Belize vs Guatemala

Belize vs Guatemala: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 1% of GDP in Belize and 0.52% of GDP in Guatemala, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belize, by 0.47 percentage points, or 1.9 times that in Guatemala.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Belize vs Guatemala: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 1% of GDP in Belize and 0.52% of GDP in Guatemala, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belize, by 0.47 percentage points, or 1.9 times that in Guatemala.
BelizeGuatemalaSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Belize has been higher since 2004, when it overtook Guatemala.
  • In 2025, Belize ranked 111 and Guatemala ranked 139 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearBelizeGuatemala
202510.52
20241.080.4
20231.050.42
202210.46
20211.130.39
20201.380.44
20191.030.43
20181.020.37
20171.060.38
20161.020.44
20150.950.41
20140.930.42
20130.90.47
20120.810.48
20110.870.46
20100.870.44
20091.070.4
20081.080.47
20070.830.4
20060.80.43
20050.760.38
20040.70.48
20030.680.82
20020.640.76
20010.681.05
20000.670.92
1999–0.68
1998–0.72
19971.050.74
19960.970.9
19951.031.08
19941.11.18
19930.861.27
19920.81.47
19911.281.27
19901.271.73
19891.21.8
1988–1.87
1987–1.75
1986–1.67
19851.562.01
19841.542.19
19831.532.04
19821.442.03
19811.161.89
1980–1.32
1979–1.31
1978–1.18
1977–1.37
1976–1.27
1975–1.23
1974–0.9
1973–0.91
1972–1.14
1971–1.12
1970–1.7
1969–1.03
1968–1.27
1967–1.46
1966–1.37
1965–1.4
1964–1
1963–1.17
1962–1.05
1961–1.12
1960–1.16
1959–1.27
1958–1.24
1957–1.3
1956–1.27
1955–1.31
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Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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