Belize vs Guatemala
Belize vs Guatemala: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending in 2025: 3.7% of government spending in Belize and 3.5% of government spending in Guatemala, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belize, by 0.2 percentage points, or 1.06 times that in Guatemala.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Belize has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Guatemala.
- In 2025, Belize ranked 113 and Guatemala ranked 118 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Belize | Guatemala |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
| 2024 | 4.2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 4.1 | 3.1 |
| 2022 | 4.2 | 3.2 |
| 2021 | 4.3 | 2.9 |
| 2020 | 3.8 | 2.8 |
| 2019 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
| 2018 | 3.8 | 2.8 |
| 2017 | 3.7 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 2015 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| 2014 | 3.8 | 3.1 |
| 2013 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
| 2012 | 3.6 | 3.2 |
| 2011 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
| 2010 | 3.8 | 2.8 |
| 2009 | 4.4 | 2.8 |
| 2008 | 4.9 | 3.1 |
| 2007 | 3.7 | 2.8 |
| 2006 | 3.7 | 2.9 |
| 2005 | 3.4 | 2.8 |
| 2004 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 2003 | 2.7 | 5.4 |
| 2002 | 2.6 | 5.5 |
| 2001 | 2.5 | 7.3 |
| 2000 | 2.7 | 6.4 |
| 1999 | – | 4.9 |
| 1998 | – | 5.8 |
| 1997 | 5.4 | 7 |
| 1996 | 4.7 | 9.5 |
| 1995 | – | 11.5 |
- Estimate
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
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
- 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
- Arms importsBelize: 1 million TIV in 2023Guatemala: 6 million TIV in 2023