Belize
Military share of state spending in Belize
Military share of state spending in Belize: 4.7% of government spending in 1996 and 3.7% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 3.7% of government spending
- Since 1996
- −1 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 113 of 150
- counting from the highest
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 5.4% of government spending in 1997, the lowest 2.5% of government spending in 2001.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Belize |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | 4.2 |
| 2023 | 4.1 |
| 2022 | 4.2 |
| 2021 | 4.3 |
| 2020 | 3.8 |
| 2019 | 3.7 |
| 2018 | 3.8 |
| 2017 | 3.7 |
| 2016 | 3.5 |
| 2015 | 3.2 |
| 2014 | 3.8 |
| 2013 | 3.7 |
| 2012 | 3.6 |
| 2011 | 3.6 |
| 2010 | 3.8 |
| 2009 | 4.4 |
| 2008 | 4.9 |
| 2007 | 3.7 |
| 2006 | 3.7 |
| 2005 | 3.4 |
| 2004 | 3.1 |
| 2003 | 2.7 |
| 2002 | 2.6 |
| 2001 | 2.5 |
| 2000 | 2.7 |
| 1997 | 5.4 |
| 1996 | 4.7 |
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Ranks count the 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending1% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$32.9M in 2025
- Military spending per person$79 in 2025
- Armed forces personnel2,000 people in 2020
- National power0% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.32% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports1 million TIV in 2023