Honduras vs Nicaragua
Honduras vs Nicaragua: Arms imports
Arms imports: 7 million TIV in Honduras in 2024 and 13 million TIV in Nicaragua in 2019, by SIPRI estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in Honduras, by 10 million TIV, or 1.77 times that in Nicaragua.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Honduras has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Nicaragua.
- The world as a whole: 26.9 billion TIV in 2019.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Honduras | Nicaragua | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 7 million | – | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | – | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | – | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 4 million | – | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 23 million | 13 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 1 million | – | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 10 million | 7 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | – | 86 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 8 million | 14 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 13 million | 13 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 20 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 15 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 14 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 1 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | 107 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 17 million | 14 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 44 million | 63 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 13 million | 157 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 75 million | 91 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 34 million | 90 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 23 million | 167 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 37 million | 50 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 34 million | 69 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 31 million | 44 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 13 million | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 9 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 33 million | 13 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 34 million | 19 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 30 million | 8 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 31 million | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 2 million | 10 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | 5 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | – | 5 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 20 million | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 6 million | 2 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 1 million | 0 | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | 2 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | 6 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 14 million | 6 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 8 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | 2 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
Honduras vs Nicaragua
Health
- Life expectancyHonduras: 72.9 years in 2023Nicaragua: 75 years in 2023
- Child mortalityHonduras: 1.5 per 100 live births in 2024Nicaragua: 1.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityHonduras: 13 per 1,000 live births in 2023Nicaragua: 12.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterHonduras: 65.2% in 2022Nicaragua: 55.5% in 2020
- DepressionHonduras: 2.75% in 2017Nicaragua: 2.85% in 2017
- Suicide rateHonduras: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Nicaragua: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationHonduras: 10.6 million people in 2023Nicaragua: 6.82 million people in 2023
- Population growthHonduras: 1.7% a year in 2023Nicaragua: 1.36% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateHonduras: 2.5 births per woman in 2023Nicaragua: 2.22 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationHonduras: 59.3% in 2025Nicaragua: 59.4% in 2025
- Median ageHonduras: 23.6 years in 2023Nicaragua: 25.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overHonduras: 4.3% in 2023Nicaragua: 5.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateHonduras: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Nicaragua: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingHonduras: 1.46% of GDP in 2025Nicaragua: 0.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsHonduras: $582M in 2025Nicaragua: $115M in 2025
- Military spending per personHonduras: $53 in 2025Nicaragua: $17 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingHonduras: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Nicaragua: 2.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelHonduras: 23,000 people in 2020Nicaragua: 12,000 people in 2020
- National powerHonduras: 0.06% of world capability in 2022Nicaragua: 0.04% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersHonduras: 0.56% of the labour force in 2020Nicaragua: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020