Mexico vs United Kingdom: National power

National power in 2022: 1.14% of world capability in Mexico and 1.25% of world capability in United Kingdom, by Correlates of War estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 0.11 percentage points, or 1.09 times that in Mexico.

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% of world capability · Correlates of War

MexicoUnited Kingdom

What the numbers say

United Kingdom has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Mexico.
In 2022, Mexico ranked 18 and United Kingdom ranked 15 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of world capability · Correlates of War

Year	Mexico	United Kingdom
2022	1.14	1.25
2021	1.16	1.3
2020	1.16	1.24
2019	1.21	1.24
2018	1.25	1.26
2017	1.26	1.27
2016	1.47	1.34
2015	1.47	1.43
2014	1.49	1.49
2013	1.48	1.47
2012	1.51	1.52
2011	1.52	1.52
2010	1.51	1.56
2009	1.51	1.62
2008	1.53	1.74
2007	1.54	1.88
2006	1.51	1.97
2005	1.53	1.99
2004	1.55	1.92
2003	1.57	1.91
2002	1.58	1.93
2001	1.38	2.13
2000	1.4	2.22
1999	1.46	2.31
1998	1.45	2.41
1997	1.42	2.38
1996	1.37	2.4
1995	1.34	2.36
1994	1.32	2.49
1993	1.27	2.55
1992	1.28	2.74
1991	1.24	2.63
1990	1.2	2.51
1989	1.23	2.54
1988	1.19	2.43
1987	1.2	2.47
1986	1.2	2.34
1985	1.22	2.29
1984	1.21	2.22
1983	1.22	2.36
1982	1.26	2.37
1981	1.25	2.52
1980	1.22	2.53
1979	1.18	2.67
1978	1.15	2.6
1977	1.08	2.63
1976	1.04	2.74
1975	1.02	2.81
1974	1	2.86
1973	0.99	2.76
1972	1	2.85
1971	1	2.9
1970	1	3.01
1969	0.82	3.09
1968	0.86	3.23
1967	0.87	3.27
1966	0.84	3.54
1965	0.81	3.71
1964	0.8	3.69
1963	0.77	3.71
1962	0.76	3.77
1961	0.75	4.01
1960	0.71	4.23
1959	0.71	4.2
1958	0.69	4.52
1957	0.65	4.73
1956	0.63	4.92
1955	0.63	5.06
1954	0.65	5.65
1953	0.65	5.6
1952	0.66	5.75
1951	0.68	5.85
1950	0.67	6.14
1949	0.65	7.08
1948	0.66	7.54
1947	0.65	9.12
1946	0.71	11.62
1945	0.65	8.8
1944	0.62	8.32
1943	0.55	8.74
1942	0.53	9.36
1941	0.58	9.93
1940	0.56	9.5
1939	0.53	9.97
1938	0.57	7.78
1937	0.55	7.7
1936	0.54	7.66
1935	0.55	7.4
1934	0.59	8.04
1933	0.6	7.95
1932	0.62	8.27
1931	0.65	7.82
1930	0.68	7.84
1929	0.73	8.1
1928	0.74	8.3
1927	0.72	9.11
1926	0.74	7.74
1925	0.73	9.56
1924	0.72	10.72
1923	0.7	9.91
1922	0.7	9.45
1921	0.71	9.82
1920	0.69	12.76
1919	0.6	11.09
1918	0.39	14.28
1917	0.43	14.99
1916	0.54	15.32
1915	0.46	15.02
1914	0.46	13.79
1913	0.53	11.27
1912	0.61	11.68
1911	0.53	11.84
1910	0.51	11.63
1909	0.51	11.71
1908	0.51	12.14
1907	0.49	12.19
1906	0.48	12.34
1905	0.45	12.07
1904	0.48	13.48
1903	0.48	14.3
1902	0.48	16.13
1901	0.49	17.42
1900	0.48	17.75
1899	0.47	16.86
1898	0.48	15.74
1897	0.49	16.58
1896	0.51	17.37
1895	0.59	17.19
1894	0.62	17.79
1893	0.65	17.04
1892	0.69	17.3
1891	0.65	17.84
1890	0.64	17.95
1889	0.67	18.93
1888	0.64	18.87
1887	0.6	19.47
1886	0.63	20.05
1885	0.55	21.57
1884	0.56	20.81
1883	0.58	21.14
1882	0.57	21.17
1881	0.6	21.65
1880	0.59	21.85
1879	0.6	22.37
1878	0.52	22.83
1877	0.6	23.32
1876	0.61	23.5
1875	0.66	23.55
1874	0.66	23.16
1873	0.64	23.25
1872	0.65	23.78
1871	0.56	24.16
1870	0.53	24.16
1869	0.62	24.64
1868	0.63	25.31
1867	0.56	25.31
1866	0.77	24.83
1865	0.66	25.64
1864	0.46	24.34
1863	0.45	25.1
1862	0.52	25.06
1861	0.51	25.84
1860	0.52	27.64
1859	0.81	29.05
1858	0.82	28.96
1857	0.81	29
1856	0.77	29.57
1855	0.79	29.75
1854	0.84	33.61
1853	0.86	28.74
1852	0.86	29.86
1851	0.88	30.55
1850	0.86	30.42
1849	0.86	30.48
1848	0.87	30.42
1847	0.86	29.75
1846	1.79	30.29
1845	0.88	31.82
1844	1.14	30.55
1843	0.87	29.86
1842	0.88	29.76
1841	0.88	30.77
1840	0.9	31.13
1839	0.95	30.94
1838	0.97	30.39
1837	0.97	30.08
1836	0.94	29.95
1835	0.98	30.51
1834	0.97	30.49
1833	0.96	30.35
1832	0.96	30.08
1831	0.95	29.89
1830	–	30.56
1829	–	32.3
1828	–	32.69
1827	–	33.28
1826	–	32.98
1825	–	33.1
1824	–	32.97
1823	–	31.78
1822	–	31.11
1821	–	31.73
1820	–	31.65
1819	–	31.72
1818	–	32.92
1817	–	32.8
1816	–	33.66

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Good to know

The Correlates of War’s Composite Index of National Capability: the country’s share of the world’s military spending, soldiers, iron and steel, energy use, people and city dwellers, averaged.
Source: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.

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Deaths in conflictsMexico: 14,210 deaths in 2022United Kingdom: 0 deaths in 2022