Guatemala vs Honduras
Guatemala vs Honduras: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 0.52% of GDP in Guatemala and 1.46% of GDP in Honduras, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Honduras, by 0.94 percentage points, or 2.8 times that in Guatemala.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Honduras has been higher since 2002, when it overtook Guatemala.
- In 2025, Guatemala ranked 139 and Honduras ranked 86 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Guatemala | Honduras |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.52 | 1.46 |
| 2024 | 0.4 | 1.48 |
| 2023 | 0.42 | 1.53 |
| 2022 | 0.46 | 1.47 |
| 2021 | 0.39 | 1.5 |
| 2020 | 0.44 | 1.47 |
| 2019 | 0.43 | 1.58 |
| 2018 | 0.37 | 1.49 |
| 2017 | 0.38 | 1.59 |
| 2016 | 0.44 | 1.53 |
| 2015 | 0.41 | 1.35 |
| 2014 | 0.42 | 1.19 |
| 2013 | 0.47 | 1.38 |
| 2012 | 0.48 | 1.13 |
| 2011 | 0.46 | 1.13 |
| 2010 | 0.44 | 1.07 |
| 2009 | 0.4 | 1.08 |
| 2008 | 0.47 | 0.95 |
| 2007 | 0.4 | 0.78 |
| 2006 | 0.43 | 0.69 |
| 2005 | 0.38 | 0.64 |
| 2004 | 0.48 | 0.68 |
| 2003 | 0.82 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0.76 | 0.81 |
| 2001 | 1.05 | 0.82 |
| 2000 | 0.92 | 0.73 |
| 1999 | 0.68 | – |
| 1998 | 0.72 | – |
| 1997 | 0.74 | – |
| 1996 | 0.9 | – |
| 1995 | 1.08 | – |
| 1994 | 1.18 | – |
| 1993 | 1.27 | 1.16 |
| 1992 | 1.47 | – |
| 1991 | 1.27 | 1.55 |
| 1990 | 1.73 | 2.2 |
| 1989 | 1.8 | 2.67 |
| 1988 | 1.87 | 2.85 |
| 1987 | 1.75 | 2.95 |
| 1986 | 1.67 | 2.77 |
| 1985 | 2.01 | 2.58 |
| 1984 | 2.19 | 2.44 |
| 1983 | 2.04 | 2.28 |
| 1982 | 2.03 | 2.31 |
| 1981 | 1.89 | 2.15 |
| 1980 | 1.32 | 2.22 |
| 1979 | 1.31 | 2.24 |
| 1978 | 1.18 | 2.27 |
| 1977 | 1.37 | 1.91 |
| 1976 | 1.27 | 1.76 |
| 1975 | 1.23 | 1.9 |
| 1974 | 0.9 | 1.6 |
| 1973 | 0.91 | 1.68 |
| 1972 | 1.14 | 1.84 |
| 1971 | 1.12 | 1.47 |
| 1970 | 1.7 | 1.37 |
| 1969 | 1.03 | 1.07 |
| 1968 | 1.27 | 1.09 |
| 1967 | 1.46 | 1.14 |
| 1966 | 1.37 | 1.18 |
| 1965 | 1.4 | 1.23 |
| 1964 | 1 | 1.28 |
| 1963 | 1.17 | 0.93 |
| 1962 | 1.05 | 0.99 |
| 1961 | 1.12 | 1.08 |
| 1960 | 1.16 | 1.17 |
| 1959 | 1.27 | 1.51 |
| 1958 | 1.24 | 1.72 |
| 1957 | 1.3 | 1.65 |
| 1956 | 1.27 | 1.12 |
| 1955 | 1.31 | 1.1 |
| 1954 | – | 1 |
| 1953 | – | 0.96 |
| 1952 | – | 0.91 |
| 1951 | – | 0.96 |
- 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 Honduras
Health
- Life expectancyGuatemala: 72.6 years in 2023Honduras: 72.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGuatemala: 2.1 per 100 live births in 2024Honduras: 1.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGuatemala: 17.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Honduras: 13 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterGuatemala: 56.3% in 2022Honduras: 65.2% in 2022
- DepressionGuatemala: 3.22% in 2017Honduras: 2.75% in 2017
- Suicide rateGuatemala: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Honduras: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGuatemala: 18.1 million people in 2023Honduras: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthGuatemala: 1.55% a year in 2023Honduras: 1.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGuatemala: 2.31 births per woman in 2023Honduras: 2.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGuatemala: 56.3% in 2025Honduras: 59.3% in 2025
- Median ageGuatemala: 22.6 years in 2023Honduras: 23.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGuatemala: 4.7% in 2023Honduras: 4.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateGuatemala: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Honduras: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsGuatemala: $617M in 2025Honduras: $582M in 2025
- Military spending per personGuatemala: $34 in 2025Honduras: $53 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGuatemala: 3.5% of government spending in 2025Honduras: 5.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGuatemala: 43,000 people in 2020Honduras: 23,000 people in 2020
- National powerGuatemala: 0.09% of world capability in 2022Honduras: 0.06% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGuatemala: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020Honduras: 0.56% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGuatemala: 6 million TIV in 2023Honduras: 7 million TIV in 2024