Belize
Military spending per person in Belize
Military spending per person in Belize: $25 in 1989 and $79 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $79
- Since 1989
- +$55
- Rank, 2025
- 84 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $85 in 2024, the lowest $25 in 1989.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Belize |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $79 |
| 2024 | $85 |
| 2023 | $80 |
| 2022 | $70 |
| 2021 | $68 |
| 2020 | $67 |
| 2019 | $64 |
| 2018 | $62 |
| 2017 | $62 |
| 2016 | $60 |
| 2015 | $56 |
| 2014 | $58 |
| 2013 | $53 |
| 2012 | $46 |
| 2011 | $48 |
| 2010 | $48 |
| 2009 | $56 |
| 2008 | $62 |
| 2007 | $47 |
| 2006 | $43 |
| 2005 | $39 |
| 2004 | $35 |
| 2003 | $33 |
| 2002 | $31 |
| 2001 | $30 |
| 2000 | $30 |
| 1997 | $44 |
| 1996 | $38 |
| 1995 | $40 |
| 1994 | $40 |
| 1993 | $32 |
| 1992 | $28 |
| 1991 | $26 |
| 1990 | $26 |
| 1989 | $25 |
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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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- Military spending1% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$32.9M in 2025
- Military share of state spending3.7% of government spending 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