El Salvador vs Guatemala

El Salvador vs Guatemala: Arms imports

Arms imports: 3 million TIV in El Salvador in 2025 and 6 million TIV in Guatemala in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Guatemala, by 2 million TIV, or 1.5 times that in El Salvador.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

El Salvador vs Guatemala: Arms importsArms imports: 3 million TIV in El Salvador in 2025 and 6 million TIV in Guatemala in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Guatemala, by 2 million TIV, or 1.5 times that in El Salvador.
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What the numbers say

  • Guatemala has been higher since 2018, when it overtook El Salvador.
  • The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearEl SalvadorGuatemalaWorld
20253 million–33.3 billion
20240–30.6 billion
20234 million6 million29.5 billion
20227 million10 million33 billion
20214 million–26.8 billion
20204 million–23.4 billion
20192 million14 million26.9 billion
20181 million4 million27.3 billion
20171 million–31.2 billion
2016––31.4 billion
2015–33 million28.7 billion
201421 million–27 billion
20131 million–27.4 billion
20124 million2 million27.9 billion
20112 million–29.9 billion
20102 million–25.8 billion
20092 million–24 billion
20083 million024.1 billion
2007––26.5 billion
2006––24.4 billion
2005––21.3 billion
2004––21.3 billion
200310 million–19.2 billion
200219 million–17.7 billion
2001––18.3 billion
2000––20.5 billion
1999––25.3 billion
19982 million1 million27.9 billion
1997––28.9 billion
19964 million2 million23.7 billion
19954 million4 million22.9 billion
1994–4 million22.8 billion
19932 million13 million25.8 billion
19924 million–24.3 billion
199121 million–27.8 billion
1990––28.6 billion
1989–4 million31.7 billion
1988––32.9 billion
1987––36.2 billion
19865 million2 million35.5 billion
198542 million25 million33.2 billion
198465 million7 million36.8 billion
198321 million1 million39.1 billion
198232 million16 million41.4 billion
19815 million49 million42 billion
198013 million8 million37.4 billion
197911 million5 million33.3 billion
19783 million1 million39.2 billion
197710 million1 million37 billion
197619 million15 million33 billion
197546 million47 million34.2 billion
197429 million15 million32.9 billion
19731 million032.6 billion
1972–1 million28.7 billion
19711 million46 million29.3 billion
197013 million–22.1 billion
19697 million1 million24.7 billion
196812 million16 million22.4 billion
196701 million22.1 billion
19661 million–22.4 billion
19651 million5 million23.1 billion
1964–8 million24.2 billion
196307 million18.1 billion
1962–1 million15.5 billion
1961––15 billion
1960–16 million15.7 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
  • Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
  • Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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