El Salvador vs Honduras
El Salvador vs Honduras: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $489M in El Salvador and $582M in Honduras, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Honduras, by $93.3M, or 1.19 times that in El Salvador.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Honduras has been higher since 2011, when it overtook El Salvador.
- In 2025, El Salvador ranked 101 and Honduras ranked 95 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | El Salvador | Honduras |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $489M | $582M |
| 2024 | $491M | $547M |
| 2023 | $459M | $544M |
| 2022 | $481M | $507M |
| 2021 | $396M | $497M |
| 2020 | $400M | $432M |
| 2019 | $368M | $511M |
| 2018 | $342M | $475M |
| 2017 | $306M | $499M |
| 2016 | $293M | $456M |
| 2015 | $295M | $384M |
| 2014 | $277M | $315M |
| 2013 | $284M | $351M |
| 2012 | $271M | $291M |
| 2011 | $271M | $283M |
| 2010 | $259M | $257M |
| 2009 | $248M | $248M |
| 2008 | $228M | $221M |
| 2007 | $233M | $178M |
| 2006 | $209M | $150M |
| 2005 | $204M | $131M |
| 2004 | $205M | $133M |
| 2003 | $212M | $186M |
| 2002 | $277M | $147M |
| 2001 | $262M | $147M |
| 2000 | $199M | $129M |
| 1999 | $212M | – |
| 1998 | $206M | – |
| 1997 | $214M | – |
| 1996 | $221M | – |
| 1995 | $244M | – |
| 1994 | $262M | – |
| 1993 | $308M | $144M |
| 1992 | $404M | – |
| 1991 | $466M | $166M |
| 1990 | $514M | $244M |
| 1989 | $605M | $301M |
| 1988 | $598M | $316M |
| 1987 | $708M | $307M |
| 1986 | $816M | $271M |
| 1985 | $825M | $252M |
| 1984 | $951M | $224M |
| 1983 | $560M | $203M |
| 1982 | $481M | $210M |
| 1981 | $446M | $207M |
| 1980 | $405M | $213M |
| 1979 | $419M | $219M |
| 1978 | $306M | $214M |
| 1977 | $283M | $167M |
| 1976 | $227M | $135M |
| 1975 | $186M | $128M |
| 1974 | $189M | $109M |
| 1973 | $206M | $116M |
| 1972 | $196M | $118M |
| 1971 | $152M | $90.6M |
| 1970 | $128M | $80.4M |
| 1969 | $138M | $60.1M |
| 1968 | $122M | $59.6M |
| 1967 | $128M | $58.6M |
| 1966 | $126M | $57.2M |
| 1965 | $123M | $56M |
| 1964 | $109M | $54M |
| 1963 | $118M | $36.9M |
| 1962 | $122M | $38.1M |
| 1961 | $87.2M | $38.5M |
| 1960 | $83.8M | $40M |
| 1959 | $85.4M | $50M |
| 1958 | $103M | $55.3M |
| 1957 | $110M | $51.1M |
| 1956 | $95.4M | $32.9M |
| 1955 | – | $29.9M |
| 1954 | – | $27.1M |
| 1953 | $93.8M | $29.3M |
| 1952 | – | $26.3M |
| 1951 | – | $26M |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
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
El Salvador vs Honduras
Health
- Life expectancyEl Salvador: 72.1 years in 2023Honduras: 72.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEl Salvador: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Honduras: 1.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEl Salvador: 9.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Honduras: 13 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEl Salvador: 3.03% in 2017Honduras: 2.75% in 2017
- Suicide rateEl Salvador: 9.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Honduras: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEl Salvador: 6.31 million people in 2023Honduras: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthEl Salvador: 0.46% a year in 2023Honduras: 1.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEl Salvador: 1.78 births per woman in 2023Honduras: 2.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEl Salvador: 75.5% in 2025Honduras: 59.3% in 2025
- Median ageEl Salvador: 27 years in 2023Honduras: 23.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEl Salvador: 8% in 2023Honduras: 4.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateEl Salvador: -3.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Honduras: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEl Salvador: 1.34% of GDP in 2025Honduras: 1.46% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personEl Salvador: $77 in 2025Honduras: $53 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEl Salvador: 4.4% of government spending in 2025Honduras: 5.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEl Salvador: 42,000 people in 2020Honduras: 23,000 people in 2020
- National powerEl Salvador: 0.05% of world capability in 2022Honduras: 0.06% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEl Salvador: 1.62% of the labour force in 2020Honduras: 0.56% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEl Salvador: 3 million TIV in 2025Honduras: 7 million TIV in 2024