Guatemala vs Venezuela
Guatemala vs Venezuela: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $34 in Guatemala in 2025 and $69 in Venezuela in 2017, by SIPRI estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Venezuela, by $52, or 4.12 times that in Guatemala.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Venezuela has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Guatemala.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Guatemala | Venezuela |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $34 | – |
| 2024 | $25 | – |
| 2023 | $24 | – |
| 2022 | $25 | – |
| 2021 | $19 | – |
| 2020 | $20 | – |
| 2019 | $20 | – |
| 2018 | $16 | – |
| 2017 | $17 | $69 |
| 2016 | $18 | $7 |
| 2015 | $16 | $11 |
| 2014 | $16 | $52 |
| 2013 | $16 | $209 |
| 2012 | $15 | $174 |
| 2011 | $13 | $123 |
| 2010 | $12 | $139 |
| 2009 | $10 | $144 |
| 2008 | $12 | $203 |
| 2007 | $10 | $159 |
| 2006 | $10 | $134 |
| 2005 | $8 | $100 |
| 2004 | $9 | $55 |
| 2003 | $14 | $38 |
| 2002 | $13 | $43 |
| 2001 | $17 | $77 |
| 2000 | $14 | $74 |
| 1999 | $11 | $59 |
| 1998 | $13 | $62 |
| 1997 | $12 | $67 |
| 1996 | $14 | $33 |
| 1995 | $16 | $55 |
| 1994 | $15 | $44 |
| 1993 | $15 | $61 |
| 1992 | $16 | $48 |
| 1991 | $13 | $49 |
| 1990 | $15 | $38 |
| 1989 | $18 | $63 |
| 1988 | $17 | $59 |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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 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
- 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
- Arms importsGuatemala: 6 million TIV in 2023Venezuela: 98 million TIV in 2023