Mexico vs Sudan
Mexico vs Sudan: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $13.8B in Mexico in 2025 and $2.77B in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Mexico, by $8.69B, or 4.14 times that in Sudan.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Mexico has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Sudan.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Mexico | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $13.8B | – |
| 2024 | $20.6B | – |
| 2023 | $12B | – |
| 2022 | $12.2B | – |
| 2021 | $11.5B | $2.77B |
| 2020 | $11.9B | $4.69B |
| 2019 | $9.11B | $8.08B |
| 2018 | $8.29B | $8.94B |
| 2017 | $7.41B | $17.5B |
| 2016 | $8.18B | $13.5B |
| 2015 | $7.31B | $12.9B |
| 2014 | $7.79B | – |
| 2013 | $7.45B | – |
| 2012 | $7.05B | – |
| 2011 | $6.66B | – |
| 2010 | $6.1B | – |
| 2009 | $6.4B | $27.2B |
| 2008 | $5.33B | $27.9B |
| 2007 | $5.36B | $23.1B |
| 2006 | $4B | $19.4B |
| 2005 | $4.26B | $16.5B |
| 2004 | $4.19B | $20.2B |
| 2003 | $4.35B | $7.18B |
| 2002 | $4.36B | $9.38B |
| 2001 | $4.51B | $9.02B |
| 2000 | $4.56B | $13.8B |
| 1999 | $4.42B | $10.7B |
| 1998 | $4.2B | $6B |
| 1997 | $4.07B | $2.21B |
| 1996 | $4.07B | $2.81B |
| 1995 | $3.83B | $3.96B |
| 1994 | $4.58B | $5.42B |
| 1993 | $3.65B | $7.32B |
| 1992 | $3.42B | $6.42B |
| 1991 | $3.08B | $7.41B |
| 1990 | $2.92B | $9.25B |
| 1989 | $3.08B | – |
| 1988 | $2.91B | $7.99B |
| 1987 | $3.13B | $7.31B |
| 1986 | $3.23B | $6.43B |
| 1985 | $3.84B | $7.55B |
| 1984 | $3.69B | $10.6B |
| 1983 | $2.94B | $9.28B |
| 1982 | $3.07B | $6.49B |
| 1981 | $3.18B | $5.94B |
| 1980 | $2.4B | $7.05B |
| 1979 | $2.53B | $6.12B |
| 1978 | $2.27B | $5.17B |
| 1977 | $2.24B | $7B |
| 1976 | $2.39B | $6.78B |
| 1975 | $2.13B | $4.6B |
| 1974 | $1.98B | $5.32B |
| 1973 | $1.81B | $6.81B |
| 1972 | $1.64B | $7.49B |
| 1971 | $1.36B | $8.67B |
| 1970 | $1.32B | $8.64B |
| 1969 | $1.41B | $7.22B |
| 1968 | $1.21B | $5.4B |
| 1967 | $1.11B | $4.4B |
| 1966 | $1.12B | $4.7B |
| 1965 | $1.06B | $5.35B |
| 1964 | $1.11B | $3.88B |
| 1963 | $1.06B | $2.71B |
| 1962 | $943M | $2.51B |
| 1961 | $831M | $2.1B |
| 1960 | $821M | $2.08B |
| 1959 | $728M | $1.85B |
| 1958 | $744M | $1.6B |
| 1957 | $800M | $1.69B |
| 1956 | $737M | $1.17B |
| 1955 | $722M | – |
| 1954 | $762M | – |
| 1953 | $604M | – |
| 1952 | $533M | – |
| 1951 | $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
Mexico vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyMexico: 75.1 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMexico: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionMexico: 2.79% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateMexico: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMexico: 130 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthMexico: 0.88% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMexico: 80% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageMexico: 28.9 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMexico: 8% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateMexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMexico: 0.74% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending per personMexico: $104 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingMexico: 2.5% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelMexico: 341,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerMexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMexico: 9 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsMexico: 1 million TIV in 2019Sudan: 11 million TIV in 2013