Mexico vs Vietnam
Mexico vs Vietnam: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 0.74% of GDP in Mexico and 2.15% of GDP in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 1.42 percentage points, or 2.92 times that in Mexico.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Vietnam has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1987.
- In 2025, Mexico ranked 129 and Vietnam ranked 49 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Mexico | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.74 | 2.15 |
| 2024 | 1.13 | 1.8 |
| 2023 | 0.66 | 1.83 |
| 2022 | 0.69 | 1.72 |
| 2021 | 0.66 | 2.05 |
| 2020 | 0.72 | 2.07 |
| 2019 | 0.51 | 2.17 |
| 2018 | 0.46 | 2.22 |
| 2017 | 0.42 | 2.28 |
| 2016 | 0.48 | 2.46 |
| 2015 | 0.45 | 2.56 |
| 2014 | 0.5 | 2.41 |
| 2013 | 0.49 | 2.58 |
| 2012 | 0.46 | 2.42 |
| 2011 | 0.45 | 1.76 |
| 2010 | 0.43 | 1.84 |
| 2009 | 0.48 | 2.73 |
| 2008 | 0.37 | 2.07 |
| 2007 | 0.38 | 2.31 |
| 2006 | 0.3 | 1.94 |
| 2005 | 0.34 | 1.78 |
| 2004 | 0.35 | 2.01 |
| 2003 | 0.39 | 2.13 |
| 2002 | 0.39 | – |
| 2001 | 0.41 | – |
| 2000 | 0.41 | – |
| 1999 | 0.42 | – |
| 1998 | 0.41 | – |
| 1997 | 0.42 | – |
| 1996 | 0.44 | – |
| 1995 | 0.41 | – |
| 1994 | 0.48 | 2.65 |
| 1993 | 0.4 | 2.26 |
| 1992 | 0.47 | 3.38 |
| 1991 | 0.44 | 5.6 |
| 1990 | 0.43 | 7.91 |
| 1989 | 0.52 | 7.29 |
| 1988 | 0.54 | 7.1 |
| 1987 | 0.58 | 3.95 |
| 1986 | 0.63 | – |
| 1985 | 0.68 | – |
| 1984 | 0.66 | – |
| 1983 | 0.52 | – |
| 1982 | 0.5 | – |
| 1981 | 0.51 | – |
| 1980 | 0.42 | – |
| 1979 | 0.51 | – |
| 1978 | 0.5 | – |
| 1977 | 0.53 | – |
| 1976 | 0.6 | – |
| 1975 | 0.57 | – |
| 1974 | 0.57 | – |
| 1973 | 0.54 | – |
| 1972 | 0.54 | – |
| 1971 | 0.49 | – |
| 1970 | 0.5 | – |
| 1969 | 0.6 | – |
| 1968 | 0.55 | – |
| 1967 | 0.55 | – |
| 1966 | 0.58 | – |
| 1965 | 0.59 | – |
| 1964 | 0.68 | – |
| 1963 | 0.72 | – |
| 1962 | 0.69 | – |
| 1961 | 0.65 | – |
| 1960 | 0.67 | – |
| 1959 | 0.64 | – |
| 1958 | 0.69 | – |
| 1957 | 0.73 | – |
| 1956 | 0.74 | – |
| 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Mexico vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancyMexico: 75.1 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMexico: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterMexico: 43% in 2022Vietnam: 57.8% in 2022
- DepressionMexico: 2.79% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateMexico: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMexico: 130 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthMexico: 0.88% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMexico: 80% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageMexico: 28.9 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMexico: 8% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateMexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsMexico: $13.8B in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personMexico: $104 in 2025Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMexico: 2.5% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMexico: 341,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerMexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMexico: 9 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsMexico: 1 million TIV in 2019Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018