Chile vs Guatemala
Chile vs Guatemala: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $269 in Chile and $34 in Guatemala, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Chile, by $235, or 7.88 times that in Guatemala.
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 Guatemala ranked 109 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Chile | Guatemala |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $269 | $34 |
| 2024 | $279 | $25 |
| 2023 | $279 | $24 |
| 2022 | $238 | $25 |
| 2021 | $268 | $19 |
| 2020 | $271 | $20 |
| 2019 | $272 | $20 |
| 2018 | $296 | $16 |
| 2017 | $292 | $17 |
| 2016 | $264 | $18 |
| 2015 | $258 | $16 |
| 2014 | $287 | $16 |
| 2013 | $314 | $16 |
| 2012 | $314 | $15 |
| 2011 | $329 | $13 |
| 2010 | $286 | $12 |
| 2009 | $231 | $10 |
| 2008 | $277 | $12 |
| 2007 | $243 | $10 |
| 2006 | $235 | $10 |
| 2005 | $191 | $8 |
| 2004 | $167 | $9 |
| 2003 | $130 | $14 |
| 2002 | $113 | $13 |
| 2001 | $121 | $17 |
| 2000 | $137 | $14 |
| 1999 | $134 | $11 |
| 1998 | $141 | $13 |
| 1997 | $143 | $12 |
| 1996 | $130 | $14 |
| 1995 | $127 | $16 |
| 1994 | $103 | $15 |
| 1993 | $92 | $15 |
| 1992 | $85 | $16 |
| 1991 | $77 | $13 |
| 1990 | $77 | $15 |
| 1989 | $75 | $18 |
| 1988 | $78 | $17 |
- 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 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 in US dollarsChile: $5.15B in 2025Guatemala: $617M 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