Guyana vs Venezuela
Guyana vs Venezuela: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $297 in Guyana in 2025 and $69 in Venezuela in 2017, by SIPRI estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Guyana, by $9, or 1.12 times that in Venezuela.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Guyana has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Venezuela.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Guyana | Venezuela |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $297 | – |
| 2024 | $249 | – |
| 2023 | $134 | – |
| 2022 | $108 | – |
| 2021 | $95 | – |
| 2020 | $96 | – |
| 2019 | $83 | – |
| 2018 | $80 | – |
| 2017 | $78 | $69 |
| 2016 | $68 | $7 |
| 2015 | $61 | $11 |
| 2014 | $52 | $52 |
| 2013 | $47 | $209 |
| 2012 | $45 | $174 |
| 2011 | $43 | $123 |
| 2010 | $41 | $139 |
| 2009 | $41 | $144 |
| 2008 | $40 | $203 |
| 2007 | $33 | $159 |
| 2006 | $25 | $134 |
| 2005 | $24 | $100 |
| 2004 | $29 | $55 |
| 2003 | $21 | $38 |
| 2002 | $22 | $43 |
| 2001 | $19 | $77 |
| 2000 | $16 | $74 |
| 1999 | – | $59 |
| 1998 | – | $62 |
| 1997 | – | $67 |
| 1996 | $7 | $33 |
| 1995 | $8 | $55 |
| 1994 | $7 | $44 |
| 1993 | $6 | $61 |
| 1992 | $5 | $48 |
| 1991 | $3 | $49 |
| 1990 | $5 | $38 |
| 1989 | $8 | $63 |
| 1988 | $14 | $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
Guyana vs Venezuela
Health
- Life expectancyGuyana: 70.2 years in 2023Venezuela: 72.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGuyana: 2.5 per 100 live births in 2024Venezuela: 2.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGuyana: 21.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Venezuela: 15.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionGuyana: 4.14% in 2017Venezuela: 2.82% in 2017
- Suicide rateGuyana: 26.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Venezuela: 8.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGuyana: 826,400 people in 2023Venezuela: 28.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthGuyana: 0.55% a year in 2023Venezuela: 0.35% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGuyana: 2.41 births per woman in 2023Venezuela: 2.08 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGuyana: 26.5% in 2025Venezuela: 89.3% in 2025
- Median ageGuyana: 25.6 years in 2023Venezuela: 29 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGuyana: 6.5% in 2023Venezuela: 9.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateGuyana: -7.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Venezuela: -4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGuyana: 0.99% of GDP in 2025Venezuela: 2.23% of GDP in 2017
- Armed forces personnelGuyana: 3,000 people in 2020Venezuela: 343,000 people in 2020
- National powerGuyana: 0.01% of world capability in 2022Venezuela: 0.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGuyana: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020Venezuela: 3.47% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGuyana: 5 million TIV in 2025Venezuela: 98 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exportsGuyana: 2 million TIV in 1976Venezuela: 40 million TIV in 2009