Ecuador vs Venezuela
Ecuador vs Venezuela: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $150 in Ecuador in 2025 and $69 in Venezuela in 2017, by SIPRI estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Ecuador, by $79, or 2.14 times that in Venezuela.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Ecuador has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Venezuela.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Ecuador | Venezuela |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $150 | – |
| 2024 | $160 | – |
| 2023 | $150 | – |
| 2022 | $146 | – |
| 2021 | $137 | – |
| 2020 | $135 | – |
| 2019 | $136 | – |
| 2018 | $151 | – |
| 2017 | $148 | $69 |
| 2016 | $153 | $7 |
| 2015 | $161 | $11 |
| 2014 | $175 | $52 |
| 2013 | $174 | $209 |
| 2012 | $168 | $174 |
| 2011 | $161 | $123 |
| 2010 | $140 | $139 |
| 2009 | $133 | $144 |
| 2008 | $114 | $203 |
| 2007 | $92 | $159 |
| 2006 | $68 | $134 |
| 2005 | $70 | $100 |
| 2004 | $53 | $55 |
| 2003 | $56 | $38 |
| 2002 | $39 | $43 |
| 2001 | $30 | $77 |
| 2000 | $21 | $74 |
| 1999 | $24 | $59 |
| 1998 | $45 | $62 |
| 1997 | $42 | $67 |
| 1996 | $36 | $33 |
| 1995 | $41 | $55 |
| 1994 | $26 | $44 |
| 1993 | $25 | $61 |
| 1992 | $20 | $48 |
| 1991 | $20 | $49 |
| 1990 | $20 | $38 |
| 1989 | $19 | $63 |
| 1988 | $20 | $59 |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
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 Venezuela
Health
- Life expectancyEcuador: 77.4 years in 2023Venezuela: 72.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEcuador: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024Venezuela: 2.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEcuador: 9.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Venezuela: 15.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEcuador: 2.98% in 2017Venezuela: 2.82% in 2017
- Suicide rateEcuador: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Venezuela: 8.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEcuador: 18 million people in 2023Venezuela: 28.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthEcuador: 0.87% a year in 2023Venezuela: 0.35% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEcuador: 1.82 births per woman in 2023Venezuela: 2.08 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEcuador: 63.4% in 2025Venezuela: 89.3% in 2025
- Median ageEcuador: 28.4 years in 2023Venezuela: 29 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEcuador: 8.1% in 2023Venezuela: 9.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateEcuador: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Venezuela: -4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEcuador: 2.1% of GDP in 2025Venezuela: 2.23% of GDP in 2017
- Armed forces personnelEcuador: 42,000 people in 2020Venezuela: 343,000 people in 2020
- National powerEcuador: 0.15% of world capability in 2022Venezuela: 0.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEcuador: 0.54% of the labour force in 2020Venezuela: 3.47% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEcuador: 30 million TIV in 2025Venezuela: 98 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exportsEcuador: 2 million TIV in 2018Venezuela: 40 million TIV in 2009