Ecuador vs Peru

Ecuador vs Peru: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 2.1% of GDP in Ecuador and 0.81% of GDP in Peru, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ecuador, by 1.28 percentage points, or 2.58 times that in Peru.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Ecuador vs Peru: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 2.1% of GDP in Ecuador and 0.81% of GDP in Peru, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ecuador, by 1.28 percentage points, or 2.58 times that in Peru.
EcuadorPeruSIPRI estimateHighly uncertain

What the numbers say

  • Ecuador has been higher since 2002, when it overtook Peru.
  • In 2025, Ecuador ranked 53 and Peru ranked 123 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearEcuadorPeru
20252.10.81
20242.310.88
20232.221.24
20222.231.14
20212.251.17
20202.461.32
20192.181.21
20182.371.19
20172.361.27
20162.571.32
20152.671.75
20142.711.6
20132.831.64
20122.951.48
20113.111.37
20103.071.48
20093.241.53
20082.691.25
20072.631.3
20062.081.46
20052.371.58
20042.021.38
20032.391.51
20021.871.54
20011.661.75
20001.521.79
19991.561.93
19982.022.02
19971.812
19961.692.5
19951.992.64
19941.322.47
19931.512.75
19921.212.51
19911.272.02
19901.352.68
19891.432.19
19881.622.19
19871.973.41
19861.843.35
19851.783.87
19841.493.36
19831.584.85
19821.655.11
19811.683.99
19801.784.56
19791.993.35
19782.146.2
19773.088.21
19762.25.68
19752.375.22
19742.023.93
19731.983.93
19721.993.63
19711.853.62
19701.833.51
19692.372.39
19681.922.36
19671.84.7
19661.822.84
19652.073.1
19641.913.34
19631.773.32
19622.052.43
19612.052.65
19602.382.51
19591.92.8
19582.282.9
19572.412.92
1956–2.98
1955–2.77
1954–2.69
19531.942.78
1952–2.66
1951–2.92
1950–2.83
1949–2.9
  • Estimate
  • Highly uncertain

Each country on its own

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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