32.9M | $737M |
| 1955 | $29.9M | $722M |
| 1954 | $27.1M | $762M |
| 1953 | $29.3M | $604M |
| 1952 | $26.3M | $533M |
| 1951 | $26M | $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
Honduras vs Mexico
Health
- Life expectancyHonduras: 72.9 years in 2023Mexico: 75.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityHonduras: 1.5 per 100 live births in 2024Mexico: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityHonduras: 13 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterHonduras: 65.2% in 2022Mexico: 43% in 2022
- DepressionHonduras: 2.75% in 2017Mexico: 2.79% in 2017
- Suicide rateHonduras: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Mexico: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationHonduras: 10.6 million people in 2023Mexico: 130 million people in 2023
- Population growthHonduras: 1.7% a year in 2023Mexico: 0.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateHonduras: 2.5 births per woman in 2023Mexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationHonduras: 59.3% in 2025Mexico: 80% in 2025
- Median ageHonduras: 23.6 years in 2023Mexico: 28.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overHonduras: 4.3% in 2023Mexico: 8% in 2023
- Net migration rateHonduras: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Mexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingHonduras: 1.46% of GDP in 2025Mexico: 0.74% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personHonduras: $53 in 2025Mexico: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingHonduras: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Mexico: 2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelHonduras: 23,000 people in 2020Mexico: 341,000 people in 2020
- National powerHonduras: 0.06% of world capability in 2022Mexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersHonduras: 0.56% of the labour force in 2020Mexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsHonduras: 7 million TIV in 2024Mexico: 9 million TIV in 2025