Ecuador vs Guatemala
Ecuador vs Guatemala: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $150 in Ecuador and $34 in Guatemala, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ecuador, by $116, or 4.4 times that in Guatemala.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Ecuador has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
- In 2025, Ecuador ranked 66 and Guatemala ranked 109 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Ecuador | Guatemala |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $150 | $34 |
| 2024 | $160 | $25 |
| 2023 | $150 | $24 |
| 2022 | $146 | $25 |
| 2021 | $137 | $19 |
| 2020 | $135 | $20 |
| 2019 | $136 | $20 |
| 2018 | $151 | $16 |
| 2017 | $148 | $17 |
| 2016 | $153 | $18 |
| 2015 | $161 | $16 |
| 2014 | $175 | $16 |
| 2013 | $174 | $16 |
| 2012 | $168 | $15 |
| 2011 | $161 | $13 |
| 2010 | $140 | $12 |
| 2009 | $133 | $10 |
| 2008 | $114 | $12 |
| 2007 | $92 | $10 |
| 2006 | $68 | $10 |
| 2005 | $70 | $8 |
| 2004 | $53 | $9 |
| 2003 | $56 | $14 |
| 2002 | $39 | $13 |
| 2001 | $30 | $17 |
| 2000 | $21 | $14 |
| 1999 | $24 | $11 |
| 1998 | $45 | $13 |
| 1997 | $42 | $12 |
| 1996 | $36 | $14 |
| 1995 | $41 | $16 |
| 1994 | $26 | $15 |
| 1993 | $25 | $15 |
| 1992 | $20 | $16 |
| 1991 | $20 | $13 |
| 1990 | $20 | $15 |
| 1989 | $19 | $18 |
| 1988 | $20 | $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
Ecuador vs Guatemala
Health
- Life expectancyEcuador: 77.4 years in 2023Guatemala: 72.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEcuador: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024Guatemala: 2.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEcuador: 9.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Guatemala: 17.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterEcuador: 67.1% in 2022Guatemala: 56.3% in 2022
- DepressionEcuador: 2.98% in 2017Guatemala: 3.22% in 2017
- Suicide rateEcuador: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Guatemala: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEcuador: 18 million people in 2023Guatemala: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthEcuador: 0.87% a year in 2023Guatemala: 1.55% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEcuador: 1.82 births per woman in 2023Guatemala: 2.31 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEcuador: 63.4% in 2025Guatemala: 56.3% in 2025
- Median ageEcuador: 28.4 years in 2023Guatemala: 22.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEcuador: 8.1% in 2023Guatemala: 4.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateEcuador: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Guatemala: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEcuador: 2.1% of GDP in 2025Guatemala: 0.52% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEcuador: $2.71B in 2025Guatemala: $617M in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEcuador: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Guatemala: 3.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEcuador: 42,000 people in 2020Guatemala: 43,000 people in 2020
- National powerEcuador: 0.15% of world capability in 2022Guatemala: 0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEcuador: 0.54% of the labour force in 2020Guatemala: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEcuador: 30 million TIV in 2025Guatemala: 6 million TIV in 2023