Mexico

Military spending per person in Mexico

Military spending per person in Mexico: $12 in 1988 and $104 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
$104
Since 1988
+$91
Rank, 2025
75 of 151
counting from the highest

US dollars per person · SIPRI

Military spending per person in MexicoMilitary spending per person in Mexico: $12 in 1988 and $104 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was $158 in 2024, the lowest $12 in 1988.
Estimates, SIPRISIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • The highest was $158 in 2024, the lowest $12 in 1988.

Every year

US dollars per person · SIPRI

YearMexico
2025$104
2024$158
2023$92
2022$79
2021$68
2020$64
2019$53
2018$47
2017$41
2016$44
2015$45
2014$57
2013$55
2012$49
2011$48
2010$42
2009$41
2008$40
2007$39
2006$28
2005$30
2004$28
2003$29
2002$31
2001$33
2000$31
1999$28
1998$24
1997$23
1996$21
1995$17
1994$30
1993$24
1992$21
1991$17
1990$15
1989$14
1988$12
  • Estimate

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.
  • 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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