Mexico vs Sudan: Military spending

Military spending: 0.74% of GDP in Mexico in 2025 and 0.93% of GDP in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Sudan, by 0.27 percentage points, or 1.4 times that in Mexico.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1956.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

Year	Mexico	Sudan
2025	0.74	–
2024	1.13	–
2023	0.66	–
2022	0.69	–
2021	0.66	0.93
2020	0.72	0.98
2019	0.51	1.63
2018	0.46	1.78
2017	0.42	3.29
2016	0.48	2.28
2015	0.45	2.71
2014	0.5	–
2013	0.49	–
2012	0.46	–
2011	0.45	–
2010	0.43	–
2009	0.48	5.45
2008	0.37	4.98
2007	0.38	4.08
2006	0.3	3.64
2005	0.34	3.31
2004	0.35	4.66
2003	0.39	1.86
2002	0.39	2.67
2001	0.41	2.47
2000	0.41	4.47
1999	0.42	4.01
1998	0.41	2.38
1997	0.42	0.95
1996	0.44	1.27
1995	0.41	2.07
1994	0.48	3.9
1993	0.4	4.92
1992	0.47	4.39
1991	0.44	4.99
1990	0.43	4.81
1989	0.52	–
1988	0.54	3.55
1987	0.58	2.55
1986	0.63	3.23
1985	0.68	3.4
1984	0.66	4.09
1983	0.52	3.27
1982	0.5	2.44
1981	0.51	1.78
1980	0.42	2.3
1979	0.51	2.59
1978	0.5	2.04
1977	0.53	2.62
1976	0.6	2.67
1975	0.57	2.25
1974	0.57	2.57
1973	0.54	3.16
1972	0.54	4.19
1971	0.49	4.6
1970	0.5	4.95
1969	0.6	5.2
1968	0.55	3.75
1967	0.55	3.66
1966	0.58	3.53
1965	0.59	4.12
1964	0.68	3.14
1963	0.72	2.15
1962	0.69	2.06
1961	0.65	1.85
1960	0.67	1.92
1959	0.64	1.71
1958	0.69	1.52
1957	0.73	1.64
1956	0.74	1.12
1955	0.79	–
1954	0.88	–
1953	0.81	–
1952	0.72	–
1951	0.76	–
1950	0.86	–
1949	0.88	–

Estimate

Each country on its own

Good to know

What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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.

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