Ecuador vs Guatemala

Ecuador vs Guatemala: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 2.1% of GDP in Ecuador and 0.52% of GDP in Guatemala, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ecuador, by 1.57 percentage points, or 4.01 times that in Guatemala.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Ecuador vs Guatemala: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 2.1% of GDP in Ecuador and 0.52% of GDP in Guatemala, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ecuador, by 1.57 percentage points, or 4.01 times that in Guatemala.
EcuadorGuatemalaSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Ecuador has been higher since 1993, when it overtook Guatemala.
  • In 2025, Ecuador ranked 53 and Guatemala ranked 139 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearEcuadorGuatemala
20252.10.52
20242.310.4
20232.220.42
20222.230.46
20212.250.39
20202.460.44
20192.180.43
20182.370.37
20172.360.38
20162.570.44
20152.670.41
20142.710.42
20132.830.47
20122.950.48
20113.110.46
20103.070.44
20093.240.4
20082.690.47
20072.630.4
20062.080.43
20052.370.38
20042.020.48
20032.390.82
20021.870.76
20011.661.05
20001.520.92
19991.560.68
19982.020.72
19971.810.74
19961.690.9
19951.991.08
19941.321.18
19931.511.27
19921.211.47
19911.271.27
19901.351.73
19891.431.8
19881.621.87
19871.971.75
19861.841.67
19851.782.01
19841.492.19
19831.582.04
19821.652.03
19811.681.89
19801.781.32
19791.991.31
19782.141.18
19773.081.37
19762.21.27
19752.371.23
19742.020.9
19731.980.91
19721.991.14
19711.851.12
19701.831.7
19692.371.03
19681.921.27
19671.81.46
19661.821.37
19652.071.4
19641.911
19631.771.17
19622.051.05
19612.051.12
19602.381.16
19591.91.27
19582.281.24
19572.411.3
1956–1.27
1955–1.31
19531.94–
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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.

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