Argentina vs Honduras
Argentina vs Honduras: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending in 2025: 1.8% of government spending in Argentina and 5.7% of government spending in Honduras, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Honduras, by 3.9 percentage points, or 3.19 times that in Argentina.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Honduras has been higher since 2007, when it overtook Argentina.
- In 2025, Argentina ranked 140 and Honduras ranked 66 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Argentina | Honduras |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.8 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 2.1 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 2 | 5.6 |
| 2022 | 1.8 | 6.1 |
| 2021 | 1.7 | 5.2 |
| 2020 | 1.7 | 5.2 |
| 2019 | 1.8 | 6.1 |
| 2018 | 1.9 | 5.7 |
| 2017 | 2.1 | 5.9 |
| 2016 | 1.9 | 5.6 |
| 2015 | 2.1 | 5.2 |
| 2014 | 2.3 | 4.3 |
| 2013 | 2.2 | 4.7 |
| 2012 | 2.1 | 4.3 |
| 2011 | 2.2 | 4.4 |
| 2010 | 2.4 | 4.1 |
| 2009 | 2.6 | 3.8 |
| 2008 | 2.5 | 3.6 |
| 2007 | 2.7 | 3.2 |
| 2006 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 2005 | 3.5 | 2.7 |
| 2004 | 3.8 | 2.7 |
| 2003 | 4.3 | 3.8 |
| 2002 | 4.5 | 3 |
| 2001 | 4 | 3.3 |
| 2000 | 4.1 | 3.3 |
| 1999 | 4.3 | – |
| 1998 | 4.4 | – |
| 1997 | 4.5 | – |
| 1996 | 4.9 | – |
| 1995 | 5.8 | – |
| 1993 | – | 3.5 |
| 1991 | – | 5.4 |
| 1990 | – | 8.3 |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Argentina vs Honduras
Health
- Life expectancyArgentina: 77.4 years in 2023Honduras: 72.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityArgentina: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Honduras: 1.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityArgentina: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Honduras: 13 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionArgentina: 3.67% in 2017Honduras: 2.75% in 2017
- Suicide rateArgentina: 10.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Honduras: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationArgentina: 45.5 million people in 2023Honduras: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthArgentina: 0.35% a year in 2023Honduras: 1.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateArgentina: 1.5 births per woman in 2023Honduras: 2.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationArgentina: 92.4% in 2025Honduras: 59.3% in 2025
- Median ageArgentina: 32.1 years in 2023Honduras: 23.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overArgentina: 12.2% in 2023Honduras: 4.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateArgentina: 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Honduras: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingArgentina: 0.56% of GDP in 2025Honduras: 1.46% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsArgentina: $3.73B in 2025Honduras: $582M in 2025
- Military spending per personArgentina: $85 in 2025Honduras: $53 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelArgentina: 103,000 people in 2020Honduras: 23,000 people in 2020
- National powerArgentina: 0.45% of world capability in 2022Honduras: 0.06% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersArgentina: 0.53% of the labour force in 2020Honduras: 0.56% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsArgentina: 108 million TIV in 2025Honduras: 7 million TIV in 2024