Chile vs Guatemala
Chile vs Guatemala: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 1.52% of GDP in Chile and 0.52% of GDP in Guatemala, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Chile, by 1 percentage points, or 2.91 times that in Guatemala.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Chile has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1955.
- In 2025, Chile ranked 84 and Guatemala ranked 139 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Chile | Guatemala |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.52 | 0.52 |
| 2024 | 1.67 | 0.4 |
| 2023 | 1.63 | 0.42 |
| 2022 | 1.55 | 0.46 |
| 2021 | 1.65 | 0.39 |
| 2020 | 2.07 | 0.44 |
| 2019 | 1.87 | 0.43 |
| 2018 | 1.88 | 0.37 |
| 2017 | 1.94 | 0.38 |
| 2016 | 1.92 | 0.44 |
| 2015 | 1.91 | 0.41 |
| 2014 | 1.97 | 0.42 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0.47 |
| 2012 | 2.05 | 0.48 |
| 2011 | 2.26 | 0.46 |
| 2010 | 2.25 | 0.44 |
| 2009 | 2.28 | 0.4 |
| 2008 | 2.58 | 0.47 |
| 2007 | 2.33 | 0.4 |
| 2006 | 2.51 | 0.43 |
| 2005 | 2.54 | 0.38 |
| 2004 | 2.71 | 0.48 |
| 2003 | 2.7 | 0.82 |
| 2002 | 2.53 | 0.76 |
| 2001 | 2.65 | 1.05 |
| 2000 | 2.69 | 0.92 |
| 1999 | 2.7 | 0.68 |
| 1998 | 2.58 | 0.72 |
| 1997 | 2.47 | 0.74 |
| 1996 | 2.42 | 0.9 |
| 1995 | 2.56 | 1.08 |
| 1994 | 2.6 | 1.18 |
| 1993 | 2.71 | 1.27 |
| 1992 | 2.63 | 1.47 |
| 1991 | 2.85 | 1.27 |
| 1990 | 3.4 | 1.73 |
| 1989 | 3.59 | 1.8 |
| 1988 | 4.14 | 1.87 |
| 1987 | 5.64 | 1.75 |
| 1986 | 6.29 | 1.67 |
| 1985 | 6.9 | 2.01 |
| 1984 | 7.61 | 2.19 |
| 1983 | 7.58 | 2.04 |
| 1982 | 8.88 | 2.03 |
| 1981 | 7.02 | 1.89 |
| 1980 | 6.48 | 1.32 |
| 1979 | 6.33 | 1.31 |
| 1978 | 6.73 | 1.18 |
| 1977 | 6.92 | 1.37 |
| 1976 | 6.09 | 1.27 |
| 1975 | 6.74 | 1.23 |
| 1974 | 7.11 | 0.9 |
| 1973 | 6.28 | 0.91 |
| 1972 | 6.63 | 1.14 |
| 1971 | 6.27 | 1.12 |
| 1970 | 4.45 | 1.7 |
| 1969 | 2.26 | 1.03 |
| 1968 | 2.53 | 1.27 |
| 1967 | 2.71 | 1.46 |
| 1966 | 2.74 | 1.37 |
| 1965 | 2.89 | 1.4 |
| 1964 | 2.64 | 1 |
| 1963 | 2.87 | 1.17 |
| 1962 | 3.04 | 1.05 |
| 1961 | 3.53 | 1.12 |
| 1960 | 3.12 | 1.16 |
| 1959 | 2.15 | 1.27 |
| 1958 | 2.7 | 1.24 |
| 1957 | 3.05 | 1.3 |
| 1956 | 2.3 | 1.27 |
| 1955 | 2.3 | 1.31 |
| 1954 | 1.69 | – |
| 1953 | 2.78 | – |
| 1952 | 2.57 | – |
| 1951 | 3.07 | – |
| 1950 | 2.64 | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Chile vs Guatemala
Health
- Life expectancyChile: 81.2 years in 2023Guatemala: 72.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChile: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024Guatemala: 2.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChile: 4.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Guatemala: 17.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterChile: 98.8% in 2022Guatemala: 56.3% in 2022
- DepressionChile: 4.06% in 2017Guatemala: 3.22% in 2017
- Suicide rateChile: 10.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Guatemala: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChile: 19.7 million people in 2023Guatemala: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthChile: 0.57% a year in 2023Guatemala: 1.55% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChile: 1.17 births per woman in 2023Guatemala: 2.31 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChile: 89.2% in 2025Guatemala: 56.3% in 2025
- Median ageChile: 36 years in 2023Guatemala: 22.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChile: 13.7% in 2023Guatemala: 4.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateChile: 3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Guatemala: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsChile: $5.15B in 2025Guatemala: $617M in 2025
- Military spending per personChile: $269 in 2025Guatemala: $34 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingChile: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Guatemala: 3.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelChile: 114,000 people in 2020Guatemala: 43,000 people in 2020
- National powerChile: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Guatemala: 0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChile: 1.28% of the labour force in 2020Guatemala: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChile: 14 million TIV in 2025Guatemala: 6 million TIV in 2023