Colombia vs Mexico: Military spending

Colombia

13.74 billion constant 2024 US$

in 2025

Mexico

13.78 billion constant 2024 US$

in 2025

Colombia rank

31st

Mexico rank

30th

Military spending over time

Colombia
Mexico

How they compare

Mexico currently reports 13.78 billion constant 2024 US$ against 13.74 billion constant 2024 US$ in Colombia, a difference of 39.40 million constant 2024 US$.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 68 shared years of data; in 1958 it was Mexico ahead.

Colombia ranks 31st and Mexico ranks 30th of 162 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Military spending
Unit: constant 2024 US$
Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 162 places, 8,341 data points, 1949–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

This data is expressed in US dollars. It is adjusted for inflation but does not account for differences in the cost of living between countries.