Guatemala vs Haiti
Guatemala vs Haiti: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 0.52% of GDP in Guatemala and 0.12% of GDP in Haiti, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Guatemala, by 0.4 percentage points, or 4.32 times that in Haiti.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Guatemala has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
- In 2025, Guatemala ranked 139 and Haiti ranked 148 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Guatemala | Haiti |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.52 | 0.12 |
| 2024 | 0.4 | 0.08 |
| 2023 | 0.42 | 0.06 |
| 2022 | 0.46 | 0.07 |
| 2021 | 0.39 | 0.15 |
| 2020 | 0.44 | 0.1 |
| 2019 | 0.43 | 0.09 |
| 2018 | 0.37 | 0.06 |
| 2017 | 0.38 | 0.04 |
| 2016 | 0.44 | 0.05 |
| 2015 | 0.41 | 0.04 |
| 2014 | 0.42 | 0.04 |
| 2013 | 0.47 | 0.03 |
| 2012 | 0.48 | – |
| 2011 | 0.46 | – |
| 2010 | 0.44 | – |
| 2009 | 0.4 | – |
| 2008 | 0.47 | – |
| 2007 | 0.4 | – |
| 2006 | 0.43 | – |
| 2005 | 0.38 | – |
| 2004 | 0.48 | – |
| 2003 | 0.82 | – |
| 2002 | 0.76 | – |
| 2001 | 1.05 | – |
| 2000 | 0.92 | – |
| 1999 | 0.68 | – |
| 1998 | 0.72 | – |
| 1997 | 0.74 | – |
| 1996 | 0.9 | – |
| 1995 | 1.08 | 0.08 |
| 1994 | 1.18 | 0.07 |
| 1993 | 1.27 | 0.09 |
| 1992 | 1.47 | 0.11 |
| 1991 | 1.27 | 0.1 |
| 1990 | 1.73 | 0.09 |
| 1989 | 1.8 | 0.08 |
| 1988 | 1.87 | 0.09 |
| 1987 | 1.75 | – |
| 1986 | 1.67 | – |
| 1985 | 2.01 | – |
| 1984 | 2.19 | – |
| 1983 | 2.04 | – |
| 1982 | 2.03 | – |
| 1981 | 1.89 | – |
| 1980 | 1.32 | – |
| 1979 | 1.31 | – |
| 1978 | 1.18 | – |
| 1977 | 1.37 | – |
| 1976 | 1.27 | – |
| 1975 | 1.23 | – |
| 1974 | 0.9 | – |
| 1973 | 0.91 | – |
| 1972 | 1.14 | – |
| 1971 | 1.12 | – |
| 1970 | 1.7 | – |
| 1969 | 1.03 | – |
| 1968 | 1.27 | – |
| 1967 | 1.46 | – |
| 1966 | 1.37 | – |
| 1965 | 1.4 | – |
| 1964 | 1 | – |
| 1963 | 1.17 | – |
| 1962 | 1.05 | – |
| 1961 | 1.12 | – |
| 1960 | 1.16 | – |
| 1959 | 1.27 | – |
| 1958 | 1.24 | – |
| 1957 | 1.3 | – |
| 1956 | 1.27 | – |
| 1955 | 1.31 | – |
- Estimate
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Guatemala vs Haiti
Health
- Life expectancyGuatemala: 72.6 years in 2023Haiti: 64.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGuatemala: 2.1 per 100 live births in 2024Haiti: 5.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGuatemala: 17.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Haiti: 43.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionGuatemala: 3.22% in 2017Haiti: 2.96% in 2017
- Suicide rateGuatemala: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Haiti: 8.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGuatemala: 18.1 million people in 2023Haiti: 11.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthGuatemala: 1.55% a year in 2023Haiti: 1.17% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGuatemala: 2.31 births per woman in 2023Haiti: 2.66 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGuatemala: 56.3% in 2025Haiti: 55.6% in 2025
- Median ageGuatemala: 22.6 years in 2023Haiti: 23.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGuatemala: 4.7% in 2023Haiti: 4.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateGuatemala: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Haiti: -2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsGuatemala: $617M in 2025Haiti: $30.4M in 2025
- Military spending per personGuatemala: $34 in 2025Haiti: $3 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGuatemala: 3.5% of government spending in 2025Haiti: 2.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGuatemala: 43,000 people in 2020Haiti: 1,000 people in 2020
- National powerGuatemala: 0.09% of world capability in 2022Haiti: 0.05% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGuatemala: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020Haiti: 0.02% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGuatemala: 6 million TIV in 2023Haiti: 1 million TIV in 2025