Chile vs Guatemala
Chile vs Guatemala: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $5.15B in Chile and $617M in Guatemala, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Chile, by $4.54B, or 8.36 times that in Guatemala.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Chile has been higher since 1960, when it overtook Guatemala.
- In 2025, Chile ranked 47 and Guatemala ranked 91 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Chile | Guatemala |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5.15B | $617M |
| 2024 | $5.51B | $454M |
| 2023 | $5.08B | $454M |
| 2022 | $4.84B | $482M |
| 2021 | $5.24B | $393M |
| 2020 | $5.77B | $415M |
| 2019 | $5.21B | $414M |
| 2018 | $5.22B | $345M |
| 2017 | $5.23B | $352M |
| 2016 | $4.99B | $402M |
| 2015 | $4.83B | $367M |
| 2014 | $4.84B | $370M |
| 2013 | $4.77B | $395M |
| 2012 | $4.71B | $369M |
| 2011 | $5.02B | $335M |
| 2010 | $4.71B | $317M |
| 2009 | $4.19B | $289M |
| 2008 | $4.66B | $308M |
| 2007 | $4.39B | $284M |
| 2006 | $4.46B | $289M |
| 2005 | $3.91B | $248M |
| 2004 | $3.8B | $309M |
| 2003 | $3.36B | $517M |
| 2002 | $2.96B | $477M |
| 2001 | $2.97B | $643M |
| 2000 | $2.91B | $547M |
| 1999 | $2.76B | $432M |
| 1998 | $2.67B | $445M |
| 1997 | $2.57B | $425M |
| 1996 | $2.41B | $496M |
| 1995 | $2.39B | $592M |
| 1994 | $2.19B | $614M |
| 1993 | $2.07B | $630M |
| 1992 | $1.9B | $688M |
| 1991 | $1.87B | $571M |
| 1990 | $1.98B | $752M |
| 1989 | $2.09B | $765M |
| 1988 | $2.27B | $766M |
| 1987 | $2.72B | $685M |
| 1986 | $2.74B | $656M |
| 1985 | $2.79B | $763M |
| 1984 | $2.87B | $837M |
| 1983 | $2.82B | $769M |
| 1982 | $3.34B | $770M |
| 1981 | $2.99B | $712M |
| 1980 | $2.79B | $506M |
| 1979 | $2.64B | $487M |
| 1978 | $2.36B | $431M |
| 1977 | $2.01B | $490M |
| 1976 | $1.52B | $406M |
| 1975 | $1.44B | $364M |
| 1974 | $1.88B | $260M |
| 1973 | $1.25B | $250M |
| 1972 | $1.22B | $292M |
| 1971 | $1.11B | $271M |
| 1970 | $735M | $393M |
| 1969 | $344M | $219M |
| 1968 | $347M | $259M |
| 1967 | $340M | $274M |
| 1966 | $312M | $249M |
| 1965 | $283M | $244M |
| 1964 | $238M | $169M |
| 1963 | $249M | $192M |
| 1962 | $250M | $155M |
| 1961 | $278M | $160M |
| 1960 | $236M | $159M |
| 1959 | $170M | $171M |
| 1958 | $223M | $157M |
| 1957 | $202M | $160M |
| 1956 | $201M | $148M |
| 1955 | $158M | $140M |
| 1954 | $112M | – |
| 1953 | $205M | – |
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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
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 spendingChile: 1.52% of GDP in 2025Guatemala: 0.52% of GDP 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