Guatemala vs Venezuela: Military spending

Military spending: 0.52% of GDP in Guatemala in 2025 and 2.23% of GDP in Venezuela in 2017, by SIPRI estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Venezuela, by 1.85 percentage points, or 5.82 times that in Guatemala.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

GuatemalaVenezuelaSIPRI estimateHighly uncertain

What the numbers say

Venezuela has been higher since 1991, when it overtook Guatemala.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

Year	Guatemala	Venezuela
2025	0.52	–
2024	0.4	–
2023	0.42	–
2022	0.46	–
2021	0.39	–
2020	0.44	–
2019	0.43	–
2018	0.37	–
2017	0.38	2.23
2016	0.44	0.45
2015	0.41	0.94
2014	0.42	1.16
2013	0.47	1.67
2012	0.48	1.34
2011	0.46	1.13
2010	0.44	1.01
2009	0.4	1.23
2008	0.47	1.79
2007	0.4	1.89
2006	0.43	1.98
2005	0.38	1.83
2004	0.48	1.29
2003	0.82	1.18
2002	0.76	1.15
2001	1.05	1.56
2000	0.92	1.53
1999	0.68	1.44
1998	0.72	1.59
1997	0.74	1.8
1996	0.9	1.04
1995	1.08	1.55
1994	1.18	1.59
1993	1.27	2.15
1992	1.47	1.64
1991	1.27	1.84
1990	1.73	1.52
1989	1.8	2.79
1988	1.87	1.82
1987	1.75	1.63
1986	1.67	1.65
1985	2.01	1.37
1984	2.19	2.29
1983	2.04	2.97
1982	2.03	2.25
1981	1.89	1.52
1980	1.32	1.7
1979	1.31	1.92
1978	1.18	2.11
1977	1.37	2.07
1976	1.27	1.89
1975	1.23	2.59
1974	0.9	2.31
1973	0.91	2.47
1972	1.14	2.83
1971	1.12	2.7
1970	1.7	2.29
1969	1.03	2.5
1968	1.27	2.68
1967	1.46	2.86
1966	1.37	2.66
1965	1.4	2.64
1964	1	2.45
1963	1.17	2.55
1962	1.05	2.31
1961	1.12	1.42
1960	1.16	3.06
1959	1.27	2.96
1958	1.24	3.43
1957	1.3	3.22
1956	1.27	2.76
1955	1.31	2.58

Estimate
Highly uncertain

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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.

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