Chile vs Ecuador
Chile vs Ecuador: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $269 in Chile and $150 in Ecuador, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Chile, by $119, or 1.79 times that in Ecuador.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Chile has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
- In 2025, Chile ranked 54 and Ecuador ranked 66 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Chile | Ecuador |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $269 | $150 |
| 2024 | $279 | $160 |
| 2023 | $279 | $150 |
| 2022 | $238 | $146 |
| 2021 | $268 | $137 |
| 2020 | $271 | $135 |
| 2019 | $272 | $136 |
| 2018 | $296 | $151 |
| 2017 | $292 | $148 |
| 2016 | $264 | $153 |
| 2015 | $258 | $161 |
| 2014 | $287 | $175 |
| 2013 | $314 | $174 |
| 2012 | $314 | $168 |
| 2011 | $329 | $161 |
| 2010 | $286 | $140 |
| 2009 | $231 | $133 |
| 2008 | $277 | $114 |
| 2007 | $243 | $92 |
| 2006 | $235 | $68 |
| 2005 | $191 | $70 |
| 2004 | $167 | $53 |
| 2003 | $130 | $56 |
| 2002 | $113 | $39 |
| 2001 | $121 | $30 |
| 2000 | $137 | $21 |
| 1999 | $134 | $24 |
| 1998 | $141 | $45 |
| 1997 | $143 | $42 |
| 1996 | $130 | $36 |
| 1995 | $127 | $41 |
| 1994 | $103 | $26 |
| 1993 | $92 | $25 |
| 1992 | $85 | $20 |
| 1991 | $77 | $20 |
| 1990 | $77 | $20 |
| 1989 | $75 | $19 |
| 1988 | $78 | $20 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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
Chile vs Ecuador
Health
- Life expectancyChile: 81.2 years in 2023Ecuador: 77.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChile: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024Ecuador: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChile: 4.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ecuador: 9.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterChile: 98.8% in 2022Ecuador: 67.1% in 2022
- DepressionChile: 4.06% in 2017Ecuador: 2.98% in 2017
- Suicide rateChile: 10.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Ecuador: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChile: 19.7 million people in 2023Ecuador: 18 million people in 2023
- Population growthChile: 0.57% a year in 2023Ecuador: 0.87% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChile: 1.17 births per woman in 2023Ecuador: 1.82 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChile: 89.2% in 2025Ecuador: 63.4% in 2025
- Median ageChile: 36 years in 2023Ecuador: 28.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChile: 13.7% in 2023Ecuador: 8.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateChile: 3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Ecuador: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChile: 1.52% of GDP in 2025Ecuador: 2.1% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsChile: $5.15B in 2025Ecuador: $2.71B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingChile: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Ecuador: 5.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelChile: 114,000 people in 2020Ecuador: 42,000 people in 2020
- National powerChile: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Ecuador: 0.15% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChile: 1.28% of the labour force in 2020Ecuador: 0.54% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChile: 14 million TIV in 2025Ecuador: 30 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsChile: 8 million TIV in 2022Ecuador: 2 million TIV in 2018