Belize vs Guatemala
Belize vs Guatemala: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $32.9M in Belize and $617M in Guatemala, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Guatemala, by $584M, or 19 times that in Belize.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Guatemala has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1981.
- In 2025, Belize ranked 141 and Guatemala ranked 91 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Belize | Guatemala |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $32.9M | $617M |
| 2024 | $35.2M | $454M |
| 2023 | $33.6M | $454M |
| 2022 | $30M | $482M |
| 2021 | $30.6M | $393M |
| 2020 | $30.8M | $415M |
| 2019 | $28.9M | $414M |
| 2018 | $27.7M | $345M |
| 2017 | $27.4M | $352M |
| 2016 | $26.1M | $402M |
| 2015 | $23.9M | $367M |
| 2014 | $23.9M | $370M |
| 2013 | $21.6M | $395M |
| 2012 | $18.6M | $369M |
| 2011 | $19.1M | $335M |
| 2010 | $19.3M | $317M |
| 2009 | $21.9M | $289M |
| 2008 | $23.5M | $308M |
| 2007 | $18.4M | $284M |
| 2006 | $16.8M | $289M |
| 2005 | $13.6M | $248M |
| 2004 | $11.9M | $309M |
| 2003 | $11.4M | $517M |
| 2002 | $10.7M | $477M |
| 2001 | $10.6M | $643M |
| 2000 | $10.5M | $547M |
| 1999 | – | $432M |
| 1998 | – | $445M |
| 1997 | $15M | $425M |
| 1996 | $12.9M | $496M |
| 1995 | $13.8M | $592M |
| 1994 | $13.9M | $614M |
| 1993 | $11.1M | $630M |
| 1992 | $9.69M | $688M |
| 1991 | $8.88M | $571M |
| 1990 | $9.01M | $752M |
| 1989 | $8.48M | $765M |
| 1988 | – | $766M |
| 1987 | – | $685M |
| 1986 | – | $656M |
| 1985 | $6.88M | $763M |
| 1984 | $7.3M | $837M |
| 1983 | $6.72M | $769M |
| 1982 | $6.27M | $770M |
| 1981 | $5.4M | $712M |
| 1980 | – | $506M |
| 1979 | – | $487M |
| 1978 | – | $431M |
| 1977 | – | $490M |
| 1976 | – | $406M |
| 1975 | – | $364M |
| 1974 | – | $260M |
| 1973 | – | $250M |
| 1972 | – | $292M |
| 1971 | – | $271M |
| 1970 | – | $393M |
| 1969 | – | $219M |
| 1968 | – | $259M |
| 1967 | – | $274M |
| 1966 | – | $249M |
| 1965 | – | $244M |
| 1964 | – | $169M |
| 1963 | – | $192M |
| 1962 | – | $155M |
| 1961 | – | $160M |
| 1960 | – | $159M |
| 1959 | – | $171M |
| 1958 | – | $157M |
| 1957 | – | $160M |
| 1956 | – | $148M |
| 1955 | – | $140M |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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.
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 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
- Arms importsBelize: 1 million TIV in 2023Guatemala: 6 million TIV in 2023