Ecuador vs Honduras
Ecuador vs Honduras: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $2.71B in Ecuador and $582M in Honduras, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ecuador, by $2.13B, or 4.65 times that in Honduras.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Ecuador has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1953.
- In 2025, Ecuador ranked 57 and Honduras ranked 95 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Ecuador | Honduras |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2.71B | $582M |
| 2024 | $2.88B | $547M |
| 2023 | $2.73B | $544M |
| 2022 | $2.69B | $507M |
| 2021 | $2.59B | $497M |
| 2020 | $2.53B | $432M |
| 2019 | $2.51B | $511M |
| 2018 | $2.74B | $475M |
| 2017 | $2.64B | $499M |
| 2016 | $2.71B | $456M |
| 2015 | $2.85B | $384M |
| 2014 | $3.17B | $315M |
| 2013 | $3.23B | $351M |
| 2012 | $3.14B | $291M |
| 2011 | $3.13B | $283M |
| 2010 | $2.79B | $257M |
| 2009 | $2.69B | $248M |
| 2008 | $2.39B | $221M |
| 2007 | $2.06B | $178M |
| 2006 | $1.53B | $150M |
| 2005 | $1.58B | $131M |
| 2004 | $1.2B | $133M |
| 2003 | $1.29B | $186M |
| 2002 | $949M | $147M |
| 2001 | $812M | $147M |
| 2000 | $774M | $129M |
| 1999 | $1.69B | – |
| 1998 | $4.77B | – |
| 1997 | $5.9B | – |
| 1996 | $6.48B | – |
| 1995 | $9.13B | – |
| 1994 | $5.89B | – |
| 1993 | $6.22B | $144M |
| 1992 | $5.51B | – |
| 1991 | $5.75B | $166M |
| 1990 | $6.06B | $244M |
| 1989 | $5.78B | $301M |
| 1988 | $6.09B | $316M |
| 1987 | $5.7B | $307M |
| 1986 | $5.31B | $271M |
| 1985 | $5.08B | $252M |
| 1984 | $3.97B | $224M |
| 1983 | $3.81B | $203M |
| 1982 | $4.41B | $210M |
| 1981 | $4.36B | $207M |
| 1980 | $4.53B | $213M |
| 1979 | $4.56B | $219M |
| 1978 | $4.43B | $214M |
| 1977 | $6.19B | $167M |
| 1976 | $3.99B | $135M |
| 1975 | $3.85B | $128M |
| 1974 | $3.26B | $109M |
| 1973 | $2.64B | $116M |
| 1972 | $2.26B | $118M |
| 1971 | $1.95B | $90.6M |
| 1970 | $2.18B | $80.4M |
| 1969 | $2.13B | $60.1M |
| 1968 | $1.68B | $59.6M |
| 1967 | $1.51B | $58.6M |
| 1966 | $1.42B | $57.2M |
| 1965 | $1.53B | $56M |
| 1964 | $1.37B | $54M |
| 1963 | $1.18B | $36.9M |
| 1962 | $1.34B | $38.1M |
| 1961 | $1.4B | $38.5M |
| 1960 | $1.46B | $40M |
| 1959 | $1.09B | $50M |
| 1958 | $1.24B | $55.3M |
| 1957 | $1.29B | $51.1M |
| 1956 | – | $32.9M |
| 1955 | – | $29.9M |
| 1954 | – | $27.1M |
| 1953 | $819M | $29.3M |
| 1952 | – | $26.3M |
| 1951 | – | $26M |
- Estimate
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
Ecuador vs Honduras
Health
- Life expectancyEcuador: 77.4 years in 2023Honduras: 72.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEcuador: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024Honduras: 1.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEcuador: 9.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Honduras: 13 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterEcuador: 67.1% in 2022Honduras: 65.2% in 2022
- DepressionEcuador: 2.98% in 2017Honduras: 2.75% in 2017
- Suicide rateEcuador: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Honduras: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEcuador: 18 million people in 2023Honduras: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthEcuador: 0.87% a year in 2023Honduras: 1.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEcuador: 1.82 births per woman in 2023Honduras: 2.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEcuador: 63.4% in 2025Honduras: 59.3% in 2025
- Median ageEcuador: 28.4 years in 2023Honduras: 23.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEcuador: 8.1% in 2023Honduras: 4.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateEcuador: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Honduras: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEcuador: 2.1% of GDP in 2025Honduras: 1.46% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personEcuador: $150 in 2025Honduras: $53 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEcuador: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Honduras: 5.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEcuador: 42,000 people in 2020Honduras: 23,000 people in 2020
- National powerEcuador: 0.15% of world capability in 2022Honduras: 0.06% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEcuador: 0.54% of the labour force in 2020Honduras: 0.56% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEcuador: 30 million TIV in 2025Honduras: 7 million TIV in 2024