Belize vs Guatemala
Belize vs Guatemala: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2023: 1 million TIV in Belize and 6 million TIV in Guatemala, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Guatemala, by 5 million TIV, or 6 times that in Belize.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Guatemala has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1984.
- The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Belize | Guatemala | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | – | – | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 1 million | 6 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 10 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | – | – | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | – | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | – | 14 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | – | 4 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | – | – | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 2 million | – | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | – | 33 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | – | 27 billion |
| 2013 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 2 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | – | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | 0 | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 1 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | 1 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 0 | 2 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 4 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 4 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | 13 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | 4 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | 2 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | 25 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 0 | 7 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | 1 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | 16 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | 49 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | 8 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | 5 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | – | 1 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | 1 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | 15 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | 47 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 15 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | 0 | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | 1 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | – | 46 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | 1 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | 16 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | 1 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | 5 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | 8 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | 7 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | 1 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | 16 million | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
- Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Belize vs Guatemala
Health
- Life expectancyBelize: 73.6 years in 2023Guatemala: 72.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBelize: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024Guatemala: 2.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBelize: 8.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Guatemala: 17.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBelize: 2.84% in 2017Guatemala: 3.22% in 2017
- Suicide rateBelize: 7.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Guatemala: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBelize: 411,100 people in 2023Guatemala: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthBelize: 1.46% a year in 2023Guatemala: 1.55% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBelize: 2.01 births per woman in 2023Guatemala: 2.31 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBelize: 41.6% in 2025Guatemala: 56.3% in 2025
- Median ageBelize: 26 years in 2023Guatemala: 22.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBelize: 4.8% in 2023Guatemala: 4.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateBelize: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Guatemala: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBelize: 1% of GDP in 2025Guatemala: 0.52% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBelize: $32.9M in 2025Guatemala: $617M in 2025
- Military spending per personBelize: $79 in 2025Guatemala: $34 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBelize: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Guatemala: 3.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBelize: 2,000 people in 2020Guatemala: 43,000 people in 2020
- National powerBelize: 0% of world capability in 2022Guatemala: 0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBelize: 1.32% of the labour force in 2020Guatemala: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020