Mexico
Military spending in US dollars in Mexico
Military spending in US dollars in Mexico: $511M in 1949 and $13.8B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $13.8B
- Since 1949
- +$13.3B
- Rank, 2025
- 28 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $20.6B in 2024, the lowest $511M in 1949.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Mexico |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $13.8B |
| 2024 | $20.6B |
| 2023 | $12B |
| 2022 | $12.2B |
| 2021 | $11.5B |
| 2020 | $11.9B |
| 2019 | $9.11B |
| 2018 | $8.29B |
| 2017 | $7.41B |
| 2016 | $8.18B |
| 2015 | $7.31B |
| 2014 | $7.79B |
| 2013 | $7.45B |
| 2012 | $7.05B |
| 2011 | $6.66B |
| 2010 | $6.1B |
| 2009 | $6.4B |
| 2008 | $5.33B |
| 2007 | $5.36B |
| 2006 | $4B |
| 2005 | $4.26B |
| 2004 | $4.19B |
| 2003 | $4.35B |
| 2002 | $4.36B |
| 2001 | $4.51B |
| 2000 | $4.56B |
| 1999 | $4.42B |
| 1998 | $4.2B |
| 1997 | $4.07B |
| 1996 | $4.07B |
| 1995 | $3.83B |
| 1994 | $4.58B |
| 1993 | $3.65B |
| 1992 | $3.42B |
| 1991 | $3.08B |
| 1990 | $2.92B |
| 1989 | $3.08B |
| 1988 | $2.91B |
| 1987 | $3.13B |
| 1986 | $3.23B |
| 1985 | $3.84B |
| 1984 | $3.69B |
| 1983 | $2.94B |
| 1982 | $3.07B |
| 1981 | $3.18B |
| 1980 | $2.4B |
| 1979 | $2.53B |
| 1978 | $2.27B |
| 1977 | $2.24B |
| 1976 | $2.39B |
| 1975 | $2.13B |
| 1974 | $1.98B |
| 1973 | $1.81B |
| 1972 | $1.64B |
| 1971 | $1.36B |
| 1970 | $1.32B |
| 1969 | $1.41B |
| 1968 | $1.21B |
| 1967 | $1.11B |
| 1966 | $1.12B |
| 1965 | $1.06B |
| 1964 | $1.11B |
| 1963 | $1.06B |
| 1962 | $943M |
| 1961 | $831M |
| 1960 | $821M |
| 1959 | $728M |
| 1958 | $744M |
| 1957 | $800M |
| 1956 | $737M |
| 1955 | $722M |
| 1954 | $762M |
| 1953 | $604M |
| 1952 | $533M |
| 1951 | $576M |
| 1950 | $569M |
| 1949 | $511M |
- Estimate
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.
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- Military spending0.74% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$104 in 2025
- Military share of state spending2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel341,000 people in 2020
- National power1.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports9 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 2019