Mexico vs United States
Mexico vs United States: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $13.8B in Mexico and $929B in United States, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by $915B, or 67 times that in Mexico.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- United States has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1949.
- In 2025, Mexico ranked 28 and United States ranked 1 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Mexico | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $13.8B | $929B |
| 2024 | $20.6B | $1.01T |
| 2023 | $12B | $943B |
| 2022 | $12.2B | $923B |
| 2021 | $11.5B | $933B |
| 2020 | $11.9B | $943B |
| 2019 | $9.11B | $901B |
| 2018 | $8.29B | $853B |
| 2017 | $7.41B | $828B |
| 2016 | $8.18B | $836B |
| 2015 | $7.31B | $839B |
| 2014 | $7.79B | $858B |
| 2013 | $7.45B | $915B |
| 2012 | $7.05B | $991B |
| 2011 | $6.66B | $1.05T |
| 2010 | $6.1B | $1.06T |
| 2009 | $6.4B | $1.03T |
| 2008 | $5.33B | $957B |
| 2007 | $5.36B | $892B |
| 2006 | $4B | $869B |
| 2005 | $4.26B | $857B |
| 2004 | $4.19B | $819B |
| 2003 | $4.35B | $751B |
| 2002 | $4.36B | $660B |
| 2001 | $4.51B | $588B |
| 2000 | $4.56B | $583B |
| 1999 | $4.42B | $561B |
| 1998 | $4.2B | $560B |
| 1997 | $4.07B | $573B |
| 1996 | $4.07B | $576B |
| 1995 | $3.83B | $609B |
| 1994 | $4.58B | $652B |
| 1993 | $3.65B | $688B |
| 1992 | $3.42B | $727B |
| 1991 | $3.08B | $690B |
| 1990 | $2.92B | $781B |
| 1989 | $3.08B | $815B |
| 1988 | $2.91B | $821B |
| 1987 | $3.13B | $839B |
| 1986 | $3.23B | $846B |
| 1985 | $3.84B | $793B |
| 1984 | $3.69B | $740B |
| 1983 | $2.94B | $704B |
| 1982 | $3.07B | $721B |
| 1981 | $3.18B | $609B |
| 1980 | $2.4B | $547B |
| 1979 | $2.53B | $548B |
| 1978 | $2.27B | $545B |
| 1977 | $2.24B | $542B |
| 1976 | $2.39B | $522B |
| 1975 | $2.13B | $537B |
| 1974 | $1.98B | $568B |
| 1973 | $1.81B | $575B |
| 1972 | $1.64B | $605B |
| 1971 | $1.36B | $606B |
| 1970 | $1.32B | $674B |
| 1969 | $1.41B | $727B |
| 1968 | $1.21B | $761B |
| 1967 | $1.11B | $737B |
| 1966 | $1.12B | $642B |
| 1965 | $1.06B | $543B |
| 1964 | $1.11B | $540B |
| 1963 | $1.06B | $559B |
| 1962 | $943M | $567B |
| 1961 | $831M | $523B |
| 1960 | $821M | $502B |
| 1959 | $728M | $515B |
| 1958 | $744M | $511B |
| 1957 | $800M | $514B |
| 1956 | $737M | $500B |
| 1955 | $722M | $493B |
| 1954 | $762M | $521B |
| 1953 | $604M | $604B |
| 1952 | $533M | $587B |
| 1951 | $576M | $416B |
| 1950 | $569M | $195B |
| 1949 | $511M | $181B |
- 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 United States
Health
- Life expectancyMexico: 75.1 years in 2023United States: 79.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMexico: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024United States: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023United States: 5.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterMexico: 43% in 2022United States: 97.5% in 2022
- DepressionMexico: 2.79% in 2017United States: 4.84% in 2017
- Suicide rateMexico: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017United States: 12.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMexico: 130 million people in 2023United States: 344 million people in 2023
- Population growthMexico: 0.88% a year in 2023United States: 0.58% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023United States: 1.62 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMexico: 80% in 2025United States: 80.2% in 2025
- Median ageMexico: 28.9 years in 2023United States: 38 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMexico: 8% in 2023United States: 17.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateMexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023United States: 3.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMexico: 0.74% of GDP in 2025United States: 3.12% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personMexico: $104 in 2025United States: $2,755 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMexico: 2.5% of government spending in 2025United States: 8.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMexico: 341,000 people in 2020United States: 1.4 million people in 2020
- National powerMexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022United States: 12.36% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020United States: 0.84% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMexico: 9 million TIV in 2025United States: 745 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsMexico: 1 million TIV in 2019United States: 14 billion TIV in 2025