Mexico vs Myanmar (Burma)
Mexico vs Myanmar (Burma): Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $13.8B in Mexico in 2025 and $4.65B in Myanmar (Burma) in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Mexico, by $15.9B, or 4.43 times that in Myanmar (Burma).
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Mexico has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1951.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Mexico | Myanmar (Burma) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $13.8B | – |
| 2024 | $20.6B | $4.65B |
| 2023 | $12B | $2.88B |
| 2022 | $12.2B | $3.31B |
| 2021 | $11.5B | $3.7B |
| 2020 | $11.9B | $3.33B |
| 2019 | $9.11B | $2.28B |
| 2018 | $8.29B | $2.36B |
| 2017 | $7.41B | $3.46B |
| 2016 | $8.18B | $3.65B |
| 2015 | $7.31B | $3.82B |
| 2014 | $7.79B | $3.29B |
| 2013 | $7.45B | $3.27B |
| 2012 | $7.05B | $2.97B |
| 2011 | $6.66B | – |
| 2010 | $6.1B | – |
| 2009 | $6.4B | – |
| 2008 | $5.33B | – |
| 2007 | $5.36B | – |
| 2006 | $4B | – |
| 2005 | $4.26B | $716M |
| 2004 | $4.19B | $708M |
| 2003 | $4.35B | $634M |
| 2002 | $4.36B | $426M |
| 2001 | $4.51B | $585M |
| 2000 | $4.56B | $653M |
| 1999 | $4.42B | $484M |
| 1998 | $4.2B | $489M |
| 1997 | $4.07B | $593M |
| 1996 | $4.07B | $713M |
| 1995 | $3.83B | $668M |
| 1994 | $4.58B | $628M |
| 1993 | $3.65B | $591M |
| 1992 | $3.42B | $514M |
| 1991 | $3.08B | $443M |
| 1990 | $2.92B | $511M |
| 1989 | $3.08B | $430M |
| 1988 | $2.91B | $242M |
| 1987 | $3.13B | $233M |
| 1986 | $3.23B | $365M |
| 1985 | $3.84B | $391M |
| 1984 | $3.69B | $393M |
| 1983 | $2.94B | $402M |
| 1982 | $3.07B | $418M |
| 1981 | $3.18B | $433M |
| 1980 | $2.4B | $387M |
| 1979 | $2.53B | $371M |
| 1978 | $2.27B | $389M |
| 1977 | $2.24B | $350M |
| 1976 | $2.39B | $301M |
| 1975 | $2.13B | $314M |
| 1974 | $1.98B | $363M |
| 1973 | $1.81B | $439M |
| 1972 | $1.64B | $468M |
| 1971 | $1.36B | $479M |
| 1970 | $1.32B | $470M |
| 1969 | $1.41B | $420M |
| 1968 | $1.21B | $367M |
| 1967 | $1.11B | $367M |
| 1966 | $1.12B | $382M |
| 1965 | $1.06B | $488M |
| 1964 | $1.11B | $524M |
| 1963 | $1.06B | $535M |
| 1962 | $943M | $471M |
| 1961 | $831M | $437M |
| 1960 | $821M | $456M |
| 1959 | $728M | $472M |
| 1958 | $744M | $436M |
| 1957 | $800M | $396M |
| 1956 | $737M | $386M |
| 1955 | $722M | $385M |
| 1954 | $762M | $438M |
| 1953 | $604M | $350M |
| 1952 | $533M | $245M |
| 1951 | $576M | $159M |
| 1950 | $569M | – |
| 1949 | $511M | – |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
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
Mexico vs Myanmar (Burma)
Health
- Life expectancyMexico: 75.1 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMexico: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterMexico: 43% in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 57.4% in 2022
- DepressionMexico: 2.79% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateMexico: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMexico: 130 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthMexico: 0.88% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMexico: 80% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageMexico: 28.9 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMexico: 8% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateMexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMexico: 0.74% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending per personMexico: $104 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingMexico: 2.5% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelMexico: 341,000 people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerMexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMexico: 9 million TIV in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025