Mexico vs Qatar: Military expenditure

Mexico

16.73 billion current USD

in 2024

Qatar

15.41 billion current USD

in 2022

Mexico rank

23rd

Qatar rank

24th

Military expenditure over time

Mexico currently reports 16.73 billion current USD against 15.41 billion current USD in Qatar, a difference of 1.31 billion current USD.

That makes Mexico's figure about 1.1 times Qatar's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 22 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Mexico ahead.

Globally, Mexico ranks 23rd and Qatar ranks 24th of 167 countries.

Indicator: Military expenditure (current USD)
Unit: current USD
Source: SIPRI Military Expenditure Database, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 211 places, 10,601 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Military spending USD, in current prices (converted at the exchange rate for the given year)