Guatemala vs Venezuela
Guatemala vs Venezuela: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2023: 6 million TIV in Guatemala and 98 million TIV in Venezuela, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Venezuela, by 92 million TIV, or 16 times that in Guatemala.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Venezuela has been higher since 1995, when it overtook Guatemala.
- The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Guatemala | Venezuela | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | – | – | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 6 million | 98 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 10 million | – | 33 billion |
| 2021 | – | – | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | – | 79 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 14 million | – | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 4 million | 14 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | – | – | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | – | 95 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 33 million | 138 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 186 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | – | 1.01 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 2 million | 692 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 600 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 211 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 366 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 0 | 741 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 770 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 380 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | 21 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | 9 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 15 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 44 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 106 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | 108 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 85 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 1 million | 8 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 39 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 2 million | 37 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 4 million | 5 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 4 million | 1 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 13 million | 37 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 72 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 318 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | 189 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 4 million | 120 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | 105 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | 73 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 2 million | 92 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 25 million | 517 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 7 million | 234 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 1 million | 241 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 16 million | 698 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 49 million | 908 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 8 million | 361 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 5 million | 14 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 1 million | 59 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 1 million | 216 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 15 million | 170 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 47 million | 230 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 15 million | 252 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 0 | 395 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 1 million | 165 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 46 million | 130 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | 15 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 1 million | 8 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 16 million | 20 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 1 million | 205 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | 69 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 5 million | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 8 million | 6 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 7 million | 34 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 1 million | 32 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 32 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 16 million | 64 million | 15.7 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.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Guatemala vs Venezuela
Health
- Life expectancyGuatemala: 72.6 years in 2023Venezuela: 72.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGuatemala: 2.1 per 100 live births in 2024Venezuela: 2.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGuatemala: 17.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Venezuela: 15.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionGuatemala: 3.22% in 2017Venezuela: 2.82% in 2017
- Suicide rateGuatemala: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Venezuela: 8.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGuatemala: 18.1 million people in 2023Venezuela: 28.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthGuatemala: 1.55% a year in 2023Venezuela: 0.35% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGuatemala: 2.31 births per woman in 2023Venezuela: 2.08 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGuatemala: 56.3% in 2025Venezuela: 89.3% in 2025
- Median ageGuatemala: 22.6 years in 2023Venezuela: 29 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGuatemala: 4.7% in 2023Venezuela: 9.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateGuatemala: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Venezuela: -4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGuatemala: 0.52% of GDP in 2025Venezuela: 2.23% of GDP in 2017
- Military spending per personGuatemala: $34 in 2025Venezuela: $69 in 2017
- Armed forces personnelGuatemala: 43,000 people in 2020Venezuela: 343,000 people in 2020
- National powerGuatemala: 0.09% of world capability in 2022Venezuela: 0.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGuatemala: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020Venezuela: 3.47% of the labour force in 2020