Mexico vs Spain
Mexico vs Spain: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $104 in Mexico and $839 in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by $736, or 8.08 times that in Mexico.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Spain has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
- In 2025, Mexico ranked 75 and Spain ranked 29 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Mexico | Spain |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $104 | $839 |
| 2024 | $158 | $526 |
| 2023 | $92 | $518 |
| 2022 | $79 | $434 |
| 2021 | $68 | $419 |
| 2020 | $64 | $366 |
| 2019 | $53 | $364 |
| 2018 | $47 | $380 |
| 2017 | $41 | $343 |
| 2016 | $44 | $300 |
| 2015 | $45 | $325 |
| 2014 | $57 | $367 |
| 2013 | $55 | $367 |
| 2012 | $49 | $401 |
| 2011 | $48 | $420 |
| 2010 | $42 | $422 |
| 2009 | $41 | $434 |
| 2008 | $40 | $484 |
| 2007 | $39 | $445 |
| 2006 | $28 | $389 |
| 2005 | $30 | $367 |
| 2004 | $28 | $356 |
| 2003 | $29 | $306 |
| 2002 | $31 | $248 |
| 2001 | $33 | $249 |
| 2000 | $31 | $251 |
| 1999 | $28 | $273 |
| 1998 | $24 | $255 |
| 1997 | $23 | $245 |
| 1996 | $21 | $281 |
| 1995 | $17 | $286 |
| 1994 | $30 | $254 |
| 1993 | $24 | $254 |
| 1992 | $21 | $312 |
| 1991 | $17 | $299 |
| 1990 | $15 | $299 |
| 1989 | $14 | $239 |
| 1988 | $12 | $229 |
- 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
Mexico vs Spain
Health
- Life expectancyMexico: 75.1 years in 2023Spain: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMexico: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024Spain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Spain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterMexico: 43% in 2022Spain: 99.6% in 2022
- DepressionMexico: 2.79% in 2017Spain: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateMexico: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Spain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMexico: 130 million people in 2023Spain: 47.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthMexico: 0.88% a year in 2023Spain: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023Spain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMexico: 80% in 2025Spain: 80.5% in 2025
- Median ageMexico: 28.9 years in 2023Spain: 44.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMexico: 8% in 2023Spain: 20.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateMexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Spain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMexico: 0.74% of GDP in 2025Spain: 2.13% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMexico: $13.8B in 2025Spain: $37.7B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMexico: 2.5% of government spending in 2025Spain: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMexico: 341,000 people in 2020Spain: 199,000 people in 2020
- National powerMexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022Spain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020Spain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMexico: 9 million TIV in 2025Spain: 237 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsMexico: 1 million TIV in 2019Spain: 341 million TIV in 2025