Belize

Military spending in US dollars in Belize

Military spending in US dollars in Belize: $5.4M in 1981 and $32.9M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
$32.9M
Since 1981
+$27.5M
Rank, 2025
141 of 151
counting from the highest
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US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI

Military spending in US dollars in BelizeMilitary spending in US dollars in Belize: $5.4M in 1981 and $32.9M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was $35.2M in 2024, the lowest $5.4M in 1981.
Estimates, SIPRI

What the numbers say

  • The highest was $35.2M in 2024, the lowest $5.4M in 1981.

Every year

US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI

YearBelize
2025$32.9M
2024$35.2M
2023$33.6M
2022$30M
2021$30.6M
2020$30.8M
2019$28.9M
2018$27.7M
2017$27.4M
2016$26.1M
2015$23.9M
2014$23.9M
2013$21.6M
2012$18.6M
2011$19.1M
2010$19.3M
2009$21.9M
2008$23.5M
2007$18.4M
2006$16.8M
2005$13.6M
2004$11.9M
2003$11.4M
2002$10.7M
2001$10.6M
2000$10.5M
1997$15M
1996$12.9M
1995$13.8M
1994$13.9M
1993$11.1M
1992$9.69M
1991$8.88M
1990$9.01M
1989$8.48M
1985$6.88M
1984$7.3M
1983$6.72M
1982$6.27M
1981$5.4M

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.
  • Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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